Alaska News

As the facility marks its first year and ramps up for the holidays, the company has delivered more than 3 million packages in Anchorage and Mat-Su.

Starting next month, Natalia Ruppert will begin working for the U.S. Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert program in the Pacific Northwest.

The grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration will go toward the Don Young Port of Alaska’s massive modernization project.

A close look at the 340,510 ballots counted reveals new information on the way Alaskans cast their ballots.

A new study, one of the few attempts to examine PSP-causing toxin differences between individual clams, found higher concentrations in bigger specimens.

Since age 6, Romig Middle School student Emily Brubaker has been advocating for legislation that would amend federal law and require health insurance companies to pay for congenital anomaly treatments.

Sexually transmitted infection rates are typically higher in Alaska than in other states.

State Rep. David Eastman is suing Gov. Mike Dunleavy over the adoption of a bill related to multiple subject areas.

Twenty-one out of 40 state House seats are set to filled by women.

Scientists aren’t sure how the juvenile female whale died. Also unclear: how long the bus-sized carcass will remain on tidal flats.

Federal prosecutors say the passenger was arrested last week after she became disruptive on an Alaska Airlines flight.

A former federal prosecutor in Alaska has won a settlement after claiming she was retaliated against for reporting the U.S. District Court judge’s sexual misconduct.

The 69-year-old shot at arriving officers and into a neighbor’s home, according to a police report summary filed with criminal charges this week.

The city is in final negotiations for a $2.3 million contract with a property management company to open more shelter beds.

Strong job growth, with big oil field and infrastructure projects in development, is one factor, a state economist said.

Anchorage Democratic Rep. Cliff Groh is trailing by 23 votes to Republican challenger David Nelson after the latest ballot count.

Josiah Kelly is accused of firing shots at a recovery center last month and twice at the Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic. No injuries were reported.

Olinka Arrsamquq Michael, known as Matushka Olga, has been revered by Russian Orthodox believers in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region for decades. She will officially become a saint in June.

Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola trailed Republican challenger Nick Begich III after a tabulation of ranked choice results.

The ballot measure to repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries was on track to fail by 664 votes.

With less than a month to go before they vote on a proposal to cut or repurpose seven elementary schools, school board members say they’re still collecting information and hoping to hear from residents.

Community dinners are on tap for Thanksgiving week, and restaurant and take-home options are available as well.

LeDoux’s two associates have pleaded guilty and are set to testify against her in the long-delayed election misconduct trial.