News of the North

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Alaska health insurance officials have announced the state's plan to weaken air ambulance membership plan regulations, officials said.

A week later than scheduled, the Golden North Salmon Derby has begun as of Friday morning.

Palmer, Alaska (KINY) - The Recall Dunleavy campaign released signature numbers after the kickoff of the Alaska State Fair in Palmer.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A Juneau man has been sentenced to prison for more than a decade after pleading guilty to one charge of possession of child pornography.

Nome, Alaska (AP) - Officials with the world's most famous sled dog race have confirmed they have denied entry to a 78-year-old veteran musher.

Washington, DC (AP) - The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says a decision on an application for an Alaska mine will not be his to make, a report said.

Akiachak, Alaska (KINY) - The drowning victim was last seen in July and his body was located this week.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Jamie Allard of Eagle River and Kyle Foster of Anchorage were appointed this week.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The 75-year-old man was taken from a cruise ship south of Coghlan Island Thursday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - In response to media inquiries regarding the process for filling the vacancy in Senate District M, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s press secretary, Matt Shuckerow, offered a statement on the process on Thursday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Kirby Day, Director of Shore Operations for Princess Cruises and Liz Perry of Travel Juneau gave a presentation on the 2019 tourism industry to the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The lion's share of what's needed for purchase property to fund the purchase of land in the Valley to move the Glory Hall from downtown has been raised.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy has brought a marijuana advocate back to the board that regulates Alaska's legal cannabis industry, a shift from an earlier appointment of a skeptic who was rejected by lawmakers.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - It appears the CBJ is out just under $80,000.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Police said two boys are now at the Johnson Youth Center facing a felony charge.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - An independent commission has found credible evidence that 7 people, six priests, and one religious brother, have engaged in sexual misconduct against minors and vulnerable adults in the Juneau Catholic Diocese since 1951.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska fire officials say three high-profile wildfires burning in the state were caused by humans.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - After a marathon meeting Wednesday and a special session to interview applicants, the Alaska Republican Party has forwarded three names to be considered for the late Sen. Chris Birch's seat.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy has replaced the chairman of the Alaska Railroad Corp. board, whose company is listed as having hosted signature-gathering events for a Dunleavy recall effort.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Records from a legislative agency show four Alaska lawmakers received the maximum allowable daily allowance for the time between the end of the regular session in May and passage of a state operating budget.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The report found six priests and one religious brother allegedly engaged in certain acts of sexual misconduct in the diocese since 1951.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - There was a wide-ranging interview with Juneau Police Chief Ed Mercer on Action Line Wednesday.

Hoonah, Alaska (KINY) - A single-family home on Hoonah Court suffered about $10,000 in damage, Hoonah Fire Chief Jason Goins said.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Mona R. Azevedo, 77, was home alone at the time of the blaze.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed additional funding for the state's ferry service that was placed in the budget by the Legislature.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Coast Guard 17th District personnel are scheduled to host the annual Buoy Tender Roundup Aug. 19 through 23.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy took issue with media coverage in explaining why he announced by video his decision on the state budget and the oil-wealth fund dividend that will be paid to residents.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon talked about the impact of the Governor's budget vetoes on the city and borough while a guest on Action Line.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced his decisions on the operating budget sent to him by lawmakers during the second special session during an address Monday afternoon.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The valiant efforts of neighbors and firemen were unable to save the woman.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska group has filed an application with the state for a ballot initiative asking voters to increase taxes on the oil industry, a report said.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Municipal Election just got a lot more interesting.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A person was transported to the hospital as the result of a residential fire on Dogwood Lane in the Mendenhall Valley Monday evening.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon says he doesn't see a willingness by the House to appropriate more money toward an oil-wealth fund check for residents without a change to the dividend program going forward.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Representative Sara Hannan is chagrined at the line items the Governor continued to redline.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Representative Andi Story was disappointed in the Governor's continued vetoes.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Two suspects were busted at Anchorage's Airport last Thursday after the State Wide Drug Enforcement Interdiction Team there received tips that the pair planned to transport drugs to Nome.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Southeast Alaska Land Trust permanently conserved 4.57 acres of shorefront in Tee Harbor in July.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - John Gregory, 27, allegedly fired three shots at the owner of the bike.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Rep. Laddie Shaw of Anchorage and former Alaska Sen. Dave Donley have applied to the Alaska Republican Party to succeed the late Sen. Chris Birch.

Cedar City, Utah (KINY) - A former Thunder Mountain High School and NCAA Division I standout basketball player is moving on to the professional ranks in Europe.

Houston, Alaska (KINY) - Shelly Ingram, 43 of Wasilla had been missing since August 4, Alaska State Troopers said.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital City Fire Rescue spent five hours at the scene of a wild fire early Saturday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Beginning Monday, Aug. 19, Secon and the Alaska Department of Transportation will re-open access to Whittier Street on the waterside of Egan Drive.

Bethel, Alaska (AP) - A school district has a plan to move multiple diesel-filled fuel tanks away from a river after erosion threatens an environmental disaster.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $100,000 to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development for fidelity bonds.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - July was Alaska's warmest month ever, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Wrangell, Alaska (KINY) - A wake from the Alaska state ferry Columbia caused a small skiff to capsize last weekend in the Wrangell Narrows near Petersburg.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Sealaska recently formed several Shareholder Participation Committees to gather shareholder feedback and increase opportunities for engagement.

