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Ad Campaign Critical of Jail Overcrowding, Staffing Issues
The Anchorage Correctional Officers Association claims its pleas for more inmate supervision at the Anchorage Jail and other facilities around the state are being ignored. As a result, it's launched an...
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Kenai Thrift Store Damaged by Vehicle
A Kenai thrift store is closed indefinitely after a sport-utility vehicle slammed through the building.The Peninsula Clarion reports Kenai Performers' Curtain Call Consignment store was damaged...
View ArticlePolice Seek Man Who Robbed Juneau Coffee Stand
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A drive-up coffee stand near Juneau's airport was robbed by an armed man. Juneau police say the man at about 10 a.m. Monday walked into the Heritage Coffee stand, demanded money,...
View ArticleFairbanks Air Pollution Plan Falls Short
Officials with the Fairbanks North Star Borough say a plan to voluntarily switch out wood stoves in areas with the worst smoke pollution has not met goals. Air quality project supervisor Todd Thompson...
View Article'Moderate' Earthquake Jolts Interior Alaska
Seismologists say a moderate earthquake jolted a community in Alaska's interior. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says the 5.1 magnitude quake occurred at 1:41 p.m. Tuesday. The earthquake was...
View ArticleKPBSD Superintendent Atwater Talks Schools & Job
For five years and counting, Superintendent Dr. Steve Atwater has called the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District his home. Atwater said the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is the perfect...
View ArticleUAA Students, Faculty Face Parking Challenges At Beginning of Semester
University of Alaska Anchorage students say they're having a rocky start to the new semester, but it isn't because their course loads are too heavy -- it's because they have had a hard time finding...
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U-Med Access Road Not Gaining Traction With Residents
A long planned connector road between Providence Drive and Northern Lights Boulevard picked up speed in April when the Alaska Legislature allotted $20 million in capital funds during the waning days of...
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'Let Freedom Ring' Ceremony Held in Juneau
A small group of residents gathered in Alaska's capital city to mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.   "Let Freedom Ring" bell-ringing ceremonies were planned...
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Injuries in Parks Highway Rollover Send Wasilla Man to Seattle
A Wasilla man has been hospitalized in Seattle after Alaska State Troopers say witnesses saw his pickup truck roll over at least twice early Saturday morning on the Parks Highway.According to an AST...
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Dillingham Man Dies in SUV Rollover Crash
A Dillingham man died Tuesday night when he was ejected from his SUV in a single-vehicle rollover crash on a local road, according to Alaska State Troopers.In a Wednesday AST dispatch, troopers say...
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Fairbanks Man Sentenced for Crash that Killed 2
A Fairbanks man responsible for a crash that killed two people and injured two others has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.Paul Kirsteatter reached a plea agreement in May that called for a guilty...
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No Mat-Su Children Abducted, Despite 'Child Snatch Ring' Flyers
Alaska State Troopers and Palmer police have received no recent reports of abducted Mat-Su Valley children, despite posted flyers claiming Russian mobsters are operating a "child snatch ring" in the...
View ArticleAlaska Democrats Push Back Against Proposed Abortion Regulations
Two Democratic state senators want Alaska's health commissioner to withdraw proposed regulations that would define what constitutes a "medically necessary" abortion for purposes of Medicaid funding. In...
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U.S. Forest Service Employee Wounded in ATV Crash near Klawock
A U.S. Forest Service employee from Klawock was injured Tuesday afternoon, when Alaska State Troopers say his all-terrain vehicle crashed on Prince of Wales Island.According to a Tuesday AST dispatch,...
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Task Force on Assembly Public Comment to Start Hearing Testimony Tuesday
A municipal task force charged with reforming how the Anchorage Assembly hears public testimony will hear its own first public comment starting next week. A Wednesday statement from Amanda Moser, the...
View ArticleNew ASD Superintendent New to the Job, Not to the District
Ed Graff is starting his first full year as superintendent of the Anchorage School District. Even though he is new to the job, he brings a wealth of experience. "I've lived in St. Lawrence Island, the...
View ArticleAnchorage Teachers Approve Labor Contract Proposal
The Anchorage Education Association on Wednesday announced a majority of members approved a tentative three-year collective bargaining agreement with the Anchorage School District. "At a time when we...
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Parks Highway Wasilla Bypass Back on the Table
The growing Mat-Su Valley is in need of traffic relief, but Wasilla residents are still taking a hard look at a Parks Highway project the state Department of Transportation says will alleviate concerns...
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Concern Raised About Same-Sex Benefit Requirements
The legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska says requirements that state employees would have to meet to take leave to be with ailing same-sex partners are "pretty substantial...
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