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[Men's Golf] Pioneers Battle Through Elements on Day One

from:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage Campus

SALEM, Ore. --- Wayland Baptist golf coach Tom Harp predicted that the elements would have a large influence on the results of the 2012 NAIA Men's Golf Tournament and after his...

Alaska Supreme Court approves legislative redistricting plan

The Alaska Supreme Court has approved a redistricting map for this year's election. The plan does not incorporate changes the Redistricting Board made, at the court's behest, to...

Sparse data on ocean depth challenges NOAA in Arctic

The deputy administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the challenges for the agency in Arctic waters are huge as the region opens to more vessel...

Dixiano admits killing; wife's body identified

An Anchorage con artist who admitted last week to killing his wife is cooperating with investigators in the hopes of getting a lighter prison sentence. Police confirmed that a...

[Women's Golf] WBU Freshman Named to All-American Team

from:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage Campus

Wayland Baptist golfer Sarah Helly has been named to the 2012 NAIA Honorable Mention All-American team. Golfers were selected by the All-America Committee. The...

Militia leader told volunteers to be ready to shoot to kill agents

Asserting that he, his wife and child had been targeted by a clandestine, six-man federal hit team, Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox told paramilitary volunteers to be ready...

Standing-room-only crowd asks School Board to avoid layoffs

A large crowd of teachers, parents and students asked the Anchorage School Board to find ways to reinstate some of the 35 teachers and 20 support staff laid off last…Click...

Genetically engineered salmon face tough road to market

It has been 20 months since the Food and Drug Administration tentatively concluded that genetically engineered fast-growing salmon would be safe to eat and for the environment,...

2 Denali wolves killed in buffer zone, setting off public outcry

Conservationists are demanding an immediate halt to wolf trapping around Denali National Park after two primary breeding females from the park's best-known pack died, one of them...

Haines Borough challenges latest redistricting plan

The Alaska Redistricting Board's latest attempt at redrawing the state's political boundaries has drawn opposition. The state Supreme Court must decide whether to approve the...

Evidence against Zimmerman lacking, legal experts say

The stack of evidence released last week in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman is notable, legal experts say, for what's not in it: firm evidence that...

[Men's Golf] Pioneer Men Tee Off Tuesday Morning

from:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage Campus

SALEM, Ore. --- The Wayland Baptist men's golf team tees off at 8:40 a.m. PDT on Tuesday morning at the 2012 NAIA Men's Golf National Championship. The 61st...

Jury at Edwards trial ends second day of deliberations

The jury deciding the fate of John Edwards in North Carolina has finished a second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.Click to Continue »

Bald eagle is euthanized after being shot in the elbow

Alaska Raptor Center officials in Sitka say a bald eagle that had been shot had to be euthanized.Click to Continue »

Climber who died on Mount McKinley was from Germany

National park officials say a climber who died in a fatal fall on Mount McKinley was from Germany.Click to Continue »

Federal spending in Alaska has leveled off, report says

The explosive growth of federal spending in Alaska has flattened, according to a new analysis, but the state's per-capita haul is still more than 40 percent above the national...

Troopers arrest Kenai man in 2010 fatal crash

Nearly two years after a fatal traffic crash that killed a Washington, D.C., college student on the Sterling Highway outside Homer, Alaska State Troopers arrested a Kenai man and...

Eagle River shooter makes Olympic team again

Eagle River's Corey Cogdell is going back to the Olympics. A bronze medalist in 2008, Cogdell clinched the country's only berth in women's trapshooting by dominating Sunday's...

Fire destroys historic Copper Center Lodge

An early morning fire Sunday destroyed the historic Copper Center Lodge, one of the last surviving Alaska roadhouses.Click to Continue »

Upheaval in state GOP appears far from over

For the first time in a dozen years, no one is quite sure where the Alaska Republican Party is headed. As a new chairman makes plans to take over, the…Click to Continue...

Big triathlon had a small start

Three decades ago, the Gold Nugget Triathlon got its start at Tryon and Marianne Wieland's Sand Lake home. "The transition area was our driveway," recalled Jennifer, one of the...

Bicyclist dies after collision with vehicle on Muldoon Road

A bicyclist heading south on Muldoon Road was critically injured Friday afternoon when he ran into a vehicle just as the driver was pulling onto the busy road, Anchorage...

Partial solar eclipse will darken Alaska skies on Sunday

A partial eclipse of the sun will darken Alaska skies on Sunday afternoon, although the weather forecast in Anchorage isn't promising.Click to Continue »

Fall causes first death of season on McKinley

A Mount McKinley climber fell 1,100 feet to his or her death Friday afternoon while trying to recover a backpack that had started to slide downhill, the National Park...

Drunk driver slams into car with pregnant woman, police say

A pregnant woman was trapped in her car after being hit from behind in Midtown Anchorage by an SUV with a drunk driver, according to Anchorage police. The woman...

DNR terminates North Slope unit after long delays

After an Superior Court ruling in its favor last fall, the Department of Natural Resources is terminating the Arctic Fortitude oil exploration unit on the North Slope.Click to...

Fort Wainwright memorial walk honors soldiers wounded in war

Thirty-five wounded warriors, accompanied by friends and family members, participanted in a memorial walk at Fort Wainwright on Thursday. The walk capped a week of events held to...

Flawed decisions blamed in fatal 2011 Mount McKinley climb

A guide's decision to make a final push up Mount McKinley with minimal gear was faulted in a National Park Service report on the May 2011 climb that left one…Click to...

Army's $17,000 drip pans show lingering power of earmarks

Thanks to a powerful Kentucky congressman who has steered tens of millions of federal dollars to his district, the Army has bought about $6.5 million worth of the "leakproof"...

Mine could hurt Alaska salmon, EPA warns

The federal Environmental Protection Agency says a failure of the huge Pebble mine, planned near the headwaters of one of the world's premier salmon fisheries, could wipe out or...

[Men's Wrestling] Wrestler Honored by COSIDA

from:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage Campus

A senior member of the Wayland Baptist men's wrestling team has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District® Men's At-Large Team. Richard Leal, who is from...

Facebook stock barely draws a 'like' in market debut

One of the most highly anticipated IPOs in Wall Street history ended on a bland note, with Facebook's stock closing at $38.23, up just 23 cents from Thursday night's pricing.Click...

[Golf] Golfers Honored

from:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage Campus

Two Wayland Baptist golfers have recently been honored for their achievements in both the classroom and on the field of play.

[Women's Golf] WBU Golfers Reach Goal

from:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage Campus

GREENVILLE, Tenn. – Mission Accomplished for the team from Wayland Baptist as the group of two seniors, one junior, and two freshmen came back strong on the final day of...

School District superintendent reflects on career, retirement

Retiring Anchorage School District Superintendent Carol Comeau on Thursday attended her last official day of school ever, returning to some of the haunts where she started 38...

Ex-Buddhist priest charged in years-old sexual assault

Federal agents in Anchