Ed Sniffen faces three counts of sexual abuse with a minor for having sex with a 17-year-old girl he coached in high school in 1991.

For decades, Anchorage has worried about — and unevenly prepared for — a wildfire on the Hillside, where about 30,000 people live in densely wooded subdivisions that meet the thousands of acres of Chugach State Park wilderness.

Chevron and Hilcorp have relinquished leases for a small tract of Alaska Native corporation-owned land within the refuge’s boundaries.

Some of the state’s bird rescue facilities are changing their policies amid what one called an explosion of cases.

A majority of roughly 1,000 comments in a Matanuska-Susitna Borough survey opposed the road, though some also said access could change that.

Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside of the classrooms during this week’s attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman, authorities said Friday.

With just days left before the June 1 filing deadline, a growing list of incumbents have announced they won't seek reelection, Meanwhile, new candidates are emerging.

The first community fridge in the city — offering food to community members, free of charge — relies on grassroots activists to run the operation and local donors to provide food and supplies.

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The utilities say the upgrades will allow them to take more advantage of low-cost renewable power.

While the money would cover only a portion of the project’s price tag, the infusion keeps it moving forward and also helps unlock federal funds, according to port officials.

The municipal law makes violating the open burning ban a class A misdemeanor crime, which can carry a sentence of up to one year in jail and up to a $10,000 fine, according to city code.

Domestic airline fares for summer are averaging 24% higher than this time in 2019, before the pandemic, and a whopping 45% higher than a year ago.

Two hikers were rescued from the popular trail on the Kenai Peninsula after encountering more snow than expected, troopers say.

The boys and girls teams combined for nearly a dozen goals and kept their respective opponents off the scoreboard entirely.

Air tankers and smokejumpers responded to the fire, which the Alaska Division of Forestry said is no longer a threat.

The database showed what top leaders knew behind the scenes while telling Southern Baptists that they couldn’t maintain a public list.

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