At stations scattered through the two gymnasiums of Soldotna Preparatory School, children with autism played a ring-toss game, won cupcakes in a circle of musical… Continue reading
Odie’s Deli in Soldotna was crowded Friday night for a live storytelling event with the date-appropriate theme of “foolishness.” A group of raconteurs including the… Continue reading
State investigators have found that the actions of an Alaska State Trooper who fatally shot a man in Sterling in October were justified.The Alaska Office… Continue reading
The Legislature must take strides to reduce the deficit, but the transition will be smoother if it is a multi-year process, according to a new… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Fewer people signed up online for this year’s Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, and fewer residents have chosen to donate a portion of their… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska education department announced Friday that it is canceling its computer-based statewide student assessments this year, citing technical disruptions and concerns with… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Public smoking restrictions that recently passed the Alaska Senate could hurt proposed cannabis cafes in the state, a sponsor of the initiative that… Continue reading
KODIAK (AP) — People in the fishing industry are looking for ways to help young fishermen join the workforce.During the ComFish conference in Kodiak this… Continue reading
MONTROSE, Colorado — Keith Carey is a gunsmith in Montrose, a town with a frontier flavor set amid the mesas of western Colorado. He’s a… Continue reading
Monday 1:00 p.m.The House Resources Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss SB 32 Timber Sales and HB 112 Repeal CFEC; Transfer Functions to… Continue reading
Kenai residents played dodgeball in two separate fundraising dodgeball tournaments last Saturday: the Young Life Christian youth group in the gymnasium of the Kenai Middle… Continue reading
Moments after the go-ahead came across a hand-held radio, a young man in black crept up the stairs to the Kenai Peninsula Borough building with… Continue reading
The Alaska Measures of Progress and Alaska Alternate assessments have been suspended indefinitely.The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development will wait for word from… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Healthcare Task Force is asking the boards of the peninsula’s three hospitals to look at ways they can share services to… Continue reading
Editor's note: This article has been edited to clarify that the 36-hour mandatory window for the 2016 Upper Subdistrict set gillnet commercial fishing season will… Continue reading
Alaska’s Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said that although the nation’s capital has earned a reputation for dysfunction, congress has recently managed to consider and occasionally… Continue reading
An Anchorage man accused of murder in the 2013 death of Genghis Muskox will go to trial starting Monday at the Kenai Courthouse.District Attorney Scot… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A remote Alaska volcano rumbled and sputtered Wednesday but was no longer spewing the massive ash clouds that disrupted airline traffic earlier in… Continue reading
JUNEAU — State officials in Alaska are proposing a program to address high-cost health insurance claims in hopes of stabilizing rising rates on the individual… Continue reading
Students statewide were unable to start the Alaska Measures of Progress and Alaska Alternate assessments Tuesday, the first day scheduled for this year’s round of… Continue reading
