Tracking Alaska’s economy just got a little easier
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Providence plans new Midtown Anchorage building for victims of child abuse
Providence Health and Services is seeking approval to build a new center for its Alaska Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Services at a location off 48th Avenue, near a strip of hotels along C Street.
Murder victim’s mother turned tears to advocacy but still wrestles with dreams of his death
Joshua Beebe, accused of killing 23-year-old Christopher Seaman in 2015, was sentenced in Palmer on what would have been Seaman's 26th birthday.
Got parking tickets in Anchorage? For the next month, you can pay with cans of food.
Four jars of jelly will pay off a $20 parking ticket.
Troopers arrest seventh-grade teacher in Tuluksak on child porn charges
John Paul Donald Douglas, 37, faces one charge of distributing child pornography and eight charges of possessing child pornography.
National Park Service searching vast Alaska wilderness for man missing near McCarthy
Nick Larsen was last seen in McCarthy on Aug. 7 and had plans to backpack alone in the nearby backcountry.
In wake of Charlottesville, University of Alaska leaders call for tolerance and inclusion
“We reject the type of violence wrought on the community of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia campus by white supremacists and neo-Nazis," said the UAF chancellor.
Dozens of Anchorage city executives got big pay boosts earlier this year
Across sixteen departments, 36 executives received raises in excess of the city’s standard 1.5 percent cost-of-living increase.
Colony barn restoration rescues vestiges of vanishing Matanuska farm history
Two hundred northern Midwest families founded the Matanuska Colony in Palmer in 1935. But today, as farms give way to subdivisions, some surviving Colony barns are getting new life.
Anchorage man gets 127 years for abduction and sexual assault of woman
Back in April, it took a jury less than two hours to convict Dustin Badillo on 19 of 20 counts, which included felony kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery and burglary charges.
6-year-old in Togiak dies from unintentional shooting, troopers say
Troopers said the victim was shot unintentionally by a 10-year-old playing with an unsecured and loaded gun.
Police searching for suspects who they say kidnapped, assaulted and caged an Anchorage man
The victim is in critical condition, according to police, who are also seeking a "person of interest" in the case.
Inmate riot damages Fairbanks correctional facility
When asked to surrender, inmates responded by “breaking windows in the facility as well as pouring soap and water on the floors," troopers wrote.
NTSB probes Hageland, FAA for information on October crash and flight safety in Alaska
Investigators are drilling into the larger question of why so many pilots in control of airworthy planes have crashed into lakes and mountains in Alaska.
Seventh-grade teacher in Tuluksak charged with child porn offenses
Authorities are looking for John Paul Donald Douglas, accused of possessing and distributing child pornography.
Walrus haulout in Northwest Alaska forms at earliest date ever recorded
The animals haul out about two weeks after the continental sea ice recedes.
Audit finds usual mix of questionable purchases on city of Anchorage charge cards
Flu vaccinations and premium satellite TV subscriptions were among the transactions that violated city policies in 2016, according to internal auditors.
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.
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.
Judges hear appeal in Schaeffer Cox court case
Attorneys made their case to the three-judge panel in Anchorage on Wednesday.