Associated Press

The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that some sex offenders convicted outside the state are not required to register in Alaska.

The budget increase will replace the aging and outdated equipment used by the observatory, which is a joint program of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the state Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.

National Park Service officials say Aidan Don, 22, of Salzburg, Austria, died Thursday in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.

Tom Cotter found his red Shelby Cobra with a gaping hole in the roof and claw scratches all over the body, after staying the night last week at Alyeska Ski Resort, southeast of Anchorage, KTUU-TV reports.

A study paints a more optimistic economic portrait for Anchorage over the next three years, projecting the city will exit its economic recession by 2019.

A wildfire burning in remote eastern Alaska has grown significantly and firefighters are taking steps to protect cabins and private property.