All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 5 2013 // Alaska has implemented the State Based Systems, an electronic system owned by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, it was announced on Monday. The purpose of NAIC’s SBS initiative is to provide a...
Oct 7 2013 // Despite the partial government shutdown, Americans have a full team of scientists tracking every possibility for an earthquake-triggered tsunami.The nation’s two tsunami warning centers remain fully staffed and...
Aug 20 2013 // An 8.0 magnitude earthquake sounds like a freight train and feels like the worst-ever air turbulence. Bookshelves tumble. Computers and television sets crash to the floor. It’s a struggle to stay upright.Even a fake...
Jun 27 2013 // President Barack Obama has declared a federal disaster for spring flooding in parts of Alaska. Gov. Sean Parnell earlier this month requested the federal designation for the Alaska Gateway, Yukon Flats, Yukon Koyukuk,...
Jun 24 2013 // The Alaska Workers Compensation Board sought public input on rising costs in the last week.Board members held public meetings in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kenai and Juneau seeking comment on ways to stem rising costs. The...
Jun 20 2013 // A man whose pickup was smashed by a patrol car driven by an Anchorage, Alaska police officer running red light was awarded $375,000 in damages. The Anchorage Daily News reported the jury Friday chose not to award $2.5...
Jun 19 2013 // The number of homes destroyed by a Colorado wildfire rose above 500 on Tuesday as rain dampened the flames and allowed damage assessment teams to enter charred neighborhoods, as other threatening blazes grew in Alaska and...
Jun 14 2013 // An Iraq veteran is suing the municipality of Anchorage for damages suffered when a police officer ran a red light and crashed into his pickup.The Anchorage Daily News reported the trial in Melvin Rush’s lawsuit began...
Jun 11 2013 // The company that designed a new fish hatchery in Fairbanks has agreed to pay $2.9 million to settle the state’s claims over alleged flaws.The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that as part of the settlement reached...
May 23 2013 // A former Alaska state employee and his supposed masseuse are accused of worker’s compensation fraud.Scott A. Groom and Laurayne K. Fischer are charged with 93 counts including perjury, theft and falsification of...
Mar 27 2013 // Gov. Sean Parnell declared this Tsunami Preparedness Week in Alaska. Parnell, in his proclamation, says Alaska’s vast coastline is home to many communities that are vulnerable to tsunamis. He says the state also...
Mar 26 2013 // A 76-year-old Alaska man has won a wrongful termination lawsuit against a company that fired him in 2008.An Anchorage jury awarded $3.5 million to Paul Blakeslee after he was fired while preparing a report on what he...
Mar 22 2013 // The Alaska Division of Insurance is offering a free app that officials say can help drivers involved in car accidents.Officials say the WreckCheck app was developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners....
Mar 21 2013 // If a bill passes out of the Alaska Legislature, you might be handing an officer your phone instead of paper. HB146, by Rep. Pete Higgins, would allow drivers to display proof of automobile insurance on a “personal...
Feb 27 2013 // Alaska insurance consumers will benefit if a measure under consideration is approved, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. SB 55 will clarify that discounts many insurers provide to consumers...
Jan 3 2013 // No leak has been seen from a Shell oil drilling ship that grounded off an Alaska island during a storm, officials said, as opponents criticized the growing race to explore the Arctic for energy resources.Federal on-scene...
Jan 2 2013 // Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s foray into Arctic offshore drilling has suffered a serious setback after one of its two Alaskan drilling rigs ran aground off a small island while trying to escape a fierce storm.The Kulluk...
Dec 26 2012 // An Alaska company has been fined $70,000 and placed on three years of probation for releasing asbestos into the air in Anchorage.Chief U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline (BISTE’-line) last week also ordered...
Dec 20 2012 // ConocoPhillips has agreed to federal and state civil penalties of about $200,000 for spills of crude oil and contaminated water from corroded pipe in Alaska’s Kuparuk Oil Field in 2006 and 2007.ConocoPhillips Alaska...
Dec 17 2012 // Debris that gathered this past summer on Alaska’s Kayak Island made walking on its beaches feel like walking through a natural disaster zone, a federal biologist said Thursday.Jacek Maselko, a biologist with the...