The U.S. Coast Guard has recovered the body of one person and has called off the search for four more people from a fishing charter vessel that was last seen near Sitka on Sunday afternoon.
A soldier with the 11th Airborne Division on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson was killed late Sunday night when the car they were riding in hit another vehicle on base.
Hundreds of military veterans who lost their lives during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm were honored Sunday in Washington D.C. An Alaska man, Sgt. David Douthit, was one of them.
The debt ceiling deal has come with just days to spare before a potential first-ever government default. On Sunday, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement and they are urging Congress to quickly pass it.
Elder Izaak Orion Card, 20, of Anchorage, died in a bus crash involving a semi-truck in Brazil, according to a statement from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
It's important to acknowledge that Memorial Day is a holiday to remember and honor those who have died in military service for the country, said Tom Frazier, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran.
With king salmon closures this summer, it's important to make sure you're within regulations before going fishing. But even with these changes, there is still plenty of opportunity to throw some casts.
The regular legislative session has ended with some big proposals still left on the table. One of them, SB 133, would have set up special funds to deal with the growing opioid crisis in the state.
A press release from the Department of Law says an agreement between the State and Luimariamofoa Polu will have him serving a sentence of 60 years with 33 suspended and 10 years on probation.
The community of Haines in Southeast Alaska has many notable landmarks but there’s one you might not expect. It’s a 20-foot hammer meant to welcome visitors to the world’s first hammer museum.
Kent Larson’s business Zen Bathworks features beautiful wooden hot tubs and Japanese soaking tubs called ofuros that are made by hand in his Haines studio.
The ruling affects the Clean Water Act, which put wetlands under federal protection, with the move changing how much protection applies to wetlands. Now, only wetlands that have a connection on the surface to regulated bodies of water will be protected.
Eighteen-year-old Twilla Farrally has had it rough. Diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and ADHD, and being an Alaska Native, her parents tried getting her into their specialized services but the waitlist was too long, so they sought other avenues of treatment.
By a 5-4 vote, the court said in an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that wetlands can only be regulated under the Clean Water Act if they have a “continuous surface connection” to larger, regulated bodies of water. There is no such connection on the Sacketts’ property.
If passed, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act would establish the Truth and Healing Commission, which would investigate, document, and acknowledge past injustices of the federal government’s Indian boarding school policies.
Anchorage’s Sanctioned Camps Community Task Force has been working on crafting a proposal for sanctioned campgrounds to present to the Anchorage Assembly, but the Assembly chose not to introduce it Tuesday night.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Tuesday that sport and personal use razor clam fisheries will open for a four-day period from July 1 to July 4.
The sisters grew up on commercial fishing vessels, started a business in their dorm, and opened a CONEX box gift shop, which grew into a real gift shop.
Found at the end of the Sterling Highway and at the head of Kachemak Bay, the quaint Alaska town of Homer can offer a lot, including some unusual sights.
Joe Cadotte and photojournalist Kim Daehnke went straight into the middle of active beehives to do a story about the love and dedication that goes into producing raw and pure Alaskan honey.
The mayor hopes that constructing the navigation center and shelter will encourage those camping in greenbelt areas to move indoors, but other members of the assembly were not as quick to support the completion of the center.
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