In high-stakes primary, Dunleavy and Treadwell battle for GOP spot in three-way governor’s race
Alaska voters will head to the polls next week for the Aug. 21 primary election.
Alaska’s crime rate rose 6 percent statewide in 2017, new data show
Violent crime and property crime jumped last year, a trend that the attorney general said goes "hand in hand" with the Alaska opioid epidemic.
State joins Alaska moose hunter in U.S. Supreme Court case — again
The state of Alaska got involved in the federal case against John Sturgeon, whose hovercraft was ordered off Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in 2007.
Shipwreck from only WWII battle in America found off Alaska
Nearly 75 years later, scientists have discovered the stern of the USS Abner Read — which hit a mine left by the Japanese after the Battle of Attu — deep in the Bering Sea.
Navy guided-missile destroyer visits Anchorage
The USS Momsen and its 320 crew members will be in Anchorage until Saturday.
State regulators take up onsite marijuana use proposal, accepting public comment
The Marijuana Control Board voted Wednesday for a 60-day comment period and to hold a public hearing.
Why attacks on free speech and the free press are so dangerous
The First Amendment is first for a reason. Without it, maintaining the rights guaranteed by the others would be next to impossible.
In debate, Democratic primary candidates stake out plans for taking on Don Young
Independent Alyse Galvin and Democrat Dimitri Shein made their bid next week's primary election in a debate Tuesday night, talking health care, ANWR and strategy for beating Alaska's Republican congressman.
FBI task force arrests ‘well-known member’ of Hells Angels with 12 pounds of meth
A separate bust in Juneau netted a large amount of meth as well as heroin and cocaine after USPS officials tracked a package to a downtown hotel, authorities say.
Trump administration, North Slope Borough eye protected Teshekpuk area for drilling
The borough is asking to open up areas in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska with strong potential for an oil discovery.
Alaska Senate candidate charged with felony theft over food stamp benefits
A criminal complaint says South Anchorage candidate Rebecca Halat and her husband, Jarek, knowingly misled the state about their finances while applying for food stamps in January.
Public weighs in, but no action yet on plastic bag ban in Anchorage
The Anchorage Assembly ran out of time to hash out the details of a proposed ban on single-use plastic shopping bags.
Ship Creek silver salmon limit increased amid surge
Fish and Game also raised the daily bag limit for the coho salmon fishery on the Susitna River drainage.
1 dead, 3 injured in motorcycle-Jeep collision in Wasilla
Troopers identified the deceased motorcycle passenger as 32-year-old Jayme Donoho, of Wasilla.
