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Bethel, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Troopers arrested a man after receiving a report of an intoxicated person shooting at and threatening to kill household members.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Pride 2019 kicked off in a big way on Friday and Saturday night with GLITZ, held at Centennial Hall in downtown.

Wrangell, Alaska (KINY) - Three people were rescued after their boat began taking on water near Mitkof Island in the Wrangell Narrows.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - A 50-year-old man fell off a steep cliff while hiking the Sisters Mountain Saturday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Police were called to the report of a disturbance and arrested a local man on felony assault.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital City Fire Rescue had another successful rescue for a medical call Friday night.

Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska State Troopers say a man is dead and a trooper was injured after a shooting in a Fairbanks home.

Kenai, Alaska (KINY) - Southcentral is experiencing degraded air quality due to wildfire smoke from the Swan Lake fire located on the Kenai Peninsula.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Partnership, Inc., the non-profit which exists for the purpose of raising the funds to build the New Juneau Arts & Culture Center, has announced the donation of $50,000 by the Smith family of Juneau in honor of their mother Betty Jane Smith.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday that a state law requiring the registry of all sex offenders is unconstitutional because it violates offenders' rights to due process.

Wasilla, Alaska (AP) - Alaska legislators face mounting pressure to decide the annual dividend paid to residents from Alaska's oil-wealth fund, with Gov. Mike Dunleavy threatening additional special sessions for anything but a full payout.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Friday filed a draft annexation petition for information review by the state's Local Boundary Commission.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau fashion designer Shea Vahedi has been invited to show her products at New York City fashion week this fall.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The CBJ urged caution around the construction site on Whittier Street.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Governor Dunleavy's decision to call for another special session this time in Wasilla is not sitting well with Juneau officials.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Downtown Transit Center has reopened, so Capital Transit will go back to its adjusted downtown routes due to the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities’ Egan Drive Improvements Project.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Fire Chief Rich Etheridge happened to be driving down Channel Drive when he noticed black smoke coming from an apartment building.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An environmental group sued the Trump administration Thursday for failing to designate critical habitat for two species of seals that rely on sea ice off Alaska's northwest coast.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers from four U.S. states bordering British Columbia said the Canadian province needs to do a better job preventing mining pollution from fouling downstream rivers in the U.S.

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — The owners and former operator of an Alaska hunting lodge have been ordered to pay nearly $8 million for an oil spill cleanup.

Angoon, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Native village corporation recently entered into an amended grant agreement for the Thayer Creek Hydropower Development Transmission Project.

Cordova, Alaska (KINY) - The US Coast Guard saved the man who was stranded three days

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Legislators will be able to collect retroactively an allowance for days they were in Juneau for the special session before the operating budget passed.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Reps. Harriet Drummond (D-Anchorage) and Andi Story (D-Juneau), co-chairs of the House Education Committee, welcomed the news Thursday that the Gov. Mike Dunleavy administration released $20 million in school funding.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - On Friday, 39 new law enforcement officers, including 16 Alaska State Trooper recruits, will be graduating from the Public Safety Training Academy in Sitka.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an advisory for five coastal areas in Ketchikan due to elevated levels of bacteria in recent samples of the marine water.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Downtown Transit Center will be temporarily closed starting at 6 a.m. on Friday, June 14 until further notice.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Emily Edenshaw, Business & Economic Development Director for the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska spoke on social enterprises: Impacts beyond economic development at the weekly Greater Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau is currently accepting sealed competitive bids for four lots in the South Lena Subdivision.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Following legislative gridlock on the Permanent Fund Dividend throughout a 121-day regular session and month-long special session, Gov, Michael J. Dunleavy has issued a proclamation calling the Alaska Legislature into special session again.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council is braced to go to work once the Forest Service sends out its draft environmental impact statement on an Alaska specific roadless rule for public comment.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Legislature has ended its special session, leaving unfinished work on the capital budget and Alaska Permanent Fund dividend that guarantees another special session.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Valdez man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and driving under the influence in a 2018 hit-and-run crash.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — At least 60 ice seals have been found dead along Alaska's west coast and federal biologists on Wednesday were trying to determine the cause.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The death of a bald eagle found at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is under investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an official said.

