All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 14 2017 // State and local leaders fighting a worsening opioid abuse epidemic are studying tactics used in the tobacco lawsuits of the 1990s, as they try to claw back billions from the companies who make and sell the powerful...
Jun 13 2017 // Uber and Lyft are coming to Alaska, but not to the state capital’s most popular tourist attraction.The Juneau Empire reported Gov. Bill Walker is expected to sign a bill that will make Alaska the last state to allow...
May 25 2017 // Alaska averages 40,000 earthquakes per year, with more large quakes than the other 49 states combined, and America’s shakiest state is about to have its ground examined like never before.A federal agency that...
May 10 2017 // A magnitude 4.3 earthquake hit the Andreanof Islands on the far western end of Alaska’s Aleutian chain.The National Earthquake Information Center says that at 8:36 p.m. local time the earthquake hit a spot about 72...
May 8 2017 // The Alaska Earthquake Center reports that a magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in the Kenai Peninsula region of Alaska. Officials say the moderate quake was felt in the Anchorage area. No damage was reported from the quakes,...
May 5 2017 // Alaska might lose its 24/7 earthquake monitors due to budget cuts.The Juneau Empire reported that as of March 1, more than 25 percent of the Alaska Regional Seismic Network has been offline. Since 2013, staff has decreased...
Mar 29 2017 // Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is sponsoring workers’ compensation legislation aimed at making it easier to determine whether someone is an employee or an independent contractor.Walker’s bill creates a new definition...
Mar 20 2017 // Market Detail: Anderson & Murison Inc.’s program includes: escape rooms, batting cages, moon bouncers and ball pits on a per device basis. Moon Bouncers are limited to basic cube-shaped jump houses. No combos,...
Mar 3 2017 // Attorneys for a Hispanic man who worked on an Alaska fishing boat say he has won a $1.85 million settlement against his former employer, Seattle-based Alaska Longline, after he was subjected to relentless racial...
Feb 22 2017 // A star of the Alaska-based reality series “Life Below Zero” is suing the show’s producers, alleging she was hurt while forced to perform dangerous acts in support of false story lines.The lawsuit against...
Feb 22 2017 // The drive to allow rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in Alaska has hit speed bumps.The bill, from Sen. Mia Costello, R-Anchorage, faces opposition from taxi companies worried the entrance of rideshare...
Feb 9 2017 // Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has issued a disaster declaration for two Bering Sea communities hit by storms earlier this winter.The declaration, signed by Walker Feb. 1 and announced this week, says Savoonga and Gambell...
Feb 1 2017 // A moderate earthquake struck Tuesday that was widely felt in the Anchorage, Alaska area, but there were no reports of damage. The Alaska Earthquake Center says the magnitude-5.2 temblor struck at 12:38 a.m. and was...
Jan 23 2017 // During 2016, the United States experienced 15 weather and climate disasters with insured and uninsured losses exceeding $1 billion each across the United States.Overall, these events resulted in the deaths of 138 people...
Jan 10 2017 // During 2016, the United States experienced 15 weather and climate disasters with insured and uninsured losses exceeding $1 billion each across the United States.Overall, these events resulted in the deaths of 138 people...
Jan 9 2017 // A report gives California’s insurance regulatory environment low marks for auto body repair rules, the insurance commissioner’s call for insurers to divest from coal, its prior approval law and being the...
Dec 22 2016 // A report gives California’s insurance regulatory environment low marks for auto body repair rules, the insurance commissioner’s call for insurers to divest from coal, its prior approval law and being the...
Dec 20 2016 // Acrisure LLC has acquired Alaska USA Insurance Brokers’ commercial insurance and employee benefits books of business.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The new company will operate under the name Insurance Brokers...
Dec 5 2016 // After more than three weeks, a Bethel Superior Court jury could not decide whether a tobacco company misled an Alaska man about the harmful effects of smoking.Jury foreman Robert Sundown said jurors deadlocked over whether...
Nov 21 2016 // Market Detail: RWISI (www.rwisi.com) offers non-standard workers’ comp coverage for high-risk, high mods, USL&H, construction, roofing, temporary staffing, oil & gas, steel & tower erection, small to...