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Driver in fatal snowmachine crash had been drinking

6 hours 21 min ago
A 20-year-old man had been drinking before he set off on a frozen trail and rammed a dog sled with his snowmachine, killing the musher and severely injuring a passenger in the sled, authorities said Friday.

Driver asks for mercy for 'bad decision'; gets 66 years

7 hours 47 min ago
Kristopher Felber was drunk and stoned the morning he stole a truck and led police on a high-speed pursuit that he refused to end even when officers boxed in his vehicle, when they opened fire on him or when he slammed into another motorist's vehicle and killed the husband and father of three who was driving on the spot.

Stevens witness says testimony wasn't true

8 hours 26 min ago
In a new twist in a case that has seen no shortage of unusual events, a key prosecution witness in the trial of Sen. Ted Stevens has written a letter to the judge saying that some of his testimony wasn't true and that he was coached in his answers by prosecutors.

Today's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices

9 hours 6 min ago
The price of North Slope oil sold on West Coast open markets closed today at $44.53 a barrel, down $0.59 for the day.

'Rebel' priest will return to service

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 01:19
An Anchorage-based priest with the Orthodox Church in America who was fired from a teaching position during a period of church turmoil has regained the post and also has been named to two high-level positions, the Alaska diocese said in a written statement.

Kin in Croatia claim winning Alaska cousin

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 01:18
ZAGREB, CROATIA -- Mark Begich's victory in the U.S. Senate race in Alaska is being celebrated in a Croatian village where his grandfather once lived.

81-year-old charged with illegal drug sales

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 01:17
FAIRBANKS -- Law enforcement authorities in Fairbanks say they've arrested an 81-year-old man who illegally sold powerful prescription pain relievers.

Deer hunter's shot wounds Alaska man

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 01:17
COVENTRY, VT. -- A 21-year-old Newport man is facing criminal charges stemming from the shooting and wounding of a hunter from Anchorage in the town of Coventry.

'Deadliest Catch' skipper target of suit

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 01:15
SEATTLE -- A man has sued the captain of the fishing crew that stars in the Discovery Channel's popular program "Deadliest Catch" after suffering injuries on the skipper's boat during a Seattle summertime festival.

Can Alaska believe the forecast?

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:47
WASHINGTON -- Winter looks likely to be mild in the Midwest, dry in the Southeast and warmer than normal in Alaska, the government said Thursday.

Suicide prevention aim of webcast

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:47
Someone commits suicide every 16 minutes in this country.

Stevens' farewell

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:47
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ted Stevens ended his four-decade congressional career Thursday, ushered out by his Senate colleagues with a dignity not shown by jurors in his corruption trial or by the voters in Alaska who declined to return him to Washington for an eighth term.

Anchorage doctor struck, killed by snowmachine

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:47
A fast-moving snowmachine smashed into a dog sled outside Kotzebue on Wednesday night, killing an Anchorage pediatrician, state troopers say.

League asks state to expand power subsidy

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:47
FAIRBANKS -- The nonprofit association representing Alaska cities, villages and boroughs is urging the state to expand state subsidies that lower the high cost of electricity in rural areas.

Economy most likely to hurt tourism, mining

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:46
In light of a souring global economy, how will Alaska's economy fare next year?

Economy most likely to hurt tourism, mining

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:46
In light of a souring global economy, how will Alaska's economy fare next year?

Community profile: Willow

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:46
POPULATION: 2,048 (2007)

Grandfather sentenced in adopted child abuse case

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:46
PALMER -- George Long, the adoptive grandfather at the center of an infamous Valley child-abuse case, for the first time spoke publicly Thursday about his role -- four years after he kicked off a major investigation by picking up the phone.

Grandfather sentenced in adopted child abuse case

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:46
PALMER -- George Long, the adoptive grandfather at the center of an infamous Valley child-abuse case, for the first time spoke publicly Thursday about his role -- four years after he kicked off a major investigation by picking up the phone.