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. military has begun construction work on a site expected to become the new location of an Alaska village.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage Police were recently equipped with a national wireless network which helped communication during last years earthquake.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska House has passed a state infrastructure budget but fell short of the support needed to fund major provisions.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska House has voted down a proposal to pay residents full dividend checks of around $3,000 this year from the state's oil-wealth fund, setting the stage for another special session.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Accused killer Fenton Jacobs, 39, is a long way from trial.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Sealaska Heritage Institute is collaborating on a genetics study that will explore how historical trauma associated with European colonization may have changed the DNA of Native people.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Egan Drive Project started up last week. Its the first year of a two year project between Tenth and Main Streets with this year's work focused between Willoughby Avenue and Whittier Street.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten environmental groups are suing to challenge what they view as the Trump administration's decision to weaken critical safety rules created after the nation's worst offshore drilling disaster.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Child pornography found on the cellphone of an Alaska murder suspect led to the arrest of an Indiana man.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The CBJ Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-1 in favor of a city project review regarding a pair of roundabouts planned for construction in the Valley. Commissioner Dan Hickok was the no vote.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Board of Education also honored a state championship team and got an update on state education funding at the regular monthly meeting at Thunder Mountain High School.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The fight over the dividend Alaskans receive from the state's oil-wealth fund could hamper efforts to finalize a state infrastructure budget.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon appointed four House members Tuesday to the newly established House-Senate Working Group on the future use of the Permanent Fund, created by the passage of House Concurrent Resolution 101.

Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor Dan White has announced that Keith Champagne will take on a new role as leader of the Alaska Nanooks intercollegiate athletics program.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Legislative leaders say they are committed to paying residents an Alaska Permanent Fund dividend this year, even if this special session ends without agreement on the amount.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The status of Alaska's longest ever recession and when it might end was reviewed on Action Line with State Labor Economist Dan Robinson.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska's senior population is growing rapidly.

Sterling, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Troopers said Tori Verba, 13, was operating the ATV on Robinson Road when she lost control and crashed.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A bear attacked and injured a hunter near Galena.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska officials are reconsidering whether special events like outdoor concerts are responsible use of state park land, a report said.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Police want to address chronic nuisance properties in the borough.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Onsite consumption of marijuana, a new name for the Willoughby District, and a new venture for Eaglecrest highlighted the agenda of the CBJ Committee of the Whole.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Two more employee contracts are up for ratification by the Juneau School Board during Tuesday evening's regular meeting.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Rorie Watt wrote a memorandum to the committee and stated it is his belief that it is in the public interest to acquire the parcel.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Senate leader says it is unlikely lawmakers will reach agreement on the size of the dividend paid to residents from the state's oil-wealth fund this year by the end of this special session.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Senate failed to pass a $3,000 dividend in a 10-10 vote.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Police have arrested and charged three additional people in the killing of an Anchorage woman, authorities said.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital City Fire Rescue special teams and 22 rescuers helped find two missing hikers

Girdwood, Alaska (AP) - A man has died after falling from a platform on a Girdwood hiking trail, officials said.

Kenai, Alaska (AP) - State environmental officials have discovered heightened, potentially dangerous amounts of bacteria at a beach.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The House on Sunday approved creating a House-Senate working group to provide policy recommendations on the future use of permanent fund earnings.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - With just a few days left in the first special session, the Alaska House Majority has passed a budget, but it's one the House Republicans are not happy with.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska House has approved a state operating budget compromise. The Senate is expected to vote on it Monday.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Senate President Cathy Giessel says she expects a vote Monday in the Alaska Senate on the dividend paid to residents from the state's oil-wealth fund.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juilliard-trained pianist Jessica Choe performed Rhapsody in Blue on Saturday night to a full house at Juneau Douglas High School, accompanied by the Juneau Symphony.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - House and Senate negotiators have agreed to separate from the budget the dividend paid to Alaskans from the state's oil-wealth fund in an effort to speed the budget's passage.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Recent job gains after three years of losses could signal the end of Alaska's recession, according to a recent state labor department report.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The state of Alaska has proposed regulations for an industrial hemp pilot program.

Kodiak, Alaska (KINY) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed Friday that a total of seven gray whales have shown up dead in Alaska, with two more found near Kodiak

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Troopers warned the public about another phone scam.

Chitina, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Troopers said a man had been fishing when the incident occurred.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A joint House and Senate committee in the Alaska Legislature today completed work on an operating budget. The proposal achieves historic budget cuts, resulting in a $600 million surplus and the smallest budget in 15 years.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard is expected to take possession of a new heavy icebreaker within five years and Alaska's junior U.S. senator would like to see it spend time in U.S. waters.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - A Sitka grand jury indicted a man this week on sex abuse charges after an investigation by Alaska State Troopers.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A Ph.D. candidate who is pursuing a degree in linguistics with a specialization in revitalization is this year’s recipient of Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Ruth Demmert Language Scholarship.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau’s local arts agency and the new Juneau Arts & Culture Center partnership received a major donation from Coeur Alaska on Friday.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The history of salmon canneries in southeast Alaska were the subject of a lecture at the APK Alaska State Libraries Archives & Museum.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A group of about 50 protestors asked the legislature to pass laws that take guns out of the hands of dangerous people.

