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Killing wolves and bears over nearly 4 decades did not improve moose hunting, study says
State wildlife officials don’t plan to halt predator control in light of the findings by retired scientists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and University of Alaska Fairbanks. → Read More
Rockslide damages cruise dock in Skagway, forces ship to skip port call
No one was injured as the slide sent rock, dirt and vegetation tumbling from a mountainside above the dock. → Read More
Investigation finds dozens of unqualified Florida doctors tried to get emergency licenses in Alaska
Oct. 30—Dozens of unqualified Florida doctors applied for emergency licenses in Alaska this year and a Chile-based company intentionally tried to recruit at least some of them, according to an ongoing investigation conducted at the request of the Alaska State Medical Board. The board that polices the state's medical providers is expected to reevaluate the emergency licensing process in the ... → Read More
Alaska political icon Jack Coghill dead at 93
Coghill served for decades as a lawmaker and was lieutenant governor in the 1990s. → Read More
New fire reported next to Tudor Road sushi restaurant destroyed in arson blaze
Anchorage police were called to help with traffic control in the area just after 6 a.m., dispatchers said. → Read More
APD: Guitar teacher suspected of child sex abuse may have more victims
Jeremy Strunk starting giving guitar lessons in Palmer and Wasilla in 2000, police say. → Read More
Earthquake estimated at 5.7 rattles Southcentral Alaska
The quake was widely felt in Anchorage. → Read More
Four people found dead in Denali flightseeing crash, and a fifth is presumed dead
The bodies of four people were found by a National Park Service ranger Monday morning in the wreckage of a flightseeing plane that crashed near Denali Saturday, according to an update. → Read More
Alaska performances of homegrown musical ‘Snow Child’ are canceled
Perseverance Theatre's Art Rotch said the theater couldn't meet the musical's "logistical needs" at this time. It was scheduled to run in Juneau on June 9 and 10. → Read More
Poldine Carlo, noted Alaska Athabascan elder, dies at 97
Carlo co-founded the Fairbanks Native Association and dedicated a half-century to the group. She grew up along the Yukon River in the 1920s. → Read More
Judge rejects reduced bail for Wasilla man accused of sexually abusing 8 children
Seth Loggins is accused of sexually abusing at least eight Mat-Su children between the ages of 4 and 14. Authorities who already describe his case as one of the worst they've seen say there could be still more victims. → Read More
Wasilla suspect throws puppy in failed attempt to escape arrest, troopers say
A 32-year-old Wasilla man tried a new method of avoiding arrest Sunday when confronted on an outstanding warrant, Alaska State Troopers said. He threw a puppy. → Read More
Troopers: Wasilla man charged with sexual abuse of 4 children
Seth Loggins was arrested Wednesday on 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor and may have additional victims, troopers said. → Read More
Bacteria that can kill wild sheep and goats has never turned up in Alaska — until now
Four Dall sheep from the Talkeetna Mountains and two Kenai Peninsula mountain goats became the state's first wild sheep and goats to test positive for a pathogen known as Movi that has led to deadly outbreaks among bighorn sheep in the Lower 48 and is triggering calls for restrictions on domestic livestock here. → Read More
Southeast Alaska fishermen illegally caught $35,000 worth of sea cucumbers, troopers say
The trio of men from Naukati Bay, Prince of Wales Island, face criminal charges after pilfering nearly four tons of sea cucumbers from a Whale Pass scientific preserve that's been off limits to fishing for decades, Alaska Wildlife Troopers say. → Read More
3 found dead in car outside Anchorage hotel
Anchorage police say three people found dead in a car outside a Spenard hotel early Monday died from carbon monoxide poisoning or drug abuse. → Read More
Couple who fled Alaska charged in shooting inside Anchorage Fred Meyer store
Police say Eric Dewayne Lee Jr. pulled a gun out of his girlfriend's purse at the DeBarr Road Fred Meyer and fired at three men standing in a credit union line nearby. → Read More
Anchorage robbery suspect buries coat, gets caught cold
A Wasilla man in a black hooded jacket with a black towel covering his face walked into the Taco Bell on East Tudor Road on Tuesday, said he had a gun and asked for money, Anchorage police say. → Read More
Palmer to pay nearly $200K in fines over sewage pollution problem
The city's trouble began when the Matanuska River moved, creating a new salmon stream that triggered new permit requirements. → Read More
Court documents shed light on murder charges in once-closed Mat-Su case
Damien Peterson shot 16-year-old Frank Woodford in the chest, then told a witness to say Woodford shot himself, charging documents say. Peterson's younger brother faces charges in the David Grunwald murder. → Read More