January 16, 2024 Tribal leaders ask Washington state lawmakers for funding to combat opioid crisis Native American leaders in Washington state are asking legislators to pass a bill that would allow tribal nations increased funding to combat a surge in opioid overdose deaths.
January 15, 2024 Alaska opens 2024 session with debate about pay raises, education, and energy AK lawmakers have a busy session ahead, with such topics such as education funding, energy issues, and legislator pay raises on the docket.
January 11, 2024 Coast Guard finds 2 dead, rescues 3 from overturned vessel near Sitka, Alaska The U.S. Coast Guard said it rescued three people from a vessel that had overturned in the water near Sitka, Alaska on Tuesday. Responding partners also located two bodies.
January 8, 2024 Supreme Court rejects Alaska's attempted revival of copper and gold mine AK's back-and-forth dispute with the EPA over the Pebble Mine, a potentially lucrative source of copper and gold, has resulted in the Supreme Court siding with the EPA
January 1, 2024 Lithium-ion battery fire on Alaska cargo ship is out after several days of burning The U.S. Coast Guard says a fire involving lithium-ion batteries on the cargo ship Genius Star XI is out after it burned for several days. The crew members were uninjured.
December 25, 2023 Scientists suggest exchange with humpback whale could eventually lead humans to communicate with aliens A group of scientists suggests the same method they used to communicate with a humpback whale could eventually be used by aliens to make contact with humans.
December 15, 2023 AK Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposes $3,400 payment for residents amid nearly $1 billion budget gap Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has presented a budget plan that proposes paying residents a $3,400 oil-wealth dividend next year and using savings to cover a $990 million deficit.
December 14, 2023 Female soldier graduates Army's sniper school in historic first A female soldier with the 173rd Airborne Brigade made history by becoming the first active duty woman to complete the Army's elite sniper school and qualify as a sniper.
December 13, 2023 Missing snowmachine riders found dead in western Alaska Missing snowmachine riders Charlene Habros, 34, and Dustin Gologergen, 55, both of Nome, Alaska, have been found dead a day after going missing.
December 7, 2023 Alaska rescue teams suspend search for missing 12-year-old after fatal landslide kills 5 Authorities in Alaska have suspended the search for a missing 12-year-old boy following a deadly landslide on Nov. 20. The landslide killed five people, officials confirmed.