Elizabeth Bluemink

Anchorage isn't notorious for bad air. But when it comes to one carcinogen, Anchorage residents might as well live in a Gulf Coast petrochemical corridor.

Several commercial fishing boats were destroyed in a fire at a Homer boatyard this morning, according to city officials. The fire started at about 6 a.m. in a large workshop at Northern Enterprises Boat Yard.

Alaska fishermen are poised to dip their nets into the biggest harvest of Sitka herring since statehood, but it's not clear if their only customer -- Japan -- has any appetite for the high-end product.

Two of Alaska's largest telecommunications companies announced Tuesday that they are allowing their customers to make free phone calls to Japan in the coming weeks.

Verizon Wireless says that it is coming to Alaska and will announce the details in weeks and months to come.

State troopers arrested a Wasilla man Sunday after he allegedly built a fake bomb and left it outside the Wasilla home of a person he was feuding with.

Alaska State Troopers and LifeMed sent helicopters into Chugach State Park on Sunday to rescue three hikers who were injured after they slipped while descending mountain peaks.

The coastal flats behind the Rabbit Creek Shooting Park's high-powered rifle range isn't the ideal place to take a stroll in Anchorage. But so far this winter, a lot of people have been spotted on those flats. That has the range manager, Steve Meyer, somewhat alarmed.

Fears of a tsunami from the Japan earthquake kept people in coastal Alaska awake Thursday night and sent two state ferries out to sea to avoid the potential of being swamped. But the scare passed with just small waves and no reported damage.

A tsunami advisory remains in effect this morning for all of coastal Alaska, where small tsunami waves have occurred after the devastating earthquake and aftershocks in Japan. No damage has been reported from strong waves or unusual currents, according to state emergency officials.

A moose kicked a woman in Town Square Park Monday afternoon after she got too close to the animal and reportedly tried to pet it, according to Anchorage police.

The Alaska Board of Fisheries has decided not to restrict the Kenai Peninsula's popular salmon dipnetting fisheries.

A former Elmendorf airman was one of two Air Force servicemen killed Wednesday in Germany by a gunman who confessed to targeting U.S. military.

The state's fish policy makers are poised to vote today on dozens of proposals to limit the Kenai Peninsula's popular dipnet fisheries, due mainly to concerns raised by commercial fishermen about overcrowding and lawbreaking.

Spurred by the rush to develop the Arctic's offshore oil and gas riches, scientists are unlocking mysteries about the marine environment off Alaska's northern coast. Major discoveries include commercial fish species such as Pacific cod and walleye pollock in places never before documented.