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - An Oregon man has been fined and ordered to forfeit earnings after being convicted of fishing in closed waters.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Legislative Council has been authorized to go to court over the constitutionality of forward funding of education which has occurred in the past with no challenge.

Hoonah, Alaska (KINY) - A wooden water tank that serves as the backup water supply for the community failed this week sending 500-thousand gallons of water onto the street.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, is defending the city in response to state lawmakers' criticism it has not done enough to deal with illegal homeless camps.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Capital Transit will adjust routes Monday for all buses that serve downtown.

Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The Ketchikan City Council will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, June 11 to discuss the future of the Port of Ketchikan.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Kati Capozzi, President and CEO of the Alaska Chamber of Commerce talked about a public opinion survey regarding the state budget and spending habits.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police said the suspect detained in a fatal weekend shooting is 12 years old.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska has awarded a contract to study whether the state can become the first in the nation to change its Medicaid program into a block grant system.

AKIAK, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska community whose riverbank is quickly eroding is seeking funding to relocate homes.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska has settled a lawsuit filed on behalf of a Cherokee Indian inmate at a state prison who claimed he was not allowed to practice his Native faith with certain clothing.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the death of a woman along a popular Anchorage hiking trail.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - It was an extraordinary day Tuesday for the number of Capital City Fire Rescue ambulance calls.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The legislature is currently in a special session to consider the operating budget, and, according to the Alaska State Division of Personnel, in the unlikely event that the legislature fails to pass an operating budget by July 1, the state will have to either furlough or layoff some state employees.

Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - The tanker crashed near mile 36 of the Dalton Highway.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Police investigated a theft in the 8400 block of Thunder Mountain Road and made an arrest soon afterward

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Testing is planned in Juneau for cancer-causing chemicals used in fire fighting foam.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Wasilla police have released the name of the pilot killed last week in an airplane crash at the city airport.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the name of a woman killed last week in a traffic crash.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Dirt slowly sliding down a mountain threatens a section of road in an Alaska national park.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The family of a fallen hero is seeking help in this hard time after his death.

Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - A group of Alaska state lawmakers say the Municipality of Anchorage has failed to use its authority to clear illegal homeless encampments on public land.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Even though the Alaska Senate voted down a $3,000 dividend on Tuesday, it may reappear later this week.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A Juneau resident and war hero was returned to Alaska after dying on Mount Rainier last week.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Senate failed to pass Senate Bill 1002 that would have set the PFD at $1,600 this year.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A deal on the Permanent Fund Dividend amount is percolating in the special legislative session, but Governor Dunleavy says its a non-starter and will be vetoed if sent to his desk.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Real estate investor and developer, Alaska Legacy Partners, announced that it has acquired the Mendenhall Business Park, better known locally as the Mendenhall Mall and Super Bear area.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Police said an 18-year-old was killed and a teenage boy seriously wounded in a shooting during an altercation Sunday near popular athletic fields in Anchorage.

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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The CBJ and state are looking into complaints about an annual private fireworks display.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The rapid melting of glaciers because of climate change has created a new market for Alaska's tour operators, officials said.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The operating mill rate was set at 9.46 mills and the debt service at 1.2 mills as the Assembly approved a near $380 million dollar operating budget.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a veto threat Monday over a state Senate bill that proposes a $1,600 Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, calling it a nonstarter.

Juneau, Alaska (AP) - A new Alaska Senate bill aimed at breaking a special session logjam proposes a $1,600 Alaska Permanent Fund dividend this year and sets the stage for a high-stakes, public debate on the issue.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - An Angoon man was killed in a single vehicle accident in the Southeast village early Sunday morning.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The School Board adopted a new three-year deal on first reading.

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) — Carnival Corp. reached a settlement Monday with federal prosecutors in which the world's largest cruise line agreed to pay a $20 million penalty because its ships continued to pollute the oceans despite a previous criminal conviction aimed at curbing similar conduct.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. military is seeking to expand restricted airspace around Alaska's Clear Air Force Station.

Wasilla, Alaska (KINY) - A Wasilla woman died in a rollover crash on Bogard Road early Sunday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Communities near Eielson Air Force base are ready to provide housing for Air Force personnel and their families attached to two incoming F-35 squadrons, according to municipal and business leaders.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. military is seeking to expand restricted airspace around Alaska's Clear Air Force Station.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska outdoor education program is trying to officially name a mountain peak.

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.