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The United States Forest Service (USFS) announced the next step has been taken in a land deal with Alaska Mental Health Trust (AMHT), after signing... Full story

A limited number of Anan Wildlife Observatory permits will be made available at the Wrangell District Office. Visitors are required to obtain a...

July 24, 1915 – The Glacier Fish Company, which was organized by a number of substantial Tacoma business men about six months ago, has engaged Nels N...

July 8 An assault was reported by an individual A caller reported that someone had hit his vehicle while parked downtown. An officer spoke with indivi...

July 14 Superior Court Judge William Carey presided over a bail hearing for Jase Payne. The defendant’s counsel requested he be released on his own r...

On July 9, Thomas A. Stammer, 71, of Port Townsend, Wash. was cited by an Alaska Wildlife trooper (AWT) for sport fishing for Dungeness crab without...

Parks and Recreation Director Donnie Hayes said there’s been a string of vandalism this month at the ball field and Hungry Point Trail, which begins n...

Mechanical and electrical problems plagued the Rainforest Islander ferry on its way to Ketchikan from the boat yard in Bellingham, Wash. “We had m...

Early birds and night owls may have noticed a lack of power during the early morning hours Monday, after service for Wrangell, Petersburg and...

KETCHIKAN (AP) — Alaska State Troopers are asking for help in their investigation of the death of a woman found floating off Ketchikan. The body of 3...

JUNEAU (AP) — A spokeswoman for Gov. Bill Walker says Walker is expected to announce this week how he will move forward on Medicaid expansion in A...

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Experts say this year’s Bristol Bay sockeye harvest will be less than half the record-breaking boom recorded last year. Commercial ha...

JUNEAU (AP) — Juneau police say foul play is not suspected in the death of a 51-year-old Kake woman. Police in a web posting say the body of M...

Kodiak volunteers were scrambling with front end loaders and dump trucks to ready 200,000 pounds of super sacks for the first pick up of a massive...

JUNEAU (AP) — While environmentalists are quick to complain about cruise ships dumping waste in the ocean, officials say Alaska ferries have even m...

Western Oregon University. Amanda Kubo has been placed on the Dean’s Honor Roll for spring term 2015 at Western Oregon University....

JUNEAU (AP) — The University of Alaska plans to eliminate or suspend a number of majors this year to deal with an ongoing budgetary squeeze on the sta...