News of the North

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - A 25-year-old Nikiski man died and another individual sustained life-threatening injuries in a collision on the Kenai Spur Highway.

Fairbanks, Alaska (AP) - Authorities at an Alaska airport say they have seized more than $133,000 in illegal alcohol and more than 140 grams of drugs in the past six months.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau police have released information about a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in Lemon Creek on Thursday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Meg Thordarson has volunteered for the past 12 years for Capital City Fire Rescue.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Munoz family donated a collection of original artwork to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum.

Hydaburg, Alaska (KINY) - Troopers said the incident caused $5,000 in property damage.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Alaska prison officials have proposed giving inmates copies of their incoming mail rather than originals.

Bethel, Alaska (KINY) - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Christopher Allen Carmichael, 55, a principal working in the Lower Kuskokwim School District in Bethel, has been charged with attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, and attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska Policy Forum has published new interactive maps of the 2019 Performance Evaluation for Alaska’s Schools, or PEAKS, results.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot in a fatal Alaska crash had a blood-alcohol reading six times over the legal limit for flying.

Washington, DC (KINY) - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Security, convened a hearing Thursday on “Expanding Opportunities, Challenges, and Threats in the Arctic: A Focus on the U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Strategic Outlook.”

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - A bathing suit decency rule that disqualified a Dimond High School swimmer has been eliminated.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - A brief eruption of a volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands has sent an ash cloud to heights of 25,000 feet.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder has announced that Carlos Lamont Holt III, 54, of Anchorage, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to serve 72 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Police Department is asking for assistance in locating 36-year-old Juneau resident Brian Kelly Hogan.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Howard Sherman, Executive Vice President of Norwegian Cruise Lines spoke on the plan for the subport property at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The United States Postal Inspection Service and the Alaska State Troopers’ Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit in Ketchikan seized crystal meth near Hydaburg.

Ketchikan, Alaska (AP) - An Alaska city councilor and former mayor has resigned his council seat 32 years after he first joined the board.

Sitka, Alaska (AP) - Sitka's administration has agreed to pay a former detective $325,000 to settle a lawsuit.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers will be conducting focused traffic enforcement efforts on roads and highways around the state to enhance safety this holiday season.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The governor released his Fiscal Year 2021 budget on Wednesday at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Governor Mike Dunleavy has suspended parts of a plan to cut financial assistance for disabled and elderly Alaska residents.

Washington, DC (AP) - Five Alaska Native communities and entities are receiving federal grants totaling more than $16.5 million for housing construction and rehabilitation.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development announced that Alaska high school students Ezra Adasiak of Fairbanks and Stella Tallmon of Juneau will join Senator Lisa Murkowski and Senator Daniel Sullivan in representing Alaska in the nation’s capital.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - The Trans-Alaska pipeline has reached a milestone of 18 billion barrels pumped, officials said.

Washington, DC (AP) - Rep. Don Young has out against any impeachment of the president.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy addressed the effort to recall him during a wide-ranging interview on Action Line Tuesday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Governor Dunleavy plans to unveil his budget for next fiscal year on Wednesday.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - The youth had been experiencing chest pains while on a hike on Duffield Peninsula.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - City Manager Rorie Watt suggested moving the Juneau Douglas City Museum to the waterfront.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Torrey Pines Development was chosen as the best bidder capable of providing senior assisted living and memory care.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A chronic nuisance ordinance cleared another step as it heads towards an Assembly vote.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A Christmas tree is free for the taking for Juneau residents.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The city manager in Homer is moving to Juneau to become the city and borough's next director of the Public Works and Engineering Department.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Public Works & Facilities Committee voted to prioritize $7 million in improvements to Centennial Hall.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The CBJ Public Works and Facilities Committee addressed a project at the airport, an increase in taxi rates, and announced a new Public Works Director Monday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A fugitive from justice was apprehended in Juneau over the weekend.

Wasilla, Alaska (AP) - A grand jury has indicted a driver involved in a crash that killed a retired Alaska State Trooper. Troopers on Saturday night arrested 22-year-old Jacob Moreland of Wasilla on counts of criminally negligent manslaughter and driving under the influence.

Venetie, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Troopers said Julie Peter, 37, left the children alone and was charged with endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Anne Wilcox was named EMS Provider of the Year and Pete Ostman Firefighter of the year at the annual Firemen's Ball Saturday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) -  Three  committees of the Juneau Assembly are scheduled to meet Monday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly, City Manager Rorie Watt, and staff held a retreat on Saturday at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Six of the 11 ferries in the Alaska Marine Highway System fleet are currently out of service.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's latest revenue forecast has estimated a $200 million decrease in oil revenue.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The winter 2019 Gallery Walk/First Friday event was held Friday, Dec. 6 in downtown Juneau, featuring many local businesses, organizations and live music.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Officials have updated Alaska's list of missing people and are encouraging residents to look it over.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Two members of the Bartlett Regional Hospital board were reappointed Thursday, and a new member was seated.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Alaska prosecutors say a dentist accused of fraud and unnecessarily sedating patients also performed a procedure while riding a wheeled, motorized vehicle known as a hoverboard.

