Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Alaskans who are unemployed due to COVID-19 would receive $300 more weekly than normal under a plan announced by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday. But that amount is $300 less than they had been receiving.Dunleavy’s announcement follows President Donald Trump’s executive order  up to $400 in additional benefits. Dunleavy authorized the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development to apply with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay out the additional...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Alaskans who are unemployed due to COVID-19 would receive $300 more weekly than normal under a plan announced by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday. But that amount is $300 less than they had been receiving.Dunleavy’s announcement follows President Donald Trump’s executive order  up to $400 in additional benefits. Dunleavy authorized the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development to apply with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay out the additional...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.A handful of Anchorage churches have defied the city’s emergency order that limits the size of gatherings to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Anchorage Baptist Temple, one of Anchorage’s largest churches, held in-person services on Sunday, about a week after the emergency order took effect that prohibits indoor gatherings of more than 15 people, including for religious services.It’s unclear exactly how many people attended Sunday’s service, but a video of it shows more than...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.A handful of Anchorage churches have defied the city’s emergency order that limits the size of gatherings to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Anchorage Baptist Temple, one of Anchorage’s largest churches, held in-person services on Sunday, about a week after the emergency order took effect that prohibits indoor gatherings of more than 15 people, including for religious services.It’s unclear exactly how many people attended Sunday’s service, but a video of it shows more than...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Kriner’s Diner says it will stop serving food indoors after attorneys for the Municipality of Anchorage sought to boost daily fines against its owners to up to $15,000 per day. Attorneys with the Municipality of Anchorage filed a motion on Saturday for a contempt of court hearing against Kriner’s owners after the diner continued serving meals despite an injunction granted by a state judge. RELATED:The restaurant was busy on Friday after the judge ordered the...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Kriner’s Diner says it will stop serving food indoors after attorneys for the Municipality of Anchorage sought to boost daily fines against its owners to up to $15,000 per day. Attorneys with the Municipality of Anchorage filed a motion on Saturday for a contempt of court hearing against Kriner’s owners after the diner continued serving meals despite an injunction granted by a state judge. RELATED:The restaurant was busy on Friday after the judge ordered the...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Wildlife biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game killed one female brown bear and three female black bears near Hope on Wednesday as part of their investigation into last week’s fatal mauling.The agency said it will analyze DNA samples from the four bears to see if they match evidence collected at the scene of the attack.It’s still unclear what exactly led to the mauling last Wednesday, said Cynthia Wardlow, Anchorage regional supervisor with Fish and...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Wildlife biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game killed one female brown bear and three female black bears near Hope on Wednesday as part of their investigation into last week’s fatal mauling.The agency said it will analyze DNA samples from the four bears to see if they match evidence collected at the scene of the attack.It’s still unclear what exactly led to the mauling last Wednesday, said Cynthia Wardlow, Anchorage regional supervisor with Fish and...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska North Slope region produced more oil in July than it had since 2013.The area’s final production averaged 477,896 barrels per day in July, the highest monthly figure since 497,300 barrels were pumped daily in July 2013, the Anchorage Daily News Wednesday. Roughly 466,000 barrels per day were produced in North Slope in July 2019, according to Revenue Department records.The summer months are traditionally a time when producers administer...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska North Slope region produced more oil in July than it had since 2013.The area’s final production averaged 477,896 barrels per day in July, the highest monthly figure since 497,300 barrels were pumped daily in July 2013, the Anchorage Daily News Wednesday. Roughly 466,000 barrels per day were produced in North Slope in July 2019, according to Revenue Department records.The summer months are traditionally a time when producers administer...