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Crime & Justice

Anchorage teen sentenced to 1 year for fatal distracted-driving collision

Murphy Madison Gross, 17, was sentenced Thursday in Anchorage Superior Court to one year in prison for criminally negligent homicide, stemming from a distracted-driving collision that killed a 27-year-old mother of two in February 2013. 
Jerzy Shedlock
Teen charged with texting while driving in fatal crash
Crime & Justice

Appeals court asks whether self-representing defendants have right to expert witness funds

The Alaska Court of Appeals is asking the state and two defense agencies to weigh in on whether defendants who refuse court-appointed counsel are entitled to public funds to hire expert witnesses. 
Jerzy Shedlock
Officer gets public defender despite $100,000-plus salary
Health

Affordable Care Act open enrollment: What you need to know

On Saturday, open enrollment begins for 2015 individual health care plans under the federal Affordable Care Act. Are you already enrolled or looking to enroll this year? Here's what you need to know.
Laurel Andrews
Alaskans ask Medicaid advisory group to rethink proposed limits on therapy
Vote for governor likely to decide fate of Medicaid expansion in Alaska
Politics

APOC, marijuana activist Charlo Greene clash over campaign disclosure questions

Alaska Cannabis Club CEO and President Charlo Greene is challenging the Alaska Public Offices Commission, which wants to subpoena records related to what APOC believes are campaign finance violations committed by Greene.
Suzanna Caldwell
Weed roundup: ABC board offers early insight into business licenses, rural Alaska reacts to marijuana legalization
Economy

Election change delays start date for Alaska minimum wage increase

Workers looking for a raise at the start of next year will have to wait a couple of months into 2015 for Alaska’s voter-approved minimum wage increase to take effect.
Devin Kelly
Minimum wage, anti-Pebble measures pass easily

Backup generator headed to Tuluksak but may be too late for thawing freezers

Freezers full of salmon, moose meat and Thanksgiving turkeys are thawing in the Western Alaska village of Tuluksak, most of which has been without power since Oct. 31 due to a failed generator.Rural AlaskaLisa Demer

Alaska Capitol in midst of multiyear, multimillion-dollar renovation

The biggest part of the renovation of the Alaska Capitol in Juneau is structural, a seismic retrofit. The concrete walls, floors and beams holding the building up are in good shape, but the brick and sandstone shell of the building could fall in an earthquake.Alaska NewsPat Forgey

Lindner, 64, plans return to Iditarod -- on a snowmachine

After saying he was done with the Iditarod, 64-year-old Sonny Lindner will return to the trail in 2015 -- on a snowmachine. The veteran musher plans to race the Iron Dog with his son.SportsBeth Bragg

Release of state records still pending in National Guard lawsuit

More than a month after suing Gov. Sean Parnell for the release of public records related to problems in the Alaska National Guard, media outlets have received more than 2,000 pages of documents but the heavily redacted material sheds little light on how Parnell and his staff addressed guard-related complaints.   MilitaryJill Burke

Multimedia

Multimedia
VIDEO: Aurora over Anchorage
Military
Photos: Veterans Day in Alaska 2014
Features
Best Alaska photos of November
Multimedia
VIDEO: Veterans enjoying America's public lands

Voices

Berlin Wall's non-violent fall still sending ripples through Europe

OPINION: Twenty-five years after the non-violent fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe has a different attitude toward political violence -- cause not just for celebration but for jubilation.Steve Haycox
Let slip the drivers of Uber? Sure, if we're willing to cough up $20 million
Courts protect fundamental rights from tyranny of majority
A message to LGBTQ Alaskans: You are welcome here

News & Politics

Mat-Su developing new wireless tower rules

The Mat-Su Borough is taking another crack at regulations governing wireless and other tall towers to meet the communications demands of the borough's growing population. Zaz Hollander
Animal Control discovers underweight huskies, one dead, in Girdwood
Alaska veterans asked to complete needs assessment surveys
Marijuana legalization should have no impact on University of Alaska staff and students

Sports

Road kill: UAA flattened 10-2 at Ferris State

The eight-goal spread was one goal shy of matching the worst margin of defeat in UAA's 22 seasons in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.Doyle Woody
South, Kodiak sail in different directions at 4A volleyball tourney
Monroe rams through first day at 3A volleyball tournament
History: Some UAA losses even worse than tonight's

Events

Lisa Nakamichi in concert
Lights Out: Polar Lab
Pulse Dance Co. presents: 'Moulin Rouge'
Highway heroes

Culture

Art attack: All Alaska Juried Show, 'Rarified Light' and 'It's All Material' at the Museum

The Anchorage Museum opened three notable exhibits on Nov. 7: the All Alaska Juried Art Show, considered the most important juried art show in the state, the statewide "Rarefied Light" photo competition and a show about Alaska craft materials.Mike Dunham
Kim Sunée: Rice Krispies treats, all grown up with brown butter and sea salt
Alaska From Scratch: Squash made simple
Shannon Kuhn: Giving thanks and giving food

Arctic

New measures to protect the Saimaa seal in Finland

New rules could include a wide buffer zone to protect denning pups and restrictions on lakeside construction.YLE News
Russian Su-34 fighter bombers flying off Norway
Study: Polar bears sniff pawprints to find clues about potential mates
Finland: Snow cannons to help Saimaa seals build dens

Adventure

As waterfowl hunters know, Alaska's seasons are changing fast

Since the start of this month, every day has gone above the normal high in Anchorage, and only two have reached the normal low. Beyond that, the daily lows have barely dipped down as cold as the normal highs the last four days.Craig Medred
Too cold? Too dark? Tough Alaska kids revel in winter fun in Fairbanks
Schandelmeier: Where the bison roam (and hunters follow) in Interior Alaska
Harvey: Adapting to the new normal: a snowless, warm November in Anchorage

Nation/World

  • Landing on Comet Bumpier Than Initially Thought

    This historic landing of a spacecraft on a comet Wednesday turned out to be not one but three landings as the craft hopped across the surface.

  • Obama Plans to Protect Up to 5 Million From Deportation

    President Barack Obama is expected to ignore angry protests from Republicans and announce as soon as next week a broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration enforcement system that will protect up to 5 million undocumented immigrants from the threat of deportation and provide many of them with work permits, according to administration officials who have direct knowledge of the plan.

We Alaskans

Agony of the Aleutians: The forgotten internment

When World War II threatened the Aleutian Islands, the indigenous Aleut people were displaced from their homes -- abruptly and without much explanation. Many died; all suffered. Eva Holland
Photos: The forgotten internment
The life and death of the ultimate road-trip machine
Going to extremes: The highs and lows of winter in Alaska