Updated: Juneau police investigate murder
Juneau police have identified the victim in Tuesday night’s shooting as 30-year-old Brandon C. Cook.
Summit STEM charter school proposal fails
New School Board members Josh Keaton and Emil Mackey were the only yes votes on the proposed STEM school.
Local marijuana regs set for public hearing
The proposed ordinance specifies where marijuana can be grown, processed and sold. A moratorium on marijuana businesses expires at the end of the year.
Murkowski’s irate, Interior nominee heard all about it
Sen. Lisa Murkowski has a pretty big gavel to pummel the Department of the Interior with as chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which oversees the department.
Ketchikan overwhelmed after 40 animals removed from home
The question now is what to do with all the animals and how to care for them while they are waiting to be placed in homes.
Scientists identify dead killer whale found in Southeast
The next step for the scientists is testing the samples retrieved from the carcass to search for what killed this animal.
Seabirds recolonize Attu Island amid toxic WWII battlefield remnants
Attu is scheduled for what may be the first of many stages of cleanup — but it’s unlikely the military will ever be able to turn back the clock to a time before conflict.
Museum of the Aleutians closes after 1801 Bible found in director’s house
The museum’s board of directors voted Oct. 12 to close the museum and place executive director Zoya Johnson on paid administrative leave.
UAF comes clean about disciplinary failures in sex abuse, rape cases
“It’s not just that one person failed to do something. It was an entire system,” said Mae Marsh, UAF Title IX coordinator.
Church fire causes $40,000 worth of damage
The kitchen at Faith Lutheran Church caught on fire Tuesday afternoon. It started after cooking oil was left unattended on the stove.
Expert disputes boot print evidence in Fairbanks Four case
Bootprint evidence used to link one of the Fairbanks Four to the 1997 murder of John Hartman, are disputed by a forensic expert.
Skagway School enrollment jumps, likely to bring big funding boost
In recent years, enrollment hovered between 60 and 80. This year, there are more than 100 students in the K-12 school.
Online map plots coastal erosion in 8 Western Alaska locations
Each year, coastal communities in Western Alaska watch feet – even yards – of shoreline disappear into the waves. Now, a new online mapping tool will let them look at past erosion and see where coastlines might be in future years.
Who do you call to fix failing earthquake monitors? Volcano scientists.
A backlog of deferred maintenance and a lack of funding, coupled with the extreme environment, have caused some of the seismic monitoring stations to quit working over the past several years.
Palmer taxidermist devotes a lifetime to still life
At its worst, a bad taxidermy job is gaudy and unsettling. At its finest, taxidermy turns animals into art, preserved for a lifetime or more.
Murkowski raises campaign cash, expects a fight
“We have to plan that we will have a challenger both in the primary and the general,” says Murkowski campaign manager Scott Kendall.
Essential well freezes at Bethel school, resists melting efforts
“These are just kind of experiments in terror when it comes to this sort of thing,” said James Mikesell, plant facilities manager for the Lower Kuskokwim School District.
NOAA investigates dead orca whale north of Petersburg
Greg Lutton was moose hunting on Kupreanof Island this week and said he saw the dead whale on his way out of Portage Bay.
Update: Death jolts final hour of AFN convention
The man who jumped to his death from the third floor of the Dena’ina Center on Saturday was 49-year-old Anthony Choquette, the Alaska Dispatch News reports.
Cancer Connection forum focuses on mindfulness as prevention
About 300 people heard Dr. Astrid Pujari’s talk at Centennial Hall on Saturday during this year’s Cancer Connection Health Forum.