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A 47-foot fin whale that washed up on Anchorage’s tidal mudflats in November is still drawing visitors, a month later. Why?

In Alaska, researchers found that the percentage of hospital deliveries involving hemorrhage increased from 7.4% in 2016 to 9.4% in 2023. In 2022, some 743 births involved a maternal obstetric hemorrhage, representing 10.1% of hospital deliveries.

A federal judge found that excessive force was “a substantial factor in causing the death” of Dan Demott, 66.

“As soon as he told me he’d recommended me for a federal judgeship, he started asking me to send him nude photos,” the prosecutor said in a statement to investigators unsealed Monday.

New data from the Anchorage Police Department shows that 2023, rather than being an anomaly, may have been the beginning of a persistent rise in outside deaths among Anchorage’s homeless population.

Angela Hall’s marriage puts her in a rare category: Those who marry inmates who may never get out of prison. But far more common in America is the experience of having an incarcerated loved one.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy granted clemency to five people convicted of long-ago drug- and alcohol-related crimes.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said testing determined the animal that briefly captivated Anchorage this fall was a wolf hybrid, but the percentage of wolf DNA remains undetermined.

Carney will take over as the administrative head of the court in January, when current Chief Justice Peter Maassen retires, the Alaska Court System said.

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.

A review of 15 years of police shootings by the Anchorage Police Department is complete.

The plaintiff’s attorneys had asked for $35 million in damages for her medical care and loss of life potential.

Drug overdose deaths rose more in Alaska than any other state over the past year, increasing by nearly 39%, continuing a yearslong trend that bucks national declines, according to provisional data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The monthlong trial opened a window into what is usually an opaque world of health care inside of Alaska’s jails and prisons.

All Alaska judges on the ballot appeared to be heading for retention as election results began to come in Tuesday night, though some by narrower margins than others.