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“It came out incredibly brown, super dark, almost looked like coffee,” said Pilotlight Restaurant owner Eric Forster of his restaurant’s tap water on Sunday.

Alaska’s cruise industry is on track to hit the magic million-passenger mark this year. But it’s attracting a smaller percentage of the worldwide market.

Gov. Walker said he’s created a new cabinet level position in his administration, an oil and gas adviser. He appointed John Hendrix to the job, who most recently worked as general manager for Apache Alaska.

“The reality is, it’s going to be Donald Trump and Mike Pence. And if you’re a Republican, that’s your team,” said the Alaska GOP chairman.

Myth #1: If you stay in the black you’re fine. Myth #2: If you’re in the city on cement with firefighters you’re safe. Myth #3: If you lose your escape route you can call 911.

The fire is actively burning in beetle-killed spruce, much of which is dead and blown down. This combined with the steep terrain had made access to the fire very difficult.

Muzaffer Uyanik shares his thoughts on an attempted coup in his home country.

Skagway Borough Assembly wants to re-open lease discussions with White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad, despite a voter decision to the contrary.

AVCP delegates have called an emergency meeting to “decide the future” of the organization.

Electrical fire in downtown Juneau home extinguished.

The Chilkoot Indian Association’s tribal administrator said the status they hope to gain for their remaining property would give the tribe authority over taxes and could allow for economic development opportunities.

“Almost everybody in my platoon has it,” said Pfc. Dylan Carter, who’s part of an airborne Army unit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. He said there’s no contradiction between jumping out of a low-flying plane, and a video game that basically turns you into a sci-fi animal catcher.

Chenault said the legislature already considered the Permanent Fund restructuring and tax increases that Gov. Bill Walker asked them to pass.

“We’ve got more kids into iPads and iPods,” said Stebbins Mayor Morris Nashoanak. Like many other village elders, he worries technology is tempting kids away from their traditional roots.

According to the EPA, the Clean Water Act violations by both companies affected arctic wetlands that support wildlife like caribou, ptarmigan and geese.

Playboy Spaceman’s latest releases are inspired kidney failure, Obamacare and and the loss of a parent. The band’s second studio full-length album is called “And His Father.”

State budget director Pat Pitney said the no action plan would cut funding to state agencies from more than $4 billion to only $1.5 billion, creating a dire situation.

Running these services is expensive, and some other organizations in Alaska have tried to provide these services, then down-sized or shut down.

The State Library, Archives and Museum opened recently in Juneau with a new display that includes a piece of the trans-Alaska pipeline as part of an exhibit on the oil industry. But the drama of the state’s current fiscal crisis puts that history in a new light.

They say Walker’s decision destroys the state’s credibility with the industry it depends on to develop oil and gas resources.