11+ hour, 5+ min ago  (746+ words) The U. S." Department of Labor is asking a U. S. District Judge to require a Fairbanks-area gold mine to allow a federal inspection. It's the second time the department has asked. The Department of Labor and Alaska Goldmine LLC owners Sheldon Maier and…...

10+ hour, 53+ min ago  (1734+ words) By Claire Galofaro and Sally Ho She was 13 years old and scared of the dark when she arrived at a residential treatment center that had promised her adoptive parents it would help her heal " from the pain of not knowing…...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago  (903+ words) Alaska utilities have warned of sharp price hikes when they start importing liquefied natural gas in the coming years to replace dwindling supplies of locally produced gas that's traditionally been used for home heating and generating electricity. The first LNG…...

7+ hour, 22+ min ago  (201+ words) Juneau Independent The recent passage of ballot measures to improve affordability in Juneau demonstrates a majority perspective that the CBJ must reduce the tax burden it places on residents. While the change in revenue collected by the CBJ may eventually…...

14+ hour, 24+ min ago  (145+ words) This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Therefore, those listed in this report are presumed innocent. Information about these incidents can be reported…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (802+ words) While many school districts across Alaska are facing severe budget shortfalls, several bills to provide a sustained increase to education funding appear to have stalled in the Legislature. But a bill to add nearly $82 million one-time funding and education policy…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (358+ words) Several years ago while living in Fairbanks, a group at the University of Alaska Fairbanks decided that some of the city's historic buildings should be restored and preserved. Motivated primarily by a knee-jerk opposition to anything coming from the university,…...

1+ day, 37+ min ago  (581+ words) Victoria Obanesian went from being a cruise ship passenger last year to selling dog sled tours on Juneau's cruise dock during the opening day of this year's season. "I mean that's what they say about Alaska " you take one sight…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (592+ words) By Klas Stolpe " Family, friends, colleagues and admirers were in attendance at the Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA) Alaska High School Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Anchorage's Special Olympics Alaska Building on Sunday to witness"Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa....

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (937+ words) A pair of African distance runners took down what was once among the most unthinkable records in sports on Sunday, shattering the long-unapproachable two-hour barrier in the 26. 2-mile (42. 2-kilometer) marathon. Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon in 1 hour,…...