A former Iditarod Elementary teacher has been sentenced to 40 years to serve, 40 years suspended, and 15 years of probation.

Begich and former Alaska Revenue Commissioner Sheldon Fisher are the primary investors in the purchase of both the Aviator Hotel and the former Post Office Mall on Fourth Avenue in Downtown Anchorage.

The proposed low barrier-sanctioned campground would house no more than 75 campers who would be housed in tents, pallet houses, and tiny homes.

The month of May is concluding, and June starts Thursday and the weather across much of the state remains cool and less than summer-like even in southern areas of the state. Multiple lows will affect Alaska through the end of the week. Low dropping out of the arctic are bringing in cold air and a chance for snow over the Brooks Range and interior. Rain and showers are likely in southcentral.

Ten members from the Alaska National Guard and Alaska State Defense Force deployed to the communities of Circle and Crooked Creek.

The proposed camps are meant to disperse the number of homeless residents evenly throughout the city,

A major project at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is still on track as members of a West Anchorage neighborhood voice their concerns.

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.

All this week, Hawaii News Now will be bringing to you stories from Yakutat, Alaska where the crew of the Hokule’a started its Heritage Sail. This is a pre-voyage before embarking on a 4-year Pacific-wide journey from Juneau next month.

A mishap on an all-terrain vehicle led to the death of an Eagle River man on Sunday near Big Lake.