Latest Alaska Headlines
All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Seattle Airplane Theft Shows Potential Dangers from Airline Workers
Aug 13 2018 // The theft of an empty plane by an airline worker who performed dangerous loops before crashing into a remote island in Washington’s Puget Sound illustrated what aviation experts have long known: One of the biggest...
$265K Settlement over Autistic Man’s Arrest in Alaska
Aug 7 2018 // Kodiak officials have agreed to pay $265,000 to an autistic man who was forcibly detained and pepper-sprayed by police. The city is settling the lawsuit filed in February 2016 by the guardians of 30-year-old Nicholas...
Dam Outburst Creates Flooding Concern in Alaska City
Jul 24 2018 // Rising water levels have some residents of Alaska’s capital city on edge, following the release of water from a glacially dammed lake. Jessica Voveris is meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Juneau. She...
Alaska Cannabis Festival Under Investigation for Allowing Pot Consumption
Jul 20 2018 // Organizers of an Alaska cannabis festival who allowed adult participants to consume pot in public are facing an investigation and possible fine. The director of the Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office will...
Alaska Judge OKs $275K Settlement to Boy Injured During P.E.
Jul 12 2018 // An Alaska judge has approved a $275,000 payout to the family of a boy permanently injured during a physical education class at a Juneau elementary school. The settlement was approved Monday between the Juneau School...
Alaska Marijuana Regulators to Discuss Onsite Use
Jun 22 2018 // Alaska regulators are set to discuss proposed rules for allowing onsite consumption of marijuana at certain shops in August. Regulators have gone back and forth on onsite use, adopting rules in late 2015 to allow people to...
Opioid Maker Wants Alaska Lawsuit Dismissed
Jun 18 2018 // An attorney for Purdue Pharma, the company that makes the prescription opioid painkiller OxyContin, has told an Alaska judge that there is an opioid crisis but the state has no legal basis for trying to pin that crisis on...
Opioid Maker Wants Alaska Lawsuit Dismissed
Jun 7 2018 // An attorney for Purdue Pharma, the company that makes the prescription opioid painkiller OxyContin, has told an Alaska judge that there is an opioid crisis but the state has no legal basis for trying to pin that crisis on...
Army Officer in Alaska Charged with Making Fraudulent Claims
May 29 2018 // A 40-year-old Army officer assigned to Alaska has been charged with making false insurance claims and pocketing nearly $400,000. Lt. Col. Christopher James DeMure is charged with mail fraud, wire fraud and money...
Alaska Marijuana Business License Applications Outpacing System
May 18 2018 // The number of applications for marijuana business licenses is outgrowing the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office’s approval system. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports a May 8 Marijuana Control Office spreadsheet...
Alaskans Hear False Tsunami Warning on TV, Radio
May 14 2018 // Many Alaska residents were mistakenly warned on TV and on the radio Friday morning of a tsunami threat along the West Coast of the United States, from San Diego to Alaska’s Aleutian islands. The alert said at the end...
Climate Change Suit Filed by Alaska Youth Heads To Court
May 3 2018 // The state has argued in court that a climate change lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaska residents should be thrown out because climate policies must be decided by the state Legislature and the executive branch, not the...
Alaska Law on Credit-Based Scoring Backed by Insurers Group
Apr 4 2018 // A new credit-based scoring law brings Alaska into line with the rest of the nation, and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is applauding the state for that. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and the Alaska...
Court Rules Release Form Protected Alaska Rafting Company in Man’s Death
Apr 2 2018 // A divided Alaska Supreme Court has sided with a river rafting company, deciding its release form protected it from liability in the 2013 death of a man on a rafting trip. The majority ruling, supported by three of the...
Court Rules Release Form Protected Alaska Rafting Company in Man’s Death
Mar 26 2018 // A divided Alaska Supreme Court has sided with a river rafting company, deciding its release form protected it from liability in the 2013 death of a man on a rafting trip. The majority ruling, supported by three of the...
Arctic Has Warmest Winter with Sea Ice at Record Lows: Weather Data
Mar 9 2018 // Winter at the top of the world wimped out this year. The Arctic just finished its warmest winter on record. And sea ice hit record lows for this time of year, with plenty of open water where ocean water normally freezes...
University of Alaska Data Breach Hits Staff, Students
Feb 27 2018 // Officials say a data breach at the University of Alaska has impacted dozens of current and former employees and students. KTVA-TV reported that a university statement says security officials first started looking into the...
Alaska Governor Wants $10M for Seismic Surveying
Feb 22 2018 // Gov. Bill Walker’s administration has asked the Alaska Legislature for permission to spend $10 million on seismic surveying in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The seismic survey funding was...
Alera Group Acquires Wilson Albers in Alaska
Feb 13 2018 // Alera Group has acquired Wilson Albers & Company LLC located in Anchorage, Alaska. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wilson Albers & Company, LLC, parent company of The Wilson Agency, LLC, Albers & Company...
Ex-Alaska Airlines Pilot to Plead in California to Flying While Drunk
Feb 8 2018 // A former Alaska Airlines pilot will plead guilty in California to a charge of flying a passenger plane while drunk. Federal prosecutors say David Hans Arntson of Newport Beach agreed this week to enter the plea at a later...
