Increasing violence at downtown shelters puts responders at risk, requiring backup for every call
The fire station that serves downtown Anchorage has responded to roughly 6,000 calls as of this week, compared to about 8,000 calls for all of 2016.
Peter Pan Seafoods plant on Alaska Peninsula devastated in overnight fire
There have been no reports of injuries in a large fire that continued to burn into Wednesday at the remote Port Moller salmon processing plant.
Angler’s little fish worth a big prize in Seward derby
Ian Wetherhorn's 3.62-pound tagged coho is worth a new truck.
Nearly all the Anchorage teachers who got layoff notices in May are back in classrooms
Wednesday was the first day back at school for Anchorage teachers and 200 of those once laid off returned, including MiCall Sweet.
After 5 years without a school, the village of Clarks Point brought one in on a barge
Classes will start Monday in Clarks Point for the first time since May 2012, when dwindling enrollment forced the Southwest Region School District to shutter the village school.
Breeder, trainer, racer, mentor: Joee Redington Jr., 74, dies in Fairbanks
“He was one of the greatest if not the greatest dog man ever seen in Alaska,” said Salcha musher Arleigh Reynolds.
Dining review: Big plans (and big views) at small eatery Froth & Forage on the Seward Highway
A holiday mindset is important when dining-in at Froth & Forage.
Fairbanks recalls the great flood that changed everything
The USGS estimated damages at $85 million, or more than $700 million in today's dollars.
Going home: Even sex offenders should get a chance to rejoin society
Much of what you believe about sex offenders may be wrong. Research shows they rarely re-offend after prison.
Alaska Dispatch News bankruptcy sheds light on distressed company’s finances
The organization "requires major restructuring" and is losing money at a rapid pace.
New political group forms to support ‘good governance’ ballot measure
Two of the people working with it -- Sitka Democratic Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and political consultant Jim Lottsfeldt -- declined to comment about their plans.
Newtok marks relocation progress with celebration at new village site
The new community is safely above the water that threatens the village of Newtok, where river erosion and thawing permafrost have eaten away at the shoreline.
ConocoPhillips accepts state deal to drill promising oil field
ConocoPhillips said it will accept unique state terms setting drilling timelines and the potential loss of an oil prospect near two large discoveries if commitments are not met.
New Alaska ballot propositions would put Obamacare insurance provisions in state law
A pair of proposed ballot measures from a group of Alaska doctors comes with the support of a union-backed group based in Washington, D.C.
Judges hear appeal in Schaeffer Cox court case
Attorneys made their case to the three-judge panel in Anchorage on Wednesday.
After 30 years, Mountain View has new welcome signs — with a new claim to fame
Until earlier this month, weathered wooden signs welcomed visitors to the Anchorage neighborhood of Mountain View as the “USA Neighborhood of the Year - 1989.”
