All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 18 2016 // After more than three weeks, a Bethel Superior Court jury cannot decide whether or not a tobacco company misled an Alaska man about the harmful effects of smoking.KYUK-AM reported jury foreman Robert Sundown says jurors...
Nov 14 2016 // A moderate earthquake was felt by residents in southwest Alaska, but there were no immediate reports of damage, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The Alaska Earthquake Center says the temblor had a preliminary...
Oct 20 2016 // Forecasters at the U.S. Climate Prediction Center issued their U.S. winter outlook today, saying that La Nina is expected to influence winter conditions this year. La Nina favors drier, warmer winters in the southern U.S...
Sep 8 2016 // University of Alaska officials say someone used an employee’s credentials to hack into a network drive that contained private information like Social Security numbers of more than 5,400 students at the Mat-Su...
Sep 7 2016 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Anchorage, Alaska-based Patterson Insurance Brokers.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kent Patterson, Patterson’s president, will join Hub Northwest as vice...
Jul 11 2016 // The University of Alaska Fairbanks and the state officials are seeking public input on new guidelines for how coastal communities should respond to tsunamis. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reported that new modeling shows the...
May 23 2016 // A magnitude 4.6 earthquake rattled central Alaska over the weekend, officials confirmed.The U.S. Geological Survey says the temblor struck at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, and was centered 110 miles northwest of Anchorage at a...
May 2 2016 // Sitka, Alaska officials have approved an ordinance that prohibits drivers from using their cellphones while driving.The measure approved by the Sitka Assembly last week bans more cellphone uses while driving than state...
Apr 29 2016 // State labor officials have fined an Anchorage assisted living home $75,000 for alleged safety and health violations in the death of a caregiver who was killed by a resident of the home.The Alaska Department of Labor and...
Apr 27 2016 // Marijuana regulators in Alaska plan to consider rules this week for consuming marijuana products at authorized retail pot stores, a first among states that have legalized the recreational use of pot.Late last year, the...
Mar 29 2016 // A remote and active volcano on Alaska’s Aleutian Islands erupted, sending ash 20,000 feet into the air, scientists said.The U.S. Geological Survey says the Pavlof Volcano, which is about 600 miles southwest of...
Mar 15 2016 // A magnitude 4.5 earthquake that hit south-central Alaskawas felt in the state’s largest city, Anchorage, and was one of several recent quakes in the area.The National Tsunami Warning Center says the quake hit at...
Mar 4 2016 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Anchorage, Alaska-based Gwaltney & Associates Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dave Gwaltney, president of Gwaltney, will join Hub Northwest and report to...
Feb 25 2016 // A federal agency has ordered an Alaska flight service company to compensate and rehire a pilot fired after reporting safety concerns four years ago.The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Feb 17 2016 // Alaska consumers will benefit from a proposed law that will enable insurers to use insurance scoring when a homeowner or auto policy is renewed, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.SB 127 was...
Feb 9 2016 // Insurance regulators in Alaska and Oregon announced that a company that had been suspended from offering health insurance policies in the states over concerns with its financial condition will be allowed to resume that...
Feb 4 2016 // Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey have solved a 50-year natural science mystery: the undersea source of tsunami waves that devastated a remote Alaska village following the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake.Underwater...
Feb 3 2016 // Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has lauded the efforts of Kenai Peninsula agencies in their response to the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that resulted in highway damage and the destruction of four homes.Representatives of public...
Jan 27 2016 // A magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Alaska’s most populous region has renewed focus on the state’s readiness to deal with a natural disaster.And it’s not just earthquakes that pose a danger across the vast...
Jan 15 2016 // Geologists in Alaska have found evidence that a 125-mile section of the eastern Aleutian Islands that was once considered unlikely to generate earthquakes may be a future source of temblors – as well as potentially...