Tim Rockey

An infant for whom an Amber Alert was issued has been found safe in Anchorage and the suspect in the kidnapping — and a related homicide — has been arrested.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski spoke to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, reaffirming her full-throated support for the Willow project on the North Slope.

Cold case investigators have identified human remains approximately five decades old, according to the Alaska Bureau of Investigation.

Alaska’s lone member in the U.S. House of Representatives, Mary Peltola, has secured a seat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

A man has turned himself in to law enforcement after Alaska State Troopers say they responded to a double homicide reported in Delta Junction.

A polar bear attacked and killed a St. Michael mother and her young son Tuesday in Wales, according to troopers, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula.

Another person has died in the custody of the Department of Corrections, increasing the record-high number of inmate deaths over the last 20 years for which the department has records.

Justice Peter Maassen has been selected to serve as Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court.

The second of a pair of brothers from Anchorage has been sentenced for drug trafficking and a kidnapping that occurred in 2017.

Candidates for Alaska’s open U.S. Senate seat participated in the Debate for the State Thursday evening. The three candidates running for U.S. Senate were pressed with questions about issues currently facing Alaska.

Republican Nick Begich III, Libertarian Chris Bye, Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin and current Congresswoman Mary Peltola, a Democrat, all debated Alaska's top priorities.

Stevens was the son of Alaska’s longtime late Sen. Ted Stevens, who died in a plane crash in Aug. 2010.

Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna issued a decision in Randall Kowalke’s legal challenge of Wasilla Rep. David Eastman’s eligibility for elected office, partially granting Kowalke’s request for a preliminary injunction, and ordering the Division of Elections to delay certification of House District 27 election results until the case has been settled.

Alaska State Troopers say two people were sent to the hospital earlier this week after a bear attacked them.

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District School Board’s vote was 5-1 to suspend a policy that allowed transgender students to use the gendered bathroom corresponding to the gender they identified with.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced the dollar figure for the 2022 Permanent Fund Dividend from Three Bears in Palmer.

A farmer in Alaska recently won the giant pumpkin weigh-off at a popular state fair, setting a new record in the process.

Anchorage farmer Dale Marshall again won the giant pumpkin weigh-off at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer — this time setting a record for the largest pumpkin in state history.

Republican candidate for the late Rep. Don Young’s Congressional seat Tara Sweeney announced that she has suspended her campaign.

The first batch of special primary election results was released Saturday night by the division of elections.

Flooding that damaged portions of the Richardson Highway has temporarily closed the road while crews from the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities work to replace culverts.

A Saturday evening landslide has blocked Lowell Point Road in Seward, and city officials say the area remains too unstable to begin clearing.

The Tanana River is flooding the village of Manley Hot Springs due to an ice jam approximately 10 miles up river.

Leaders from across Alaska and across the country recognized Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day on May 5.

The U.S. Department of Justice reported that a federal jury has convicted four members and an associate of the violent white supremacist gang the 1488s for the 2017 murder of Michael Staton in Alaska, and several other charges.

Fairbanks police arrested a Fort Wainwright man after shots were fired outside a bar in Fairbanks early Saturday morning.

A dentist from Kenai and his wife have been indicted on an array of fraud, and money laundering charges among others, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation reported that the first case of avian influenza has been confirmed in “a non-commercial backyard flock of chickens and ducks in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.”

Alaska State Troopers report that a Valdez heli-skiing guide died in an avalanche on April 25, despite the use of proper safety equipment.

Nenana Ice Classic Manager Cherrie Forness will step down from the helm of the state’s oldest wagered guessing game after the tripod falls this spring.

A memorial service for the late Rep. Don Young was held in Anchorage on Saturday.

A United Parcel Service cargo airplane took off from Anchorage and safely landed in Fairbanks on Saturday, despite suffering engine difficulty that was observed by numerous people on the ground.

The state health department announced an additional 5,497 new COVID-19 cases over the last two days, and Alaska again leads the nation in the rate of new cases.

On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that disasters took place in 14 fisheries across Alaska over the last four years, and will be eligible for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration disaster declaration funding requested by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

A tsunami warning has been issued by the National Weather Service following the eruption of an undersea volcano just before 4:30 a.m. near the Pacific nation of Tonga. The warning has been issued for coastlines all the way from Attu island to the border of California and Mexico.

The state of Alaska reported more than 5,500 additional COVID-19 infections over the last two days, breaking the previous record for the highest number of cases reported in a single day that had last been set on Tuesday.

Alaska reported more than 3,500 additional COVID-19 infections over the last two days, breaking the single-day case record previously set during the delta variant surge.

Alaska Airlines announced in a press release on Thursday that they would reduce departures by approximately 10% through the end of the month.

Alaska State Troopers report that the juvenile mother of the baby that was found in a box near Dolphin Way and Chena Point Avenue has been identified and is receiving medical care at a Fairbanks hospital.

Strong winds over the New Year’s weekend caused widespread power outages across the Matanuska Valley, school closures and a shelter-in-place advisory for Matanuska-Susitna Borough residents that was still in effect Monday morning.

Alaskan residents can now apply for their 2022 Permanent Fund dividend.

Olympic gold medalist 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby of Seward has been withdrawn from the FINA short course swimming championships in the United Arab Emirates due to COVID-19 protocols.

Miss Alaska Emma Broyles was crowned Miss America on Thursday night.

A group of former and current lawmakers has formed to oppose a potential constitutional convention, which will appear on the November 2022 ballot before Alaskan voters.

An Anchorage couple that was arrested in 2018 was sentenced on Tuesday to federal prison for distributing drugs and money laundering.

The U.S. Department of Defense announced Wednesday that the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies will be located in Anchorage as the sixth such type of regional facility.

Senator Lisa Murkowski praises Don Young for his vote on a historic infrastructure bill.

Alaska residents will need to dial 10 digits to make phone calls starting Oct. 24.

Eielson Air Force Base (AFB) was selected by the department of the Air Force to receive an installation of it’s first nuclear micro-reactor.