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Alaska Airlines is building a new $40 million maintenance hangar at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

Charles Richards, 28, of Seattle was found unresponsive in his bunk by a crew member.

An archaeology program has discovered a primitive knife in their fourth year of digging the Kashevaroff site at Salonie Creek in Kodiak, one of the many pieces of evidence that point to the site having been a hunting camp.

The park service and police department processed the bear as a ‘Defense of Life or Property’ take. After it was shot, they discovered the bear suffered from a broken femur and dislocated hip as a result of the hazing incident. The hide and skull will be turned over to Fish and Game as is required by state law.

Contra dancing is a type of folk dance, with European and Appalachian origins. It’s sort of like square dancing, but couples stand in lines. They progress down the line, repeating the dance with the couple standing across from them, all set to folk music.

The passengers of a tour boat that sank after hitting a rock were rescued by nearby vessels. The naturalist aboard the tour boat said it went under within a few minutes.

A farmer wants to provide Sitka residents a local source of produce.

North Alaskan peninsula sockeye returns were so high processors had to limit fishermen’s daily deliveries.

Kotzebue residents disagree with decision to open sport hunting on Western Arctic Caribou.

Juneau’s housing market is difficult for everyone, including senior citizens. A Seattle-based company hopes it’ll be the solution to a historical problem.

UAF’s Peter Delamere is part of the New Horizons science team that had three papers published on their latest research.

A nearly 400-year-old book sits in the Alaska State Library. But it’s not any old book, it’s the First Folio, the first written copy of Shakespeare’s work.

A whale-watching tour saw more than just whales Wednesday, after helping save a deer from drowning in the ocean.

There’s a long history of rural legislators joining majority caucuses, regardless of the party.

People with drug felonies can now apply for food stamps in Alaska.

This year’s sockeye salmon run returning to the Stikine River near Petersburg and Wrangell is turning out to be better than expected.

Scientists have increased the alert level for Pavlof Volcano for the second time this month. On Thursday, the Alaska Peninsula volcano showed signs of low-level eruptive activity.

State officials say a smoldering campfire caused the McHugh fire, which until recently threatened South Anchorage..

A new federal database, created with over a century of information, shows where Pacific walruses haul out on both sides of the border. And that’s especially important as sea ice disappears and the animals spend more time on land.

Equatorial Pacific Ocean finally shows signs of cooling, but the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea are still extremely warm. Latest research indicates both phenomenon helped with each other’s formation between 2013 and 2015.