Fairbanks area residents getting notices on wood moisture
FAIRBANKS — Residents of Fairbanks and others in the Fairbanks North Star Borough buying firewood from commercial wood cutters are due to start receiving...
RCA seeks information on broadband Internet coverage
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has opened a public process to gather information about broadband Internet service in Alaska, including current and future projects,...
Back to bomb shelters? North Korea threats revive nuke fears
LOS ANGELES — After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the era of nuclear nightmares — of the atomic arms race, of backyard bomb...
Loss of sea ice leads walruses to early appearance in Alaska
ANCHORAGE — Hundreds of Pacific walruses came ashore to a barrier island on Alaska's northwest coast, the earliest appearance of the animals in a...
Governors of 2 pot states push back on Trump administration
JUNEAU — Governors in at least two states that have legalized recreational marijuana are pushing back against the Trump administration and defending their efforts...
Coast Guard medevacs woman from luxury liner
An 87-year-old woman with symptoms of a heart attack was medevaced on Aug. 12 from the luxury residential ship The World in the vicinity of Unimak...
Bill reestablishes standards for handling waste water
Legislation signed into law in mid-August reestablishes best management standards for handling wastewater discharged from small commercial passenger vessels, including Alaska state ferries. Senate Bill 3, signed into...
NOAA puts seasonal halt on two GOA fisheries
National Marine Fisheries Service has put the seasonal brakes on two commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska in the wake of one achieving...
Let Alaska Lead the Way
In the aftermath of the violence and hatred on display in Charlottesville this weekend, I found myself in deep reflection.As a child growing up...
Walker, Mallott seek second term
Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott filed for reelection together on Aug. 21, at the Division of Elections in Juneau, both as...
