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A 27-year-old crew member died last week after he was fatally injured while working aboard a commercial fishing vessel i...
09/09/2025

A 27-year-old crew member died last week after he was fatally injured while working aboard a commercial fishing vessel in the Aleutian Islands.

Baxter Cox was struck by equipment last week aboard the F/V Halcyon as the vessel was fishing, authorities say. The boat’s owner described Cox as a “beautiful young man.”

Anchorage officers found a man and woman dead at the Mountain View park early Tuesday morning, according to the police d...
09/09/2025

Anchorage officers found a man and woman dead at the Mountain View park early Tuesday morning, according to the police department.

Officers found a man and woman dead at the Mountain View park early Tuesday morning, according to the police department.

The UAA volleyball team got off to its best start in three years, Bartlett football had a bounce-back win and Juneau’s C...
09/09/2025

The UAA volleyball team got off to its best start in three years, Bartlett football had a bounce-back win and Juneau’s Carlos Boozer became the latest Alaska sports legend to be recognized for his career achievements.

Plus, the weekly scoreboard and a look at the action in the week ahead.

Several units were impacted and one person was taken to the hospital in the wake of a fire at an apartment complex Monda...
09/09/2025

Several units were impacted and one person was taken to the hospital in the wake of a fire at an apartment complex Monday evening in Midtown Anchorage, a fire official said.

The fire at a large apartment complex in Midtown impacted five or six units, and some residents may need assistance from the Red Cross, a fire department spokesperson said.

An Alaska judge is backing the state’s decision to repeal a longstanding rule that was meant to keep down health care co...
09/09/2025

An Alaska judge is backing the state’s decision to repeal a longstanding rule that was meant to keep down health care costs in the state.

The Division of Insurance argued that the 80th percentile rule was driving premiums up.

A recently introduced proposal would let Anchorage voters decide whether they want a 1% tax on retail purchases, with re...
09/09/2025

A recently introduced proposal would let Anchorage voters decide whether they want a 1% tax on retail purchases, with revenues split evenly between infrastructure, housing and behavioral health resources.

An estimated $60 million in revenue would go exclusively to infrastructure, housing and behavioral health in the muni.

A man was shot and wounded at the entrance to a Carrs grocery store in West Anchorage over the weekend, police said.
09/08/2025

A man was shot and wounded at the entrance to a Carrs grocery store in West Anchorage over the weekend, police said.

The incident took place Sunday morning at the Carrs store on West Northern Lights Boulevard, the Anchorage Police Department said.

Winona Fletcher, the youngest female convicted of murder in Alaska, is going to be released from prison after a judge re...
09/08/2025

Winona Fletcher, the youngest female convicted of murder in Alaska, is going to be released from prison after a judge reduced her sentence.

Fletcher had served 40 years in prison for her role in the notorious murders of three elderly people in a 1985 home invasion robbery.

The 21-year-old was a passenger in a car that clipped a semi-truck while the driver was trying to pass another vehicle, ...
09/08/2025

The 21-year-old was a passenger in a car that clipped a semi-truck while the driver was trying to pass another vehicle, Alaska State Troopers said.

The 21-year-old was a passenger in a car that clipped a semi-truck while the driver was trying to pass another vehicle, Alaska State Troopers said.

Workplace advice: Don’t let weaponized incompetence corrode office culture and employee trust.
09/08/2025

Workplace advice: Don’t let weaponized incompetence corrode office culture and employee trust.

Workplace advice: Don’t let weaponized incompetence corrode office culture and employee trust.

Narwhal Exploration is one of three small, privately owned companies with offshore leases in West Harrison Bay, a promis...
09/08/2025

Narwhal Exploration is one of three small, privately owned companies with offshore leases in West Harrison Bay, a promising but largely unexplored area once controlled by Shell. (via Northern Journal)

Narwhal Exploration is one of three small, privately owned companies with offshore leases in West Harrison Bay, a promising but largely unexplored area once controlled by Shell.

The USDA has approved the state of Alaska’s request to use existing contract staff to also conduct SNAP eligibility inte...
09/07/2025

The USDA has approved the state of Alaska’s request to use existing contract staff to also conduct SNAP eligibility interviews and perform other tasks they were previously barred from doing, as the state works through a persistent application processing backlog.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the state’s request to use existing contract staff to also conduct SNAP eligibility interviews and other tasks they were previously barred from doing.

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