An Anchorage radio disc jockey was arraigned Friday afternoon on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography as well as online enticement of a minor.
It's unclear what caused the only general store in Kivalina to go up in flames early Friday morning. Troopers from the Kotzebue post and a Northwest Arctic Borough village public safety officer are en route to investigate.
The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing an 8-mile-wide shipping route through the Bering Strait region in an effort to protect Arctic waters, as global warming has increased traffic in the vulnerable area.
Alaska Pacific University will offer a new needs-based grant program next school year that will shrink tuition to zero for some students in an effort to attract more young people and increase access to the Anchorage campus.
A $200,000 Rasmuson Foundation grant will mostly go to upgrade the kitchen at the Government Peak Recreation Area chalet as the Mat-Su Borough tries to lure weddings and other rentals.
With drones, model planes and quadcopters considered hot Christmas gifts this year, a legislative task force in Alaska is trying to educate the public about operational rules designed to protect pilots and their passengers in a flight-dependent state. Alaska NewsAlex DeMarban
An odd one-act play about a bizarre truck driver and his macabre cargo so grabbed the imagination of one of the actors that he's turned it into a movie. Kevin T. Bennett's "Six Dead Bodies Duct-Taped to a Merry-Go-Round" will debut at the Anchorage International Film Festival on Dec. 13.CultureMike Dunham
The books from McGraw-Hill Education tell stories of Native American experiences, presenting topics like boarding school and the Trail of Tears through a fictional lens. EducationTegan Hanlon
OPINION: The new governor can and should make sure Alaskans don't lose health insurance subsidies no matter what the Supreme Court decides in the case of King v. Burwell.Randall Plant
Stock markets and many other investments have been on a tear recently, adding to Alaska's billions in savings and bulking up troubled retirement trust funds. But Department of Revenue staff and their outside advisers worry markets may be headed for a fall.Pat Forgey
G Johan Gustafsson, a sixth-round draft pick, and LW Raphael Bussieres, a second-rounder, are expected to dress for the Aces in a game at Stockton on Friday night.Doyle Woody
An odd one-act play about a bizarre truck driver and his macabre cargo so grabbed the imagination of one of the actors that he's turned it into a movie. Kevin T. Bennett's "Six Dead Bodies Duct-Taped to a Merry-Go-Round" will debut at the Anchorage International Film Festival on Dec. 13.Mike Dunham
The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing an 8-mile-wide shipping route through the Bering Strait region in an effort to protect Arctic waters, as global warming has increased traffic in the vulnerable area.Seth Borenstein
Most accidents driving a team of sled dogs were caused by a lack of preparedness or, like Karin Hendrickson’s, were an accident in its purest form.John Schandelmeier
Thousands of demonstrators poured out in cities across the country Thursday night in a show of outrage over a grand jury’s decision the previous day not to indict a white New York City police officer whose chokehold caused an unarmed black man’s death.
The zigzag lines in the shell probably were carved at least 430,000 years ago by a Homo erectus, an extinct hominid with a brain only slightly smaller than those of modern humans, researchers say.
Ice floats! Everybody knows that. What you might not know is that ice is one of the few substances that weigh less in its solid state then it does in its liquid state -- and if that wasn't true, well, we might not be here.
