Alaska News

A construction project on Franklin Street will disrupt some downtown bus routes for about two weeks. In news release, Capital Transit says it will temporarily discontinue bus routes to the Downtown library, and the stops at Franklin, Front and Fourth streets.

The Togiak herring fishery opened Sunday morning with a windy start. More than 30 mph gusts posed a challenge for fishermen during the state’s largest sac roe herring fishery.

Submit your own entry for the National Primrose Show and Conference which runs May 4-6 in Juneau.

Tyre Lanier visited Alaska a few decades ago to encourage fisheries to make an in-demand seafood product. Now he’s back with a way to improve it.

The Department of Interior released a notice saying it will hold “no fewer than two” oil lease sales in a 1.6-million acre portion of the refuge, known as the 1002 area or the Coastal Plain.

A new Haines fishermen’s group called the Haines Fishermen’s Alliance will work to advocate for salmon and salmon habitat. The alliance was formed to counter development of a large-scale hard rock mine from what is now exploration at the Palmer Project by Canadian company Constantine Metal Resources Limited.

The last two years, many teachers received layoff notices because the Legislature passed the budget too late for school systems to write their budgets.

About 79,295 ballots were cast, pushing turnout to just over 36 percent, a high figure relative to Anchorage’s normal local election returns. The vote certification upholds preliminary results.

A medication kit containing narcotics, painkillers, sedatives and other medications went missing April 10 from the Bartlett Regional Hospital emergency department, according to a Juneau Police press release.

The Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is holding its annual tribal assembly Wednesday through Friday at the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall in Juneau.

Alaska Native community leaders discussed the challenges — and opportunities — facing an evolving Arctic at the Arctic Futures conference at University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus, Nome.

Some Kodiak residents are not happy with a seemingly harmless landscape photo recently posted online.

The Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council gave the public and local decision makers a chance to get a first-hand look Saturday at a demonstration to help Alaskans better understand what goes into planning for a potential oil spill.

After a year of negotiations, Sitka Tribe of Alaska will partner with the National Parks Service to begin co-management of historical interpretation at the Sitka National Historical Park — the first compacting agreement of its kind in U.S. history.

“The building’s definitely not a loss. We don’t have a dollar estimate yet,” said Fire Chief Rich Etheridge. “It’s really heavy smoke throughout the whole thing, so, they’re probably not going to want to stay in here for a couple of days until they can get it cleaned up and get the odors down.”

An abandoned Bureau of Indian Affairs school building on the outskirts of Bethel caught fire Sunday morning and could burn for a long time.

Alaska may be the Last Frontier, but on Sunday night, comedian John Oliver highlighted a different kind of status – the last holdout of Blockbuster Video. The HBO host offered to donate some unique items to a the business in Anchorage.

The Haines community already is doing a lot to promote less waste, but this Earth Day a recycling organization in the Southeast Alaska town is trying to take it to a whole new level. With high prices at the landfill, the community of 2,500 has a big incentive to throw less away.

The students are auctioning off the backdrop to raise money for their trip to Craig to compete in the Region V Art Fest.

Alaska’s largest airport is a strategic stopping point for air cargo transiting between North America, Asia and Europe.