Latest Alaska Headlines
All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Climate Change Suit Filed by Alaska Youth Heads To Court
May 3 2018 // The state has argued in court that a climate change lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaska residents should be thrown out because climate policies must be decided by the state Legislature and the executive branch, not the...
Alaska Law on Credit-Based Scoring Backed by Insurers Group
Apr 4 2018 // A new credit-based scoring law brings Alaska into line with the rest of the nation, and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is applauding the state for that. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and the Alaska...
Court Rules Release Form Protected Alaska Rafting Company in Man’s Death
Apr 2 2018 // A divided Alaska Supreme Court has sided with a river rafting company, deciding its release form protected it from liability in the 2013 death of a man on a rafting trip. The majority ruling, supported by three of the...
Court Rules Release Form Protected Alaska Rafting Company in Man’s Death
Mar 26 2018 // A divided Alaska Supreme Court has sided with a river rafting company, deciding its release form protected it from liability in the 2013 death of a man on a rafting trip. The majority ruling, supported by three of the...
Arctic Has Warmest Winter with Sea Ice at Record Lows: Weather Data
Mar 9 2018 // Winter at the top of the world wimped out this year. The Arctic just finished its warmest winter on record. And sea ice hit record lows for this time of year, with plenty of open water where ocean water normally freezes...
University of Alaska Data Breach Hits Staff, Students
Feb 27 2018 // Officials say a data breach at the University of Alaska has impacted dozens of current and former employees and students. KTVA-TV reported that a university statement says security officials first started looking into the...
Alaska Governor Wants $10M for Seismic Surveying
Feb 22 2018 // Gov. Bill Walker’s administration has asked the Alaska Legislature for permission to spend $10 million on seismic surveying in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The seismic survey funding was...
Alera Group Acquires Wilson Albers in Alaska
Feb 13 2018 // Alera Group has acquired Wilson Albers & Company LLC located in Anchorage, Alaska. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wilson Albers & Company, LLC, parent company of The Wilson Agency, LLC, Albers & Company...
Ex-Alaska Airlines Pilot to Plead in California to Flying While Drunk
Feb 8 2018 // A former Alaska Airlines pilot will plead guilty in California to a charge of flying a passenger plane while drunk. Federal prosecutors say David Hans Arntson of Newport Beach agreed this week to enter the plea at a later...
Marsh & McLennan West Names New Principals in California and Alaska
Feb 5 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Insurance Agency has promoted eight executives to principals of the firm. In San Diego, the new Principals are Donna DeBolt, Wayne Pages, Greg Pendergast, Erin Quigley, Jeff Simpson, Ryan Stover, and...
Alaskan Quake Highlights Complexity of Tsunami Warnings
Jan 26 2018 // The powerful earthquake that struck beneath the Gulf of Alaska early Tuesday generated a tsunami, but before gauges could show that it was very small, warnings went out to a vast swath of the state and British Columbia,...
M7.9 Quake Jolted Alaska, No Tsunami
Jan 24 2018 // A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Alaska’s Kodiak Island early Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning for a large swath of the state’s coast and sending some residents fleeing to higher ground. Officials at...
Alaska Parents File Wrongful Death Suit over Daughter’s Death
Jan 4 2018 // The parents of a woman who died Jan. 1, 2017, are suing an Alaska nightclub, the Fairbanks Police Department and the Alaska Department of Corrections for sharing blame in the death of their daughter. The Fairbanks Daily...
Insurance Companies Sue Kodiak Electric in Alaska Over Fire Damage
Dec 22 2017 // Two insurance companies filed a lawsuit against the Kodiak Electric Association in Alaska claiming it was responsible for a fire that caused damage to clients’ property. Lexington Insurance Co. and Alaska Municipal...
Small Quake Confirmed in Central Alaska
Dec 12 2017 // A magnitude 3.3 earthquake has hit central Alaska, the Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed. The center reported that the earthquake struck at 3:28 a.m. Sunday and its epicenter was 30 miles southwest of Manley Hot Springs,...
Earthquake Center Confirms Moderate Temblor Felt in Alaska Towns
Nov 29 2017 // The Alaska Earthquake Information Center confirmed that a moderate earthquake jostled Alaska’s largest city, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit Monday and was located at a...
M3.9 Quake Jolts Southeastern Alaska
Oct 27 2017 // A magnitude 3.9 earthquake hit southeastern Alaska early Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS says the earthquake struck at 1:01 a.m. and had an epicenter 47.6 miles southwest of Port Alice, a...
Alaska Storm Causes Estimated $10M in Damage
Oct 11 2017 // Damages from a recent storm in Alaska’s North Slope could end up costing more than $10 million, and a damaged road in the nation’s northernmost town could keep whalers from an important subsistence area. North...
Hub Acquires Assets of Alaska-Based Kenneth A. Murray Insurance
Oct 10 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Kenneth A. Murray Insurance Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ken Murray, president of Kenneth A. Murray Insurance, will join Hub Northwest and report to Steve...
Voters in Alaska Reject Local Marijuana Ban Efforts
Oct 5 2017 // Voters in some parts of Alaska rejected efforts to ban commercial marijuana cultivation and retail sales, three years after the nation’s largest state passed a voter initiative legalizing the recreational use of the...
