Former nominee for Alaska Attorney General Ed Sniffen has been charged with three counts of sexual abuse of a minor, according to the Department of Law.
A spokesperson with the Division of Forestry said that there are approximately 27 off-grid residences within a mile of the fire that were notified of current operations, but none were asked to evacuate.
In the choppy, cold waters of Alaska’s Resurrection Bay, oceanographers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have been conducting tests this spring with a drone that goes underwater.
Senate Bill 45 passed during the legislative session and would raise the minimum age in Alaska to buy tobacco products and e-cigarettes from 19 to 21. Gov. Dunleavy has not indicated whether he will sign or veto the bill.
The magnitude 9.2 Great Alaska earthquake that struck Prince William Sound on March 27, 1964, is known as the largest to hit Alaska and the second-largest ever recorded in the world.
A spokesperson for the Alaska State Troopers said the DHC-3 DeHavilland fixed-wing plane suffered an emergency problem that led to the crash that injured four people.
Alaska Airlines pilots voted with a “99 percent” approval rate to authorize a strike, although it would likely take at least a month before that happens.
The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night passed an emergency ordinance establishing a criminal offense for open burning during suspended or prohibited periods.
After pushback from the Mat-Su Borough School District over an $11 million cut to the educational operating budget, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly re-adopted a budget which reinstated funding to the district.
Early Tuesday morning, the Alaska State Troopers responded to a deadly crash on Talkeetna Spur Road after a woman was ejected from her car as it rolled off the road a high speed.
Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews previously ruled a majority of members on the Alaska Redistricting Board appeared to have adopted a map that splits the Eagle River area into two Senate districts for political reasons.
Fish and Game said in a release that adult razor clam abundance surveys completed at Ninilchik and Clam Gulch beaches in April and May of this year were below the abundance threshold required to allow limited clamming on those beaches.
Ongoing flooding from rapid snowmelt of the winter’s deep snowpack has prompted the National Weather Service to extend numerous Flood Advisories and Warnings across Alaska.
The National Weather Service issued multiple red flag warnings Friday as a dry spring has led to a warm stretch of weather brought on by a system of high pressure.
A former Alaskan has recently been indicted on charges of killing his roommate in 2020, but he's already in jail awaiting trial for a murder in Oregon.
The state labor department says Alaska had about 6,700 more jobs last month than a year earlier but that jobs in most sectors have not recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
