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Indigenous men imprisoned for 18 years for Alaska murder settle for $5M after vacated conviction
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThree of the four Indigenous men who served 18 years in prison for a murder conviction in Alaska...
Author Lael Morgan, who chronicled the practical and provocative in Alaska, dies at age 86
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 28—Lael Morgan, an Alaska journalist who authored more than a dozen books including several essential works on the state and its history, died Tuesday in Anchorage. She was 86. Morgan's ...
Fairbanks Catholic high school sues Alaska’s sport regulators, seeking new basketball division
Alaska Beacon· 1 week agoThis March, the Monroe Catholic Rams were among the four best large boys’ high school basketball...
Alaska newspaper publishers worry about bill ending some public notice requirements
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Alaska Senate voted without dissent Monday to allow the Department of Natural Resources to stop...
Is Ryan Walters boosting his national profile at the expense of Oklahoma taxpayers?
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe state education department hired the firm to write speeches and op-eds and book Walters on at...
Investigators find holes in plane's floats after deadly Fairbanks crash
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 22—Heavy weight and holes in a plane's floats may have contributed to the aircraft overturning as it tried to take off from Fairbanks earlier this month, a preliminary report showed. The ...
Lawmakers to vote on Gov. Dunleavy's veto of $200 million education bill
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 18—Alaska lawmakers are set to convene in a joint session at 2:15 p.m. Monday to vote on overriding the governor's veto of a $200 million education funding package. Last Thursday, Republican ...
Homeless below zero: After a man's death in a Fairbanks snowbank, a city reckons with emergency...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 11—FAIRBANKS — Charles Ahkiviana died here, just beyond the lights of a Fred Meyer parking lot. Two days before Christmas, a man on a smoke break found the 55-year-old's body frozen in ...
Longtime Brooks Range wilderness guide killed in floatplane crash after take-off attempt
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 7—A 75-year-old Fairbanks man died Wednesday after his floatplane flipped while taxiing after a take-off attempt, authorities say. Jerald Stansel was the owner of a longtime Brooks Range ...
5 questions for David James, editor of the Alaska literary collection 'Writing on the Edge'
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 2—With contributions from more than 30 Alaska essayists, journalists and novelists, the new collection "Writing on the Edge" attempts to represent the state from the inside — real stories ...