The Alaska Marine Highway System is working to get rid of the state ferry Taku. The Ketchikan Daily News reports that Alaska Department of Transportation spokesman Jeremy Woodrow says the state has not yet decided how it will dispose of the ferry, but it has received permission from the Federal Highway Administration to sell the…
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Alaska town’s new Inupiat name challenged in court
On paper, the new Inupiat Eskimo name of the nation’s northernmost town is now official. But not so fast. The reality is not so simple. The town was known as Barrow until Thursday, when the new name, Utqiagvik (oot-GHAR’-vik), became effective, less than two months after voters approved the change with a six-vote majority of…
Millett to serve as House minority leader, Chenault as whip
Anchorage Republican Rep. Charisse Millett will serve as House minority leader during the upcoming Legislature. Nikiski Rep. Mike Chenault, the long-serving speaker of the House, will be minority whip.
Teen charged in July attack of woman jogging near school
Anchorage police have made in arrest in an attack on a woman jogging in July near East High School.
Autopsies confirm gunshots in 4 deaths at Fairbanks hotel
Autopsies have confirmed that four people died of gunshot wounds last week at a Fairbanks hotel.
21-year-old man facing charges in shooting death
A 21-year-old man is facing charges in the shooting death of a relative. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Alaska State Troopers found the body of 51-year-old Riba Dewilde at her home in Tok on Saturday morning. A news release says investigators determined she was shot by a family member. The 21-year-old man faces first- and…