The Alaska House plans to continue pursuing a legal challenge to Gov. Bill Walker’s authority to expand Medicaid on his own.
Era Helicopters has identified its pilot who was critically injured in Thursday’s crash at Norris Glacier near Juneau as Jiri Hanis.
Girdwood’s board of supervisors has been offered another option for law enforcement in the Anchorage suburb. Residents of the community voted last month to pay extra property taxes for police protection, because state budget cuts are forcing the Alaska State Trooper post in Girdwood to shut down on July 1.
The oil and gas company Hilcorp is facing a $20,000 penalty from the state for unsafe use of equipment on the North Slope. It’s the latest in a string of violations for Hilcorp, which a state agency says has developed a pattern of regulatory noncompliance.
A new study identifies factors influencing wolf viewing opportunities in Denali National Park.
A Healy area program that teaches teens how to build cabins has been nationally recognized.
Could Skagway go three months without ferry service? The Alaska Department of Transportation is planning a $6 million ferry dock refurbishment that would ideally happen this winter.
Bristol Bay artist Apayo Moore has painted murals in Anchorage and Juneau. Moore recently received a grant from the state’s “Percent for Arts” program to paint two 60-foot murals that will be shipped up to Bethel in the fall to be installed in the youth detention center there.