Updated: Feb. 19, 2021 at 9:28 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
Three former employees of the Sitka Police Department have settled lawsuits against city. But has the toxic workplace culture that forced them out changed?
Updated: Feb. 16, 2021 at 2:51 AM AKST
|By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and AMANDA SEITZ
In nearly half of the more than 200 federal cases stemming from the attack on the Capitol, authorities have cited evidence that an insurrectionist appeared to be inspired by conspiracy theories or extremist ideologies, according to an Associated Press review of court records.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021 at 7:34 PM AKST
|By Jordan Rodenberger
18 mushers will take off from the Pleasant Valley Store on Saturday to kick off the Summit Quest 300, this year's version of the Yukon Quest.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2021 at 6:13 PM AKST
|By Lauren Maxwell
Anchorage elementary schools welcomed 3rd through sixth graders back to class on Monday.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2021 at 11:38 AM AKST
|By Jill Burke
“Have the vaccines been tested on people with kidney transplants?”
Updated: Jan. 28, 2021 at 11:00 AM AKST
|By Jill Burke
Are you petite? Tall? Overweight? Slender? Here's why health experts say the COVID-19 vaccine should work well for most people regardless of body type.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2021 at 5:22 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
In Alaska, COVID-19 vaccinations won't exempt you from travel requirements like tests or quarantine. Here's why.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 5:34 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
Alaska’s public health team says it’s a bad idea to try to get the first and second dose in different states.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 2:40 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
Age matters, but only on an individual basis. That’s according to the priority groups identified in the state’s phased vaccine eligibility plan.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 6:30 AM AKST
|By Associated Press
The $10,000 judgment is not a settlement. But it means the group will pay the sum and be dismissed as a defendant from the lawsuit.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2021 at 3:06 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
Alaska's News Source is providing answers to viewer questions about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2021 at 10:32 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
A man from Alaska who attended the Jan. 6 protests in Washington D.C. spoke with radio station KSRM about his experience.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2021 at 1:48 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
We're answering the most commonly asked COVID-19 questions.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2021 at 3:37 AM AKST
|By Associated Press
The six first responders who evacuated residents before the Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville will be the “Honorary 12th Titans” for Tennessee’s home game against the Baltimore Ravens.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2021 at 9:48 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
All village residents in western Alaska will soon be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2021 at 1:51 PM AKST
|By Associated Press
As lawmakers around the U.S. convene this winter to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, statehouses themselves could prove to be hothouses for infection.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2020 at 8:28 PM AKST
|By Sean Maguire
The state Health Department has paid PR firms to help with the COVID-19 communications, a firm led by a Dunleavy insider was awarded a sole source contract.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2020 at 5:24 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
Alaska News Source employees were challened to spread cheer in the community.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2020 at 7:18 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
The ACLU of Alaska is asking that health policy makers prioritize prisoner access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2020 at 8:31 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
Health experts give the latest updates on COVID-19 in Alaska, including vaccine progress.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2020 at 1:17 PM AKST
|By Associated Press
Michael “Moose” Cusack, a Chicago-area man who helped inspire the Special Olympics movement and who won multiple medals at the athletic event over years, has died.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2020 at 10:50 AM AKST
|By Gilbert Cordova and Jill Burke
According to DHSS, this first shipment included 35,100 Pfizer doses with 11,700 doses allocated by the Indian Health Service to Alaska’s Tribes.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2020 at 5:08 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
From Dillingham and Nikolai, the Sifsof and Alexie families share common grief: the sudden disappearances of a loved one in or near Anchorage in 2012.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2020 at 8:07 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke and Dave Leval
Alaska could receive it's first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine as early as Dec. 12th.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2020 at 9:20 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
The Anchorage Police Department has launched a cold case unit.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2020 at 8:34 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
Residents north of Willow Creek in Willow will this summer have two routes in and out of their neighborhood.
Updated: Dec. 4, 2020 at 9:39 AM AKST
|By Jill Burke
Two people are missing following a landslide in Haines, Alaska.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2020 at 1:01 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke and Cheyenne Mathews
Haines Mayor Douglas Olerud has confirmed the identities of two people who are missing after a landslide was reported in the Beach Road extension area.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2020 at 6:57 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
A four-week data gap from one laboratory in Alaska may have skewed November's early COVID-19 numbers.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2020 at 6:08 AM AKST
|By Jill Burke
Three tests can tell you if you have or have had COVID-19.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2020 at 8:14 PM AKST
|By Daniella Rivera
Over the weekend, the city turned the Fairview Recreation Center into a congregate shelter, providing capacity for an additional 49 people.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2020 at 7:41 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
An Alaska lawmaker shares why she opposes universal mask mandates even as national and state health officials advise everyone to wear them.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2020 at 6:33 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
Alaska's public health team is gearing up to receive and distrubute the COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2020 at 5:17 PM AKST
|By Jill Burke
Groceries, Holdiays, Travel And More: The Best Web Links To Stay COVID Informed
Updated: Nov. 12, 2020 at 12:39 PM AKST
|By WBTV staff
At least 31 campers were rescued at the Hiddenite Family Camp Ground, and officials say three people are still missing.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2020 at 8:57 AM AKST
|By Kristen Durand
As the snow and the temperatures continue to fall, more and more people are in need of a warm place to stay.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2020 at 4:04 AM AKST
|By Associated Press
Mike Roman, Trump’s director of Election Day Operations, is a former White House aide from Pennsylvania who gathered claims in 1993 of voter fraud.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2020 at 5:59 PM AKDT
|By Jill Burke
Fact Checker, an ongoing segment, evaluates the accuracy and truthfulness of campaign ads.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2020 at 5:22 PM AKDT
|By Jill Burke
Fact checker is an ongoing segment that evaluates the accuracy and truthfulness of political advertising.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 6:37 PM AKDT
|By Jill Burke
Fact Checker evaluates the accuracy and truthfulness of campaign ads.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2020 at 6:55 PM AKDT
|By Jill Burke
Fact Checker will continue to review political ads leading up to the election.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2020 at 12:10 PM AKDT
|By Associated Press
The fiasco has highlighted the Vatican’s often self-inflicted communications wounds and the willingness of Pope Francis to push his own agenda, even at the expense of fueling pushback from conservative Catholics.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 4:28 PM AKDT
|By Daniella Rivera
As temperatures drop, more people are seeking shelter, leading to what Anchorage’s homeless coordinator Nancy Burke called a “challenging position” for the city. On some nights, there wasn’t enough space at the emergency shelter inside the Sullivan Arena, which is the only shelter currently open for referrals. People had to be added to a waitlist or turned away.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 8:18 PM AKDT
|By Jill Burke
Fact checker evaluates the truthfulness of campaign ads.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 at 8:25 PM AKDT
|By Jill Burke
Fact Checker is reviewing political ads for truthfulness and accuracy.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2020 at 12:38 PM AKDT
|By Elizabeth Roman and Jill Burke
Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz apologized to the people of Anchorage as he acknowledged a past "consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship" with local TV reporter Maria Athens, who was arrested Friday.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 10:26 PM AKDT
|By Jill Burke
Governor Dunleavy is urging Alaskans to take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 10:28 PM AKDT
|By Jill Burke
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy offers Alaskans a COVID-19 update via a prepared video message.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 5:38 PM AKDT
|By Jill Burke
Some hand sanitizers contain methanol, a dangerously toxic chemical that may not be listed on the product's label.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2020 at 10:30 AM AKDT
|By Associated Press
The action has so far caused nearly 150,000 children and adults to be expelled from the country.