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An informal sport fishery has popped up in Kodiak. For crawdads. They’re crustaceans that look like little lobsters, and they’re native to the Pacific Northwest, but not Alaska. In 2002, they were found scuttling along the bottom of a popular fishing area near Kodiak, in the Buskin River watershed, mainly in the lake. Now, a…

The family of Cody Eyre said it’s preparing to file a federal civil rights lawsuit for access to information and monetary damages.

Teen drug use during the summer often goes unnoticed. It’s when school starts and students nod off in class, exchange pills in the hallways and fail tests that the truth becomes apparent.

The shooting happened at The Jacksonville Landing, a shopping mall and live entertainment space in downtown. A white male suspect is dead at the scene and authorities are working to confirm his identity, local police said.

The two-time presidential candidate served for 30 years in the U.S. Senate and was a Washington institution known as a political maverick. He had an aggressive form of brain cancer.

The three new house posts to be raised were carved from cedar, then cast in bronze. They weigh close to 1,000 pounds each.

The plaintiffs in a new lawsuit argue it is when it targets political advertising. Alaska has banned advertising along state highways since 1949, when it was a territory.

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski describes how to create your own seed bank or collecting seeds for your own use.

The Kroger Co., parent company to Fred Meyer, will phase out single-use plastic bags and transition to reusable bags in all its stores by 2025, the company announced Thursday.

A massive ice pack that normally clings to northern Greenland’s coastline is splitting apart and floating out to sea. Climate change is to blame, scientists say.

The results of Tuesday’s primary election included three stunning upsets that could send two of the state’s most powerful legislators packing. The state still must tally hundreds of absentee and other uncounted ballots, and aren’t expected to finish doing so until the end of the month.

Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute recently received clarification about tariff changes, which went into effect on July 6, for Alaska seafood products going into the Chinese domestic market, an organization spokesperson said.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski met with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Some 30 Alaskans flew to D.C. to urge Murkowski to vote no.

This oral history project was inspired by their work on a documentary about the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Marine Highway system.

Oil Search told investors this week that the Pikka development could hold 750 million barrels of oil, increasing its original estimate by 50 percent.

The Tongass Mist can fit up to six passengers. Next summer, it could give tourists a new way to experience an excursion on the water.

The world’s largest container shipping company is about to send its first cargo vessel across the Arctic. It’s a small step, but a significant one in the expansion of trade in Arctic waters as ice recedes due to climate change.

The state’s liquefied natural gas pipeline export project with China can continue regardless of whether Gov. Bill Walker is elected to a second term in November. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation senior vice president Frank Richards said the corporation was set up by the Legislature to transcend election cycles.

Haines resident and master carver Wayne Price will teach his craft this fall to University of Alaska Southeast students. Classes start Aug 27.   Alaska Native languages associate professor Lance Twitchell first approached Price, who will be working with the university as a professor for the first time.

The shelter formerly known as The Glory Hole was named when it opened in the 1980s for an old mining term hearkening back to Juneau’s gold rush days.