COVID-19 reported at Juneau’s Kensington Mine
A mine vehicle enters the Kensington Portal on Oct. 15, 2019. It’s one of two accesses for a network of about...
Senate president Giessel faces primary challenge for Anchorage seat
Giessel's challenger said the majority leader has lost touch with the Republican governor's agenda.
Alaska officials say Trump’s proposed $400-a-week unemployment boost is under review
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy's administration is working to see how it can restore expanded unemployment benefits to about 60,000 people under a new initiative announced by President Donald Trump, but there's no time frame for getting the program started.
Border woes: When Canada says no
Kathryn Miller of Juneau doesn't know why she was denied entrance to Canada at Beaver Creek in late July. Alaskans who...
Assembly to vote on controversial property purchases, CARES Act money distribution
The Anchorage Assembly is expected to vote on the distribution of the city’s remaining CARES Act funds on Tuesday. Of $156 million in federal funds, a little more than 85 percent remains unallocated.
6 things you need to know about Alaska’s new travel rules
Alaska is imposing new testing requirements. Here's what travelers need to know.
Northwest Coast indigenous arts program opens at UAS
It's been years in the making and part of a larger project to establish a Northwest Coast arts hub.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, August 10, 2020
Alaska Senate President Cathy Giessel leans on a decade of experience as she faces a serious challenger in next week's Republican primary. And, Yukon Kuskokwim villages have different ideas about how they can spend COVID-19 relief money. Plus, a fishing crew near Prince of Wales Island makes a rare catch.
Officials investigate suspected poaching after walrus deaths in Bristol Bay
USFWS is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information about the illegal killing of walruses in the Bristol Bay region.
200 missing caribou push managers to drastically limit season on Nushagak Peninsula
The restrictions are a stark reversal from last season, when managers liberalized hunting on the peninsula.
Seiners in Southeast Alaska rescue an unlikely hard-shelled visitor
Biologists identified the catch as a Pacific green sea turtle.
Prevo selected to run Liberty University in Falwell’s absence
Liberty University has selected retired Anchorage Baptist Temple Pastor Jerry Prevo to be the interim president of the school.
Kake on lockdown following COVID-19 positive resident
The predominantly Alaska Native community of about 500 has instituted some of the strictest COVID-19 precautions in the region.
LeConte ferry crew member tests positive for COVID-19
State transportation officials say the unnamed individual had finished a two-week shift on August 1 and began feeling ill after returning home to Juneau.
Cod tagging project shows cod might not overwinter in Bering Sea
As cod populations have surged in the area, it appears that so far, they aren't staying there the whole winter.
Murkowski, Sullivan back Senate bill to help Postal Service
Alaska’s U.S. senators have signed on to the Postal Service Emergency Assistance Act. It has aid for USPS that Senate leaders left out of their latest coronavirus relief bill.
Questions remain after GCI sells television assets to competitor
The future is uncertain for many employees of Anchorage CBS affiliate KTVA, after the television station’s owner, telecommunications company GCI,announced in late July it is getting out of the broadcast television business.
Kriner’s Diner backs down after Municipality of Anchorage seeks to increase fines
A co-owner said in a Facebook video that the new fines would be more than the business could afford.
Lt. Governor calls for more poll workers in Western Alaska ahead of primary election
Historically, many retired people and elders have worked at the polls but this year many are sitting it out over coronavirus concerns.
Biden vows to block Pebble mine project if elected
“It is no place for a mine,” the former vice president said in a statement to news media.