Grand jury indicts 6 in suspected stolen checks conspiracy
ANCHORAGE — A federal grand jury has indicted six Alaska residents on charges of conspiring to use stolen checks to steal money and merchandise.Acting...
Great Alaska Shootout will end after 2017
ANCHORAGE — The University of Alaska Anchorage says the 40th Great Alaska Shootout will be the last edition of the long-running college basketball tournament.Chancellor...
Alaska hunting guide charged with herding bears to clients
ANCHORAGE — An Alaska master hunting guide has been charged with using assistants on snowmobiles to herd grizzly bears toward clients, making it easier...
Alaska Supreme Court upholds PFD veto
Justices on the Alaska Supreme Court have upheld the constitutionality of Gov. Bill Walker’s veto, which reduced dividends from the Alaska Permanent Fund from...
New method in Alaska makes opioid addiction treatment easier
JUNEAU — Juneau has been unable to avoid the spread of the nationwide opioid epidemic. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services says...
Alaska Sen. Mike Dunleavy eyes seat in governor’s mansion
JUNEAU — The first high-profile challenger to Alaska Gov. Bill Walker in next year's elections has come forward.The Juneau Empire reports (http://bit.ly/2wLR7Tu) Republican Alaska...
Board weighs icy conditions, heavy pots in boat sinking
SEATTLE — Investigators are weighing icy conditions and heavy crab pots as they probe what caused a Seattle-based crab boat with six people aboard...
Alaska to present at Senate health care hearings
FAIRBANKS — Director of the Alaska Division of Insurance Lori Wing-Heier will be one of the presenters before a Senate committee on health care.The...
Steller sea lion pup born at SeaLife Center
There’s a new addition to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward: a Steller sea lion pup named Kuliak, born to Eden and Pilot.The male...
Jobless rate up slightly in July
Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 7.0 percent in July, up two-tenths of a percentage point from June, and comparable with the national...
