3 more gray whale carcasses found in Alaska amid spike in deaths along West Coast
An alarming number of gray whales have been found dead this year from Mexico to Alaska, triggering a federal investigation into what’s causing the die-off.
On-site consumption of marijuana edibles is now legal in Anchorage. But is there any consumer demand?
Shops must create separate consumption areas on their property and acquire special endorsements from the city and state, a process expected to take months.
Anchorage Assembly approves tougher trash laws to reduce bear problems
Food scraps can no longer be left outside in just plastic bags under the new law.
Anchorage Assembly legalizes on-site consumption of marijuana edibles at retail shops
But smoking or inhaling marijuana at shops is still illegal.
Anchorage Assembly approves fee increases at city-owned Merrill Field airport
City officials say it’s necessary to raise the fees to keep the airport afloat, but some business and pilots called the increases unfair.
Alaska ranks 45th in the nation for children’s well-being, report says
Alaska has America’s lowest rate of dangerously underweight babies, but the highest rate of death among children and teenagers, the report says.
Dunleavy administration sends $20M to school districts, ending monthslong wait
But uncertainty remains around state funding for next school year.
Scores of dead ice seals found along Alaska’s northwest coasts
NOAA is investigating what it’s calling “unusually large numbers” of seal deaths.
Anchorage has seen more thunderstorms than usual this year, and the season has only just begun
The city normally has just one or two thunderstorms a year, says the weather service. So far in 2019, we’ve seen four.
‘It’s just crazy’: Alaska school districts brace for delays in state funding
Districts are bracing for the possibility that state funding won’t arrive on time this summer if a battle over the budgeting process heads to court.
New restrictions on where people can trap in the Anchorage municipality go into effect Friday
The Assembly cited concerns that traps meant to catch foxes and coyotes are instead catching dogs.
Boy, 16, killed woman who was bound, shot and dumped near Thunderbird Falls trail, Anchorage police say
Kayden McIntosh has been charged with first-degree murder and evidence tampering. The father of Cynthia Hoffman, 19, described her as an innocent and sweet person who was always trying to make him proud.