People in Alaska's industry are asking state lawmakers for help over concerns that if the current tax formula isn’t solved, it could lead the industry into a downward spiral.
The Mat-Su Reentry Coalition hosted its first in-person reentry summit this week in Wasilla since before the pandemic featuring a guest speakers and panel discussions to discuss the difficulties after incarceration.
Yolanda Fraser is back near a ragged chain-link fence, blinking through tears as she tidies up flowers and ribbons and a pinwheel twirls in the breeze at a makeshift roadside memorial in a small Montana town. This is where the badly decomposed body of her granddaughter Kaysera Stops Pretty Places was found a few days after the 18-year-old went missing from a Native American reservation border town.
A man with Alaska roots tragically lost everything in the Maui wildfires that ripped through Lahaina last month, but one Alaska community is rallying to support him.
The annual boost to Alaskan bank accounts is just around the corner — the first payments of the 2023 Permanent Fund dividend will be deposited on Oct. 5.
More money is needed — that’s what Parks and Recreation director Mike Braniff told the assembly before they approved additional funding for the maintenance of portable toilets at large encampments.
The Municipality of Anchorage has released its 2023 report on how federal American Rescue Plan Act grants distributed by the municipality are being used.
A fire truck that once belonged to Kulis Air National Guard Base in Alaska is still in operation at JBER with the 176th Civil Engineer Squadron Alaska Air National Guard.
The municipal IT director resigned Tuesday from his role, according to the mayor’s office, amid allegations he was implicated in a plan to possibly overturn some results of the April city election.
Some assembly members said Wednesday they were not shocked by the news of the IT director’s resignation — if anything, they were wondering why it took so long.
An Alaska communications company that had its underwater fiber optic line severed by sea ice this summer has completed repair operations and restored service.
A contingent of concerned parents and citizens is advocating for the Anchorage School District board to enforce a new policy regarding the way parents are informed about their children’s gender identity and pronouns, with many worried this information could be hidden from them.
Tribal leaders and members from 10 Alaska Native communities gathered in Anchorage this week for a three-day conference with multiple federal agencies to help them prepare for, respond to and recover from the impacts of climate change.
The alarming number of unfilled positions is one of the key takeaways from Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson’s gathering with the media Tuesday, along with one municipal employee who is still on administrative leave.
Leaders in the Alaska recovery community say the month carries extra significance in Alaska where alcohol-related deaths are over twice as high as the rest of the nation.
One year ago, people in Western Alaska were waiting for the water to recede and the winds to calm so they could clean up from one of the most destructive storms to ever hit that region.
On Monday, the Assembly approved a $250,000 contract with the law firm Sedor, Wendlandt, Evans and Filippi in the recently filed case of Demboski vs. the Municipality of Anchorage.
Inupiaq author and illustrator Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson released her first full title “Eagle Drums,” a culturally rich and significant book with a narrative of how Inupiaq people formed music, dance, community, and tradition.
A 14-year-old is accused of stealing and driving a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado and crashing it into a Nikiski home Saturday night, according to Alaska State Troopers.
A vehicle was found fully engulfed in flames in a Russian Jack neighborhood Saturday night, leaving one person dead, Anchorage Fire Department Assistant Chief Alex Boyd wrote in an email.
Significant flooding on the Kenai River has already impacted roughly 618 nearby homes, and prompted the Kenai Peninsula Borough to authorize an emergency declaration on Thursday.
According to the NTSB, the Piper PA-18 150 Super Cub piloted by Peltola had returned to a remote area near St. Mary’s to transport a load of moose meat from hunters he had flown on an earlier flight when it crashed during takeoff.
A backlog in processing applications for state benefits that stretches back almost a year has finally been cleared up through this summer, according to health department officials.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough has said that it anticipates beginning work to rebuild a revetment that was damaged by flooding in Talkeetna in the coming weeks.
Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche declared a state of emergency Thursday in response to extensive flooding in the eastern portion of the borough.
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