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Juneau-Douglas bounced back from its first loss of the season Friday with a 31-14 win over visiting Wasilla. The Crimson Bears spread the ball around with senior receiver Colin Gozelski catching two touchdown passes from sophomore signal caller Phillip Fenumiai, and senior running back Justin Brooks racking up 189 yards on 24 carries with a [...]

Ice Alaska is pushing for a massive development along the Chena River in Fairbanks to help maintain a home for its annual ice sculpture contest.

About the same time Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan was talking about an $18 million budget gap and considering asking employee unions for cutbacks he authorized a 3 percent pay raise for executive city employees.

Witnesses to the Aug. 1 plane crash in Denali National Park told investigators the cargo plane was flying low and slow over the park before it made a steep left banking turn and went down.

Filmmakers are holding their last major auditions Friday and Saturday at the Dimond Center mall in Anchorage mall for the movie, “Everybody Loves Whales.”

A task force created by the Alaska Legislature is meeting this week to find ways to overcome poor higher education retention and graduation rates blamed partly on lack of funding and Internet access.

KLAS STOLPE JUNEAU EMPIRE Sitka judge David George dismissed subsistence fishing violation charges against state Senator Albert Kookesh on Thursday, according to Kookesh’s attorney, Anthony Strong. “It was a good result,� Strong said. “The charges were dismissed against Albert (Kookesh), Rocky (Estrada), Stanley (Johnson Sr.), and Scott (Hunter). The decision made by the judge was [...]

The West Douglas Development Working Group originally scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. today in the Juneau Economic Development Council boardroom has been canceled.

Hoonah Police Chief John Millan says he and other officers had a sense trouble was brewing with a reclusive man who had a series of run-ins with the law.

Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan says the city will come up at least $18 million short next year if it maintains the current rate of spending for services.

Anchorage police say three men beat another man to death at Eagle River because they suspected him of stealing a backpack.

Utilities hope a new natural gas storage facility near the mouth of the Kenai River will keep Southcentral Alaska homes warm on the coldest winter days.

An Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. internal report questioned a decision to shift personnel from Fairbanks to Anchorage and its effect on pipeline safety three months before the move was made.

Private landowners in Alaska want the state to pay for the damage done by backburning to stop wildfires last year near Nenana.