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ABC Board to Review Permitting Rules
Alaska's Beverage Control Board plans to review criteria over how "Recreational Site" permits are issued. Currently, these permits can be given to bars for selling beer or wine at or around spectator...
View ArticleImmigration Reform Gains Emotional Momentum
The Immigration Reform Bill that passed through the Senate Judiciary committee in Washington D.C. has some emotional momentum behind it here in Alaska. The Catholic Hispanic Ministry held a meeting to...
View ArticleAFD Warns Residents of Increased Wildfire Danger
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for areas of Southcentral Alaska and the Anchorage Fire Department is urging residents to be careful of "predicted extreme fire danger...
View ArticleNo Injuries Reported from 10-Acre Fire at Point MacKenzie
The Alaska Division of Forestry responded to a 10-acre fire at Point MacKenzie Thursday evening. According to Matanuska-Susitna Borough Public Affairs Director Patty Sullivan, the fire was called in...
View ArticleHistoric Oscar Anderson House Tours Open for Summer Season
One of the oldest homes in Anchorage is opening its doors for tours this summer. The Oscar Anderson House Museum is offering guided tours this season from May 28 to September 1. Visitors will take a...
View ArticleSurveillance Video Shows Suspects in Two Rivers Vandalism
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has released a surveillance video of three people who broke into Two Rivers School, stole electronic items and vandalized classrooms. School district...
View ArticleYoung Two Rivers Man Sentenced for Killing His Father
A Two Rivers man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for killing his father in 2011. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner says 21-year-old Blair Lawless pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder...
View ArticleEPA Extending Comment Period on Pebble Mine Study
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is extending the public comment period on its study of large mining impacts in the Bristol Bay region. The comment period was scheduled to end Friday. EPA...
View ArticleState Dealing with Major Computer Crash
A weekend power outage is being blamed for the crash of a state computer system. The Department of Administration on Thursday said major programs affected by the crash include child support and foster...
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Troopers Search for Missing Napaskiak Man
Alaska State Troopers are asking the public for help finding a Napaskiak man who hasn't been seen for five days, after he planned to cross ice on foot to a nearby village.A Friday AST dispatch says...
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Eielson F-16 Move Would Save $500M, Cut 3,100 Fairbanks Jobs
The Air Force claims a contentious proposed move of a Fairbanks-based F-16 fighter squadron to Anchorage will save it hundreds of millions of dollars -- even as it draws thousands of jobs out of the...
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Athabascan Elder Katie John Dies in Anchorage
Athabascan elder Katie John of Mentasta Lake has died.The Anchorage Daily News reports that John died early Friday at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. She is believed to have been 98...
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Sailboat, Fairbanks Man's Body Found in Cuba
A Fairbanks man reported missing near Key West, who was the subject of an extensive four-day Florida Keys search, has been found dead still tethered to his sailboat after it ran aground in Cuba....
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Parnell Issues Disaster Declaration for Ice Jam Flooding
Gov. Sean Parnell issued a state disaster declaration Friday for several Interior Alaska communities, in the wake of major flooding caused by ice jams that has devastated Galena and other towns in the...
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State Says Crashed Computer Systems Working Again
The state Department of Administration says computer systems that crashed over the weekend, affecting some major aid programs, are up and running again.In a release Friday, the department said...
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Woman Indicted in Anchorage School Theft Case
A 45-year-old woman has been indicted in the theft of more than $80,000 from East High School in Anchorage when she worked there.Gayle White was indicted on two counts of scheming to defraud, theft and...
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Alaska Man Wanted for Questioning in Hawaii Murder
Police on Hawaii's Big Island are looking for an Alaska man to question him about a strangled California woman he had been camping with before she died. Hawaii County police said Friday they are...
View ArticleSeattle-Based Firm Purchases Carlile Transportation Systems
One of the largest trucking companies in Alaska has been acquired by a privately-held Seattle-based transportation and petroleum distributor. Carlile Transportation Systems has effectively become a...
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Crews Begin Restoring Downtown Flagpole and Historic Engine 556
A few days after Memorial Day, construction crews began work on resurrecting the fallen Veterans flagpole on the park strip, which was knocked over in last year's windstorms, on I Street in between 9th...
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28 Dogs from Big Lake Taken Into Custody
The Mat-Su Borough says 28 dogs from a dog lot in Big Lake were taken into protective custody Thursday afternoon after they were found with serious skin conditions and in stages of starvation.An animal...
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