News from The Anchorage Daily News

Barrow children left in room open to 30-below temperature

Feb 9, 2012 6:39 am

When police entered a Barrow apartment last week on a report of a child not breathing, they found a caregiver smelling of alcohol, two "extremely" hypothermic and naked children, and&hel...

Judge: Release report on Stevens trial

Feb 9, 2012 6:38 am

A U.S. District court judge on Wednesday rejected an attempt by federal prosecutors to keep secret a report detailing their misconduct in the case against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.Click to Conti...

Police report some progress in case of missing barista

Feb 9, 2012 6:13 am

Anchorage police say detectives are making progress in the search for abducted 18-year-old Samantha Koenig but declined to discuss specific details from the case.Click to Continue »

Alaska could see savings with pension deposit, analyst says

Feb 9, 2012 5:59 am

The state could save $5.3 billion in payments to Alaska's troubled public employees' retirement system by putting $2 billion into a reserve fund now, a legislative fiscal analyst said Wednesday.Click ...

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jury duty: Meeting Friends for $25 a Day

Feb 9, 2012 6:00 am

Because court rules prohibit photographing jurors at a trial, this is the only view that can be taken of the jury box - empty seats in the Homer Courthouse Where else in Homer can you get paid to sit ...

Oversight of tribal contracts lacking

Feb 9, 2012 5:00 am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Supporters of a federal program that gives Alaska Native corporations a special edge worth billions of dollars in federal contracts said Wednesday that a U.S. government report fou...

Point Thomson lease case on tap for Supreme Court

Feb 9, 2012 12:51 am

An Omro man who beat his puppy to death with a baseball bat was placed on probation and ordered to... ANCHORAGE, Alaska - State attorneys argued before the Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday that a low...

Redistricting board plans appeal

Feb 8, 2012 8:31 pm

John Torgersen, chairman of the Alaska Redistricting Board, leads a board meeting Tuesday, Feb.

Trooper: Attempted extortion case involved threats

Feb 8, 2012 4:21 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska man accused of attempted extortion told state troopers he would shut down government and commercial entities and teach "crackheads" to make devices that could b...

Our View: One day, ski just for fun

Feb 8, 2012 12:12 pm

Bad news in the days surrounding the annual Ski for Women at Kincaid Park showed the continuing need for the serious side of the event.

Snow load beginning to worry Anchorage building owners

Feb 8, 2012 5:58 am

The more than 100 inches of snow that has fallen on Anchorage so far this winter is starting to push buildings to the breaking point.

Missing Anchorage Barista Case in National Spotlight

Feb 8, 2012 4:58 am

On Tuesday, a producer for cable news channel HLN's "Nancy Grace" show was gathering information from family and friends on the "Help Find Samantha Koenig - Kidnapped in Anchorage, Alas...

Anchorage Private Plow Operators' Snow Dumps Nearly Full

Feb 8, 2012 1:48 am

Marcel Warmilee from Arctic Green LLC said there are seven places in Anchorage where private companies can dump snow, and all but one is full.

Former Murkowski aide Fuglvog to be sentenced today

Feb 7, 2012 7:39 pm

A former fisheries aide for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski who falsified commercial fishing records for profit is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday.