Wasilla ‘black widow’ who coerced children into surrogate pregnancy enters guilty plea
The woman’s adult daughter also agreed to the plea deal, which includes six years in prison - most of which has already been served.
Two men charged with murder in Anchorage police informant’s death
Police say the two men are in federal custody on charges related to the death of 35-year-old David Cargill, whose body was found in Butte.
Photos: Best of November 2018
Buildings in downtown Anchorage are illuminated by the setting sun in a view from Goose Lake. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
Anchorage School Board votes to close one of three JBER elementary schools
Not enough students attend Mount Spurr and two other base elementary schools, Orion and Aurora, to justify keeping all three open, school officials say.
Elderly prisoner claims he’s America’s deadliest serial killer with 90 victims. Police believe him.
Law enforcement officials from across the country are trekking to his jail cell, hauling along their open case files, hoping the convicted killer can offer answers.
Officials warn of weak ice in Lower Kuskokwim River ahead of holiday
Winter weather is slow to arrive along the Lower Kuskokwim River, with open water complicating Thanksgiving holiday travels.
Virgin Galactic’s quest to create ‘world’s first commercial spaceline’ has been deadly, expensive
Rocket engine lit, and they were off. Within seconds, the spacecraft crested 600 mph, fast approaching the speed of sound. Then, suddenly, there was the surreal sensation of the wings ripping off as if they were made of paper.
Nearly 300,000 pounds of used Alaska fishing gear will get new life at recycling plants
The used fishing nets, crab lines and other gear will end up at a recycling company in Denmark called Plastix, where the materials are made into new products.
Haitian immigrants revived America’s turkey town. This Thanksgiving together might be their last.
The Haitian earthquake brought immigrants and a struggling North Carolina town together. Trump’s immigration policy would pull them apart.
Suspect identified in shooting at Anchorage motel
Anchorage police are looking for a man they believe may have been involved in a weekend shooting at the Black Angus Inn.
Downtown flowerbeds, public greenhouses would go away under Anchorage budget proposals
Some want to cut the city’s horticultural budget and use the money for other things.
Big exploration season and major projects planned as oil companies see North Slope resurgence
Large new projects are on tap as the industry races to find oil in a little-studied rock formation that’s generating renewed interest in Alaska’s oil-rich region.
