Independent U.S. Senate candidate Margaret Stock has won the endorsement of the last Alaska Democrat to hold the office.
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Woman in fatal village ATV crash charged with manslaughter
ANCHORAGE — A southwest Alaska woman faces a manslaughter charge after a fatal all-terrain vehicle crash last week. Katherine Noatak, 25, of Akiachak also is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, Alaska State Troopers said. She’s being held without bail at the Bethel jail. Online court documents do not list an attorney for…
Employee who posted Trump-related tweets on agency feed gone
An Alaska health department employee who posted political comments aimed at Donald Trump on the agency’s Twitter feed last week is no longer with the department.
Hotel near Denali Park entrance to add 64 rooms for 2017
A hotel outside the entrance to Denali National Park is expanding with an adjacent facility. Denali Hotel Properties says it has broken ground on a 64-room addition to Denali Bluffs Hotel to be called RiverView at the Bluffs.
NTSB: Small plane crashes in Alaska; no word on the 3 aboard
A federal agency says a small plane carrying three people has crashed in a remote area of western Alaska. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Clint Johnson says there is still no word on the conditions of the two pilots and one passenger, but rescuers were headed to the site. The NTSB tells KTVA that Alaska…
Alaska OKs marijuana, but some communities ban pot commerce
Alaska’s fastest-growing municipality will decide Tuesday whether to ban commercial marijuana enterprises. Matanuska-Susitna Borough residents will consider a ballot proposition to prohibit cannabis sales, cultivation and testing. Former Mayor Larry DeVilbiss says borough voters opposed the 2014 state ballot measure that legalized recreational marijuana. He says it’s arrogant to assume that commercial marijuana should come…