Crude prices jump after strikes halve Saudi output; Trump says U.S. to tap strategic reserves
U.S. benchmark West Texas intermediate crude opened at $61.27 per barrel, a 12 percent climb, before easing to a 10 percent gain.
UAF reindeer herd moves to Delta for increased meat market
“This was an opportunity to help an Alaska Native entity develop a red meat industry,” a UAF official said. Budget cuts and a shifting focus in research were also part of the decision.
Miles to go before they ski: Backers of new Hatcher Pass alpine area hustle ahead of snowfall
Skeetawk is getting ready for the first season of lift-served downhill skiing in the Talkeetna Mountains in decades.
Eagle River teen races up Alyeska’s North Face 13 times in new Climbathon record
323 Climbathon participants set out Saturday to climb North Face as many times in 10 hours as possible.
Anchorage’s plastic bag ban started Sunday. Here’s how it will affect the way you shop.
No commercial business in Anchorage - from Walmart to a hole-in-the-wall cafe - will be able to legally hand out a disposable plastic bag.
‘This town is just exhausted’: Cooper Landing wrestles with aftermath of a summer lost to wildfire
The Swan Lake fire choked the tiny Kenai Peninsula town with smoke, blanketed it with ash and kept tourists away during the typically bustling summer.
Recall is attractive to Dunleavy’s opponents. But it’s not their best option.
At some point, choices have to be made. The governor’s opponents should think about which is more important.
Justice Department will fund more prosecutors, cops in rural Alaska
To improve what it calls a public safety emergency, the DOJ detailed how it will spend $10.5 million. Alaska Native advocates want long-term reforms to increase their role in local justice systems as well.
Lawsuits. Possible bankruptcy. Declining members. Is there a future for the Boy Scouts?
Youth membership has declined more than 26 percent in the past decade. Then, last year, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced it would be cutting ties with the organization.
My girlfriend keeps dragging me to boring events. How can I get out of them with my relationship intact?
I’ve told her I just don’t enjoy myself. She says that’s not the point.
Isn’t it about time you took a trip to Southeast Alaska?
There are epic sights to see in Haines, Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg and Ketchikan.
Regents vote to consider options beyond a controversial university consolidation
Regents meeting in Anchorage said they wanted to make it clear to students, employees and communities that consolidation isn’t a done deal.
Police: Woman badly injured when stolen pickup fleeing officers strikes other vehicles
The truck rammed an Anchorage police vehicle, veered into oncoming traffic then collided with two other vehicles, police said. The driver was detained.
Referee in dispute over Anchorage swimmer’s suit says she was unfairly criticized
The referee, Jill Blackstone, said she was simply enforcing existing rules when she disqualified a Dimond High swimmer after she won a race.
She leapt from a van on the Kenai to escape her rapist. Then she waited 18 years for an arrest.
Anna Sattler’s rape kit sat untested for almost 20 years as Alaska’s backlog got worse. Now, an ex-Iditarod musher faces charges, and she’s speaking publicly about the attack for the first time.
Native women in Nome say police ignored rapes or failed to thoroughly investigate them
A grassroots struggle in the Western Alaska town illustrates how a history of racial disparity and unacknowledged trauma has undermined efforts to address what the human rights group Amnesty USA has called an epidemic of sexual assaults against Native women.
