Two Rivers musher Judy Currier scratches from Iditarod in Galena FAIRBANKS — Two Rivers musher Judy Currier was the last musher to leave the start chute when the Iditarod started in Willow on March 7. On Sunday morning, she became the first Fairbanks-area mus...
Healy volunteer wins award for work with youths HEALY — A large and colorful garden of papier-mâché is growing at Tri-Valley School. The master gardener is none other than Ilah Reynar, a longtime volunteer in the local school and community. R...
Alaska Trooper’s traffic stop nets 2 DUIs FAIRBANKS — A single traffic stop by Alaska State Troopers early Sunday morning multiplied into DUI arrests of two different drivers. Troopers weren’t seeing double. The second DUI driver ca...
Latest version of Railbelt electric unification plan unveiled FAIRBANKS — Alaska’s regulatory board would oversee the price of wholesale power coming from new projects build through a joint electric venture, according to the plan’s latest version, which th...
A surfer is seen on Saturday afternoon, March 13, 2010 near Spruce Cape in Kodiak, Alaska. Air temperatures were 32 degrees, and a blizzard watch had been issued by the National Weather Service for the afternoon. Several hardy surfers enjoyed the Kodiak waves. (AP Photo/KMXT Radio, Jay Barrett)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - We know what Alaskans are dying from - mostly diseases such as cancer, heart disease, strokes and respiratory disease, plus injuries and suicide. But why are we dying in those w...
Former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens says the AGIA pipeline plan has flopped and the state should put up billions to pay half the cost of an in-state natural gas pipeline project to Kenai. It should also switch its support to the building of a trans-Alaska pipeline to Valdez that would export LNG...
The Legislature is considering a bill to provide different types of state assistance to encourage the building of natural gas storage facilities in Cook Inlet to help hold down electricity and heating costs in Anchorage and vicinity. Storage facilities are needed to help even out the uneven d...
Several readers asked whether the borough could ban guns at borough meetings. I checked the state law and the answer is—yes, with one condition. State law allows municipal governments to prohibit firearms within parts of local government buildings. T...