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Update, Tuesday 1:30 p.m.: Municipal employees posted a stop work order outside of Kriner’s Diner sometime before noon. Restaurant owner Andy Kriner said he will keep operating, despite the order.Original story:Emergency Order 15 went into effect Monday in Anchorage, banning indoor dining at restaurants and bars, but not every business complied. At Kriner’s Diner in Midtown, Monday looked like about any other afternoon: Pickup trucks crowded the parking lot. Customers streamed...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Update, Tuesday 1:30 p.m.: Municipal employees posted a stop work order outside of Kriner’s Diner sometime before noon. Restaurant owner Andy Kriner said he will keep operating, despite the order.Original story:Emergency Order 15 went into effect Monday in Anchorage, banning indoor dining at restaurants and bars, but not every business complied. At Kriner’s Diner in Midtown, Monday looked like about any other afternoon: Pickup trucks crowded the parking lot. Customers streamed...WW…

A 71-year-old man, known to be an avid runner, was carried off Kodiak’s Pillar Mountain in an ambulance Sunday after a bear attack. Kodiak police say he was jogging on a trail in an open area near a gravel pit.He had a cell phone and was able to call for help, said Lt. Francis de la Fuente. The call came in at 11:35 a.m. Help arrived in about 15 minutes, but de la Fuente said it was difficult to reach the man.Guided by his voice, they hiked down a steep incline about a half mile from the road.“Luckily medics had a gurney with a big wheel, but had to be assisted, of course, by multiple...…A 71-year-old man, known to be an avid runner, was carried off Kodiak’s Pillar Mountain in an ambulance Sunday after a bear attack. Kodiak police say he was jogging on a trail in an open area near a gravel pit.He had a cell phone and was able to call for help, said Lt. Francis de la Fuente. The call came in at 11:35 a.m. Help arrived in about 15 minutes, but de la Fuente said it was difficult to reach the man.Guided by his voice, they hiked down a steep incline about a half mile from the road.“Luckily medics had a gurney with a big wheel, but had to be assisted, of course, by multiple...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.As many in the Lower 48 call for statues of Confederate leaders to be removed amid a national reckoning on race, some Alaska residents are conducting a similar movement demanding statues tied to colonization be eliminated or relocated.A statue of Russian colonialist Alexander Baranov will be taken out of public view in one city and petitions are circulating calling for the removal of statues dedicated to former U.S. Secretary of State and Alaska purchase architect William Seward and...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.As many in the Lower 48 call for statues of Confederate leaders to be removed amid a national reckoning on race, some Alaska residents are conducting a similar movement demanding statues tied to colonization be eliminated or relocated.A statue of Russian colonialist Alexander Baranov will be taken out of public view in one city and petitions are circulating calling for the removal of statues dedicated to former U.S. Secretary of State and Alaska purchase architect William Seward and...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.The ‘Into the Wild’ bus where Christopher McCandless died will likely find a home at UAF’s Museum of the North.The Department of Natural Resources announced that it had would likely be putting the bus in the museum, located on the UAF campus, in a on Thursday. DNR commissioner Corri Feige said that the Museum of the North best met the department’s conditions, which included that the bus be preserved in a way the public could experience it safely, and without...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.The ‘Into the Wild’ bus where Christopher McCandless died will likely find a home at UAF’s Museum of the North.The Department of Natural Resources announced that it had would likely be putting the bus in the museum, located on the UAF campus, in a on Thursday. DNR commissioner Corri Feige said that the Museum of the North best met the department’s conditions, which included that the bus be preserved in a way the public could experience it safely, and without...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.The company that bought Ravn’s core assets initially hoped to relaunch operations around this time, but the new owners now say that they hope to resume flying in another month, in mid-September.Rob McKinney is the new chief executive of the rebranded company, Ravn Alaska, and he says some unforeseen challenges delayed the relaunch of service to the Aleutian Islands, Bristol Bay, and Kenai Peninsula.“The sale getting pushed to last Friday is kind of what caused the delays, because...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.The company that bought Ravn’s core assets initially hoped to relaunch operations around this time, but the new owners now say that they hope to resume flying in another month, in mid-September.Rob McKinney is the new chief executive of the rebranded company, Ravn Alaska, and he says some unforeseen challenges delayed the relaunch of service to the Aleutian Islands, Bristol Bay, and Kenai Peninsula.“The sale getting pushed to last Friday is kind of what caused the delays, because...WW…