Juneau Representative Sara Hannan was not pleased when she heard the news from the Dunleavy Administration that the crew of the state ferry Aurora would be relieved of duty effective January 14.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A porch fire in the 8000-block of Gladstone Street was reported at 7:10 AM.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Taxicab rides in the Capital City could become more expensive in the near future.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Molly Box at Harborview and Elizabeth Pisel-Davis were named permanent principals at those respective schools.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A Juneau man may have hidden stolen items twice in the same place.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The annual open house at the Governor's mansion is coming up.

Kodiak, Alaska (AP) - A collision off Kodiak Island between U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy boats injured nine personnel on Wednesday night.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A visitor Industry subcommittee is monitoring discussions involving tourism to recommend positions to the Chamber Board.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - For the third year in a row, the U. S. Forest Service has provided a tree from the Tongass National Forest in time for the Governor's Holiday Open House next Tuesday.

Fairbanks, Alaska (AP) - The University of Alaska Board of Regents has rejected a proposal backed by the Legislature to consolidate the state's three separately accredited universities into one.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Marine Highway System notified employees on the M/V Aurora that they will be relieved of service effective Jan. 14.

Boca Raton, Florida (KINY) - President/CEO of Hecla Mining Phillips Baker said Greens Creek Mine in Juneau continues to exceed expectations.

Kake, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Marine Highway added a northbound stop in Kake on December 13.

Washington, DC (KINY) - The state will receive a $35.9 million dollar grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help recover from the 2018 earthquake.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The proposal would allow Alaska tribes to apply for charter schools.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - How do bears learn to survive on their own?

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The U.S. Coast Guard has designated the cities of Cordova, Alaska, and Westport, Washington, as Coast Guard Cities through 2024.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Arguably one of the main highlights of the year for downtown Juneau is coming up Friday.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - A man convicted of kidnapping and killing a Fairbanks high school student in 1987 has died.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The University of Alaska Southeast hosted the Geohackathon workshop for Southeast Alaska as part of the 2019 GEO Hack online event.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The CEO of PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center has tendered his resignation.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Senator Jesse Kiehl believes Governor Dunleavy will propose further budget reductions in his plan for next fiscal year due out later this month.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Visitor Industry Task Force continued deliberations in front of another large crowd Tuesday.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Alaska health officials are reporting the state’s first confirmed vaping injury case, a teenager who remains hospitalized.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - A southeast Alaska commercial fisherman convicted of fishing in a state research area has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined more than $35,000.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The committee that will plan Alaska’s redistricting that occurs every 10 years is set to begin meeting, officials said.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Seward man who went missing last summer was lured to a trail near a remote beach and beaten to death with a baseball bat, according to a criminal complaint filed by investigators.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An air ambulance that crashed on the Kenai Peninsula was on a flight to a location that other companies had declined.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The proposals include using public facilities, helping to train workers, a revolving loan fund for both start-up and on-going programs and pursuit of more state grants.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A lack of information and mistakes in communication were cited as the Assembly agreed to move forward with selling small tracts of land to the Alaska Department of Transportation.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - No students showed up to comment on a proposed tuitition hike for the fall semester, 2020.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska House Republicans have voted to confirm Mel Gillis for an open Anchorage House seat.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A traffic stop Sunday afternoon resulted in the arrests of two people by Juneau Police.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Two Capital City Fire Rescue Officers stressed the importance of ice safety while guests on Action Line Monday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A US Coast Guard Response Boat-Medium Crew made a rescue on the Lynn Canal after two boaters became disoriented late Sunday.

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Douglas, Alaska (KINY) - The Douglas 4th of July Committee had another successful Tree Lighting Ceremony at Douglas Community United Methodist Church.

Fairbanks, Alaska (AP) - City officials in Fairbanks have introduced an ordinance to tax tobacco vaping products the same 8% tax as other tobacco products.

Seward, Alaska (AP) - Authorities say a small plane carrying three people from Anchorage to Seward crashed and burned and rescuers are attempting to get to the site.

Kenai, Alaska (AP) - Alaska borough officials have announced plans to offer a volunteer training schedule for people who want to assist the community in a natural disaster or other emergencies.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The Ketchikan Police Department has arrested a man in connection with a homicide investigation in Seward.

Moscow (KINY) - Russia’s MiG-31K interceptor jet carried out a test of the Kinjal-Dagger hypersonic missile in Russia’s part of Arctic earlier this month, TASS news agency reported on Saturday, citing two military sources.

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.