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BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — If you look outside, you may notice a haze or maybe even a smell of smoke in the air. An upper northwest flow is bringing in more smoke from wildfires out in Alberta, Canada. There are also fires around Alaska and Washington state. With this hot week ahead of us, some […]

Alaska’s most widely read newspaper, the Anchorage Daily News, is cutting its print schedule to two days a week. The ADN’s print edition will be available on Sundays and Wednesdays starting the week of July 15, according to an announcement Monday. The move will allow the ADN to...

Contango ORE, Inc. reported that the Manh Choh mine, a joint venture with Kinross Gold subsidiary Peak Gold, poured first gold at the Fort Knox mill in Alaska. “From the first discovery hole to pouring the first bar of gold, it has certainly been a journey, but one that sets us up for future success,” said Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, president and CEO for Contango. “With the Peak Gold JV’s Manh Choh project now producing gold, we have a solid foundation to build Contango by employing a different, more disciplined model.”

Subsistence fishers on the Kuskokwim and Yukon rivers and in Norton Sound can now apply for federal salmon disaster relief from the 2020 and 2021 seasons. For the Kuskokwim River and Norton Sound, relief funds are available for the 2020 salmon season. On the Yukon River, relief is available for both the 2020 and 2021 salmon seasons. The deadline to apply is Sept. 28, 2024.

The Alaska chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is stepping up its pressure on the Alaska Department of Corrections over what it says are improper restrictions on inmates’ access to private conversations with their attorneys. It’s the second time in recent months the group has raised the issue.

The average sales price for a single-family home in Juneau was nearly $510,000 in 2023 — which makes it the second year in a row that Juneau had the most expensive average in Alaska. That’s according to a study released by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development this month.

Pastor facing federal charge after allegedly assaulting his wife over flight upgrade.

Fireside Books and their community in Palmer, AK are hosting a Storybook Scavenger Hunt July 1- July 31, 2024, with a party August 3rd for participants and prizes. Join us for our first ever Storybook Scavenger Hunt!. Take a trip through Palmer’s local businesses throughout the month of July to...

The cause of a fire at Eagles View Elementary School on July 4 remains unknown but does not appear suspicious, according to a Thursday night statement from the City of Unalaska. “The cause of the fire is currently under investigation, but does not appear to be suspicious in nature,” the...

A soldier at Anchorage’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is accused of fatally shaking his infant son while he was on leave to care for the child this spring. Spc. Antonius Meyers, 24, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, manslaughter and six assault counts in the child’s death, the state Department of Law announced Tuesday. Army officials say Meyers, a mechanic in the 11th Airborne Division, enlisted in 2021 and arrived in Alaska in May 2022.

A proposed ballot initiative to limit cruise traffic in Sitka was denied last week. The initiative, petitioned by Small Town SOUL, sought to cap annual cruise visitors at 300,000 and daily passengers at 4,500. Sitka’s municipal clerk and legal department examined the request and offered their recommendations. According to the...

Aniak's tribal government is suing the state of Alaska and other federal agencies. KYUK reports the lawsuit is over human remains that were allegedly taken from a burial site located beneath Aniak airport. They were discovered during a project to relocate the airport runway there, and the Aniak Traditional Council wants them returned.

Three Republican-led states on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to block a Biden administration effort to lower monthly payments for millions of student loan borrowers.

Fishermen in Bristol Bay are mourning one of their own who died Friday during the sockeye salmon gillnet fishery. Alaska State Troopers said in an online dispatch that Corwin Wheeler, 21, became tangled in gear and fell overboard. Wheeler was working as a deckhand on the gillnetter Anny Joy in...

The National Park Service announced it has banned hunters from baiting bears in Alaska. However, conservationists feel the new rule does not go far enough.