Latest Alaska Headlines
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Colorado Wildfire Burns More Than 500 Homes, New Blazes in West
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...
Alaska Police Officer’s Distracted Driving Trial Begins
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...
CH2M Hill to Pay $2.9M to Settle Alaska Hatchery Claims
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...
Ex-Alaska Worker Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud
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...
Tsunami Preparedness Week in Alaska
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...
Jury Awards $3.5M To Alaska Man Wrongfully Fired
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...
Alaska Insurance Division Offers Car Accident App
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...
Alaska Bill On Proof Of Insurance Via Cell Phone Advances
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...
PCI: Bill Protects Discounts for Alaska Insurance Consumers
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...
No Leak Seen At Stranded Oil Drill Ship in Arctic
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...
Shell Drill Ship Runs Aground On Island Off Alaska
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...
Company Fined For Alaska Asbestos Release
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...
Conocophillips Reaches Deals Over Alaska Spills
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...
Biologist: Tsunami Debris Overwhelming In Spots In 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...
Alaska Increases Estimate of Salmon Disaster
Nov 15 2012 // Alaska’s Commerce commissioner says the disaster from poor king salmon returns was worse than first estimated. In a letter to the state’s congressional delegation, Susan Bell says commercial fishery permit...
Researchers Still Learning About 2002 Alaska Earthquake
Nov 6 2012 // The Denali Fault earthquake only rumbled for about 3 minutes when it shook Interior Alaska a decade ago, but some of the reverberations of that powerful seismic event are still being felt today. The 7.9 magnitude quake,...
Alaska Setting for Japanese Documentary on Tsunami
Nov 5 2012 // A Japanese broadcasting group has been filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Kodiak, Alaska. NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting station, is filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Alaska to raise...
Hawaii Tsunami Smaller Than Feared; Ports Reopened
Oct 29 2012 // Officials in Hawaii reopened the state’s ports on Sunday and canceled a tsunami advisory as fears receded that there would be damaging waves from a powerful earthquake off the coast of Canada. The Pacific Tsunami...
Alaska Disaster Declaration Now Covers Interior Flooding
Oct 25 2012 // A disaster declaration has been expanded to include three regions of Interior Alaska impacted by flooding in late September. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Gov. Sean Parnell has expanded an earlier declaration for...
Alaska Setting For Japanese Documentary On Tsunami
Oct 22 2012 // A Japanese broadcasting group is filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Kodiak, Alaska this week. NHK, Japan’s national public broadcasting station, is filming a documentary about tsunami debris in Alaska to...
