All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 27 2014 // A new method of paying medical fees for injured workers under Alaska’s workers’ compensation program won’t be in place until mid-2015, and it will take more time for insurance companies to judge any...
May 27 2014 // Rain forecast this week in Alaska may help crews gain control over a massive wildfire that forced dozens of people to flee to shelters and move some of their animals to safety at rodeo grounds.The Funny River Fire in the...
May 19 2014 // Climate change is in the here and now, according to a massive report issued earlier this month.The White House’s National Climate Assessment report is part of President Barack Obama’s effort to prepare the...
May 6 2014 // Climate change is in the here and now, according to a massive report issued on Tuesday.The White House’s National Climate Assessment report is part of President Barack Obama’s effort to prepare the nation for...
Apr 9 2014 // A judge has ruled that the Anchorage School District was negligent and liable for $4.5 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by the family of a student who was severely injured after falling at his school.Superior Court...
Mar 21 2014 // Before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, there was the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska, at the time the largest oil spill in the U.S.The 987-foot (300-meter) tanker, carrying 53 million gallons...
Mar 13 2014 // The state of Alaska has sued current and former owners of a North Pole refinery, claiming both caused or failed to stop a chemical spill that has damaged soil and groundwater.The lawsuit claims current owner Flint Hills...
Mar 13 2014 // Seismologists say two Alaska earthquakes were felt in communities this week.One earthquake occurred at 12:43 a.m. Wednesday in the Cook Inlet region of the state. The 4.6 magnitude quake was centered 62 miles southwest of...
Mar 11 2014 // The Board of Governors of the Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange, a policyholder-owned workers’ compensation insurance company, announced a $2.2 million dividend is being paid to its members. The dividend represents...
Feb 14 2014 // A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived a shareholder lawsuit against BP PLC over statements the company made in the wake of a 2006 oil spill in Alaska.The ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San...
Feb 10 2014 // Fairbanks North Star Borough officials have appealed to the Interior delegation to block a bill that would require Alaska school districts to pool employee health insurance plans.Senate Bill 90, sponsored by Sen. Mike...
Feb 10 2014 // The Alaska House has passed a resolution honoring those who came to the aid of Alaskans following the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964.HJR23, from Rep. Charisse Millett, would designate this coming March 27 as Good Friday...
Jan 9 2014 // The family of an Anchorage, Alaska woman who was killed in a traffic collision has filed a lawsuit against the bar where authorities say the driver charged in the death acknowledged drinking heavily before the crash.The...
Jan 2 2014 // Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe called on Lt. Gov. Mark Darr to resign amid a campaign finance scandal but was rebuffed by his Republican second-in-command, who said he wanted to make “things right” with the people...
Dec 16 2013 // A 29-year-old Wasilla, Alaska man suspected of driving a snowmobile down the Parks Highway has been charged with felony driving under the influence of alcohol.Alaska State Troopers say Eric Hunter was arrested Wednesday...
Dec 11 2013 // Some Bristol Bay, Alaska fishermen have sued over the sinking last June and subsequent salvage of the Lone Star, which they say leaked fuel into the water and brought salmon fishing to an early halt.The fishermen, in a...
Nov 26 2013 // An attorney says a settlement has been reached over a Swiss man’s death on Alaska’s Mount McKinley in 2011.Court records show attorneys for both sides asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the case brought...
Nov 25 2013 // The state has released a tsunami inundation map for Sitka, Alaska showing the estimated high-water mark in the event of a tsunami.But Sitka Fire Chief Dave Miller said not to take the map as the final word on how high the...
Nov 19 2013 // Governor Sean Parnell has declared coastal western Alaska areas ravaged by storms state disaster zones.The governor made the announcement after meeting with residents in the Northwest Arctic Borough, Bering Straits...
Nov 18 2013 // Alaska has implemented the State Based Systems, an electronic system owned by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, it was announced in November. The purpose of NAIC’s SBS initiative is to provide a...