Alaska News

Zulkosky is one of 19 women in the current Legislature, the highest number in the history of Alaska.

Petersburg Borough Assembly joined the call this month for measures to slow a growing population of sea otters in Southeast, as the marine mammals are impacting shellfish stocks.

A Pilot Station man fleeing from the law died after a daylong standoff ended in a shootout with Alaska State Troopers.

The effort to reform the Alaska Marine Highway System took a step forward Thursday. The House Transportation Committee voted to instruct staff to draft legislation that would establish a public corporation to take over the system. But it’s a long way from a done deal.

Sealaska Heritage Institute earlier this year acquired a spruce-root hat made by Haida weaver Delores Churchill. The hat is a replica of one found with ancient remains.  

The 2018 Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament has been postponed. The annual event was scheduled for this weekend in Haines.

Harry Ross started moving trains when he was 21. Fifty years later, he’s still transporting passengers and freight by rail across the state.

For smaller hospitals and providers that rely significantly on Medicaid, the suspension could keep them from paying contractors or making payroll.

Authorities are searching for two overdue hikers — George “Ryan” Johnson, 34, of Juneau and Marc-Andre Leclerc of British Columbia — who didn’t return from climbing the Mendenhall Towers in the Juneau Icefield.

The advisory board for Juneau’s two municipal swimming pools wants its mandate extended for at least another year. Juneau’s outgoing parks and recreation director said the Aquatics Board has run its course.

The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit because the Pacific walrus wasn’t granted an Endangered Species Act listing.

A spokesman says Guttenberg was conscious, talking and in “good spirits” before he was taken away. 

Bernhardt said in the next few weeks, the agency will kick off the regulatory process required before the administration can hold an oil lease sale in the refuge.

Napaskiak asked Gov. Bill Walker on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency, following an increase in alcohol-related deaths in the village of Bethel.

An unusual number of dying otters were found in Southwest Alaska. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched an investigation into what was killing these seemingly healthy animals.

The local tribe in Wrangell received a $100,000 grant, in part, to curb outward migration. The tribe will create a five-year plan to bolster industry and community services that could keep people from moving out of town.

The state ferry LeConte will be tied up in Juneau for a few more days. Sailings throughout Southeast have been canceled through March 10.

According to initial election results, 62 percent of voters supported Mayor Frank Kelty, who was waiting at City Hall when the polls closed Tuesday night.

The Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association collected 140 million data points of sea floor data from its members and reconciled it with federal and state maps. The goal is to make Sitka’s small boat fleet more competitive and efficient.

Anchorage Republican Rep. Lance Pruitt opposed the added money. He proposed firing higher paid lawyers and replacing them with lower cost, less experienced lawyers.