Alaska

The House's budget is set to be debated Monday, but it's unclear if it will advance to the Senate on the same day....

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he would not support adding $15 million to boost the wages of child care workers despite calls from advocates who say such a move is needed to prevent child care providers from falling "off a cliff."...

Effective immediately, Mayor Dave Bronson replaced the director of Solid Waste Services, Dan Zipay, with Evalu Filitaula, who has worked there since 2005....

With the exception of Proposition 13, Anchorage voters appear set to approve all bonds and ballot measures....

The team at Providence Health Park tried a variety of tactics to guide the moose back outside on Thursday, including using a bit of plant as a lure and creating a human wall....

The case is the second time in a month Alaska prosecutors have charged a cold case sex crime based on the results of an effort to reexamine long-untested DNA evidence....

Bipartisan House minority members left the floor for three hours in protest over a proposed spending plan that would require a $600 million draw from savings....

A federal grand jury indictment alleges that a Willow resident embezzled more than $1.16 million total from the City of Houston and a Wasilla-based equipment company....

The two Anchorage School Board incumbents also held wide leads over their challengers in updated preliminary results Wednesday. Most bonds and ballot measures were passing, with the exception of Proposition 13....

Prolonged winter weather in much of Alaska factored into the state's decision to extend the deadline by 15 days. In Anchorage and other areas above 60 degrees north, the deadline is now May 15....

Illustrator Mitchell Thomas Watley was dropped by his publisher this week after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes in locations around Juneau threatening children....

The letter asks the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide lawmakers with the medical literature that informed the agency's support for gender-affirming care....

Dave Donley is fending off a challenge by a large margin from Irene Boll, while Andy Holleman has a wide lead against challenger Mark Anthony Cox....

More than 80 Rubik's Cube solvers converged on downtown Anchorage for the Up in the North competition, which had doubled in size since the last event in 2019....

In the month before ballots are due several conservative candidates outperformed rivals, boosted in part by the end of donation limits in Alaska elections....

In a 6-1 vote, school board members voted in favor of dissolving the Family Partnership Charter School's charter....

Anchorage Democrat Lki Tobin, co-chair of the Senate Education Committee, said there should be a permanent funding increase this year for the stability and predictability of schools....

Anchorage voters will elect seven of 12 Assembly members, two school board members and decide fourteen ballot propositions, including a school bond....

More than 100 Alaskans spoke Thursday against a bill proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy that would limit the rights of LGBTQ+ kids in public schools....

The lawsuit by Roger Hickel Contracting alleges breaches of contract and good faith over work done last year at the East Anchorage site of a proposed facility for sheltering people experiencing homelessness....

Two men face first- and second-degree murder charges and a 17-year-old is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the beating death of an 80-year-old man in Klawock....

The last day for Anchorage voters to submit their ballots in the 2023 municipal election is Tuesday, April 4....

Radio and TV stations along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska were expected to broadcast a test of an emergency alert — similar to what you'd hear during a real tsunami. But some communities didn't hear it at all....

FBI officials said John Daniel Brooks had one of the largest collections of child pornography they had ever seen, according to court documents....

The Alaska National Guard held a ceremony in Gambell honoring 16 Alaska Scouts who saved a Navy aircrew after a Soviet attack...

Candidate Brian Flynn is married to Mayor Dave Bronson's Purchasing Department director, Rachelle Alger. Flynn, who is supported by Bronson, has said the personal relationship should not impact his ability to vote on most contracts and purchases....

Alaska Republican Sen. Murkowski said after the hearing she was unsatisfied with Haaland's responses, and feared the Interior secretary will be "rolled by this administration."...

The woman was found Saturday "with injuries to the upper and lower body" and died in a hospital on Monday, police said. No arrests had been made as of Wednesday morning....

Atka, orphaned at 6 days old in Alaska, had a front left toe amputated, according to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo....

Nikiski Rep. Ben Carpenter has a separate bill that would reduce corporate tax revenue by $338 million per year. He said those measures are set to be part of a long-term fiscal plan....

Alaska banks and credit unions are less exposed to risk from the rising interest rates and uninsured deposits that hurt Silicon Valley Bank and other banks, officials say....

Around 40 kids participated in the event in Palmer on Sunday....

The two 15-year-olds, who weren't injured, called for help after becoming stranded in chest-deep snow in a ravine on the side of Bald Mountain north of Wasilla....

The state enacted the so-called 80th percentile rule to address "surprise" billing for out-of-network providers nearly 20 years ago. The Alaska State Medical Association wants it gone. A major insurance provider says it should stay....

Federal and state dismissal agreements require Cornelius Aaron Pettus to resign and promise never to work in law enforcement anywhere else. A separate civil case continues....

In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to ADN reporters Iris Samuels and Sean Maguire to help explain how it happened and what happens next....

Many families and supporters of Family Partnership Charter School are pushing back, saying dissolving the charter would affect their ability to make specific choices about their students' education....

Since they don't hibernate, the mammals use an alternative set of tactics to survive the coldest months....

The legislation was introduced days after lawmakers learned of a sizable revenue hit from falling oil prices, pushing the state budget into deficit....

Youth turnout surged in the three elections since Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, helping Biden eke out victories in swing states in 2020, pick up a Democratic Senate seat in the 2022 election and stem potential losses in the House....

The 16-year veteran of the force had arranged to meet a teenage girl at a hotel in Anchorage after exchanging explicit messages....

Alaska Policy Forum director Bethany Marcum has supported steep cuts to state spending that would impact public universities. Now, some lawmakers question whether she should have a seat on the board that governs those universities....

Curtis and David Francis were found next to their stuck snowmachine roughly 2 miles from Pilot Station about a day after they'd left the community, according to Alaska State Troopers....

The president said he wanted to reject the project, but lawyers advised him ConocoPhillips had a strong legal argument....

The board had sidestepped its existing process for reconsidering library materials and voted instead to refer the book directly to the municipal attorney last week....

Three people broke into an 80-year-old man's trailer and beat him after they saw accusations about him online, according to court documents filed in the case....

The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will issue a report on the leak that could include enforcement measures, but the chair of the commission said there's no timeline for the report's release....

State tax officials provided an analysis of potential revenue impacts and benefits from Willow for the state treasury but noted uncertainty on several factors, including when the project ultimately might begin, oil price volatility and industry costs....

"I hope the Assembly will work with us to settle this dispute as quickly as possible," the mayor said in a statement Thursday....