Alaska Legislature passes sweeping crime bill raising age of consent to 18 on last day of session
House Bill 239 includes elements of 10 separate proposals introduced this year and last year, plus a few new elements.
Alaska’s oldest original lighthouse will soon open to the public for the first time
A grand opening ceremony on May 30 will mark the culmination of six years of work by the Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association.
A rare Ebola strain is spreading with no vaccine. Here’s what you need to know.
This outbreak is being called "the perfect storm." How did it start, what are the characteristics of the strain that's causing it and how much of a threat is it…
Snag with Seward cruise dock reroutes ships to Whittier
Officials say the delay stems from underwater piles that contractors are still working to remove.
Trump wants a more loyal Senate. Murkowski says he’s sabotaging that.
Striving to oust two Republican senators, Trump has liberated them to vote against his bills, Sen. Lisa Murkowski says.
A new Anchorage exhibit takes visitors inside an Arctic research vessel
A replica of the research vessel Sikuliaq is open to the public through April 2027 at the Anchorage Museum.
Dunleavy calls special session on Alaska gasline tax break
The governor wants lawmakers to OK property tax breaks to the company proposing to build the project; critics say there is too little information to justify the concessions.
Juneau Assembly officially backs out of Eaglecrest Ski Area’s gondola project
The vote marks a reversal of the Assembly’s controversial 2022 decision to purchase the gondola for the city-owned ski area.
Firefighters battle 5-acre blaze in South Anchorage
Anchorage Wildfire Division Chief Jon Glover said the fire started near 100th Avenue and C Street at around noon and burned through dead grass, spruce and mixed hardwoods.
Anchorage Assembly considers public safety advisory commission reboot
After allowing an old public safety commission to sunset in 2024, the Assembly will soon take up plans for a new commission that advocates hope will “put the public back…