Douglas, Alaska (KINY) - Roadwork will cause considerable delays on Douglas Island at the start of the next work week.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Huskies gridiron gang took a loss in the first game of the season, falling to the Service Cougars 58-42 on the road.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Tali Birch Kindred, the daughter of the late Sen. Chris Birch, filed a financial disclosure with the State of Alaska and an application with the Alaska Republican Party.

Fairbanks, Alaska (AP) - A linguist renowned for his work with Alaska Native languages has died.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy plans to announce his final decisions on the state budget Monday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Assembly Monday evening will decide what to advance to voters during the October 1 election on the funding of renovations to Centennial Hall and a new arts and culture center.

Skagway, Alaska (KINY) - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a Skagway man has been sentenced for illegally exporting a raw ivory tusk, using falsified forms to have it admitted to Indonesia, and thereafter illegally importing the carved tusk, for sale, back into the United States.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Thieves used a stolen van to make off with an ATM from a downtown Juneau hotel.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The chair of the National Council for the Arts is visiting Juneau this week.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's primary provider of real-time marine vessel tracking has lost a portion of its funding to cuts by the governor to the 2020 capital budget.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Reports are stating that the Recall Dunleavy campaign released signature numbers from what it calls a "historic effort."

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Republican Party is now tasked with finding a temporary replacement for the late Sen. Chris Birch.

Washington, DC (AP) - Aiming to put his mark on the world map, President Donald Trump has talked to aides and allies about buying Greenland for the U.S.

Metlakatla, Alaska (KINY) - A Metlakatla man has been indicted in Ketchikan after he allegedly threatened a police officer with an axe back in May.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The Margaret Creek Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Project decision has been signed.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - A federal report says a boat that capsized in southwest Alaska last summer, killing a man, was likely overloaded.

Girdwood, Alaska (AP) - A witness told federal investigators he saw an airplane "performing aggressive flight maneuvers" shortly before it crashed earlier this month, killing all four people on board.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Arts does a lot for Alaskans in terms of jobs access and experiences.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Rents fell slightly this year and vacancies increased in Alaska this year.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Bad weather has forced the postponement of the 73rd Annual Golden North Salmon Derby.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - Alberta Shields, 49, was charged under a new Alaska law contained in House Bill 49.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Attorney General Kevin Clarkson and the Alaska Legal Services Corporation reached an agreement to use $759,000 to provide legal help to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - Freddie Seludo, 25, faces a felony charge for his alleged role in a heroin shipment.

Eureka, Alaska (KINY) - Friends found the body of a 42-year-old Wasilla man after he didn't return from sheep hunting.

JUNEAU, Alaska — An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard forward-operating location rescued three hypothermic mariners from a skiff in Holtham Inlet, Tuesday.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has denied a request to close an area adjacent to Denali National Park to wolf hunting and trapping.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Mary Anne Carter, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, will visit Juneau, Aug. 15-16 and meet with Alaskans to learn more about the local benefits stimulated by support from the Arts Endowment.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Travel Juneau, the destination marketing organization for Alaska’s capital city, announced the elections of its board executive officers for fiscal year 2020.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A candidate for Juneau school board has withdrawn from the race.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital Transit will be making temporary service changes to the Route 6 Riverside Express and Route 4 Mendenhall Valley bus routes.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau City Hall has notified senior citizens whose sales tax exemption card expires at the end of the year to renew their cards.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau School District Board of Education has unanimously approved an indigenous language program for students in the borough.

Fairbanks, Alaska (AP) - Budget cuts by Gov. Mike Dunleavy include funding for the state's Cold Climate Housing Research Center.

Kenai, Alaska (AP) - Country musician Zac Brown has lost a property line dispute involving his home in the Kenai Peninsula.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A world renowned expert on climate change spoke Tuesday at the Mendenhall Valley library.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The CBJ Airport Board heard an update on construction projects, learned details on new union contracts, and welcomed a new board member Tuesday night.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - A retired University of Alaska Anchorage anthropology professor accused of decades of sexual misconduct is contesting the use of pseudonyms by multiple women who are suing him — a move the plaintiffs say amounts to intimidation.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The University of Alaska and Gov. Mike Dunleavy have reached an agreement on a multi-year compact that preserves $110 million in state funding for the university for Fiscal Year 2020.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he will not veto funding for Head Start and other early childhood learning programs from the budget recently sent to him by lawmakers.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - City and Borough of Juneau Manager Rorie Watt continued to bemoan gubernatorial reductions to the Legislature's spending plans while a guest on Action Line.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Jakob Aguilar, 20, allegedly stole a Samsung tablet from a residence on Nowell Avenue.

Akiachak, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Troopers and Tribal Police teamed up to crack the case.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Leaders of two Alaska groups fighting for a full Permanent Fund Dividend are arguing Gov. Mike Dunleavy should not veto the Legislature's dividend payment.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Five people have filed for two seats on the Juneau School Board and there are exactly four candidates for four Assembly seats.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Police officers involved in the shooting of a suspect on the morning of August 4 are identified as Hannah Malone and Thomas McGrann.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau School Board conducts its first meetings of the 2020-2021 school year Tuesday evening.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he will support funding for a program that provides cash benefits to lower-income older Alaskans.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau School District is gearing up for the new school year.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska scientists say the chances of a polar bear encounter have increased after research reveals the bears are arriving onshore earlier and staying on land longer, a report said.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's governor is seeking to tighten the rules for food stamp recipients, officials said.

The House voted 32-7 to send to the senate fast track legislation that provides 24 million for the marine highway system to keep running and 45 million for medicaid.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal study says more shrubs growing on Arctic tundra likely will have little effect on the abundance of most bird species until the vegetation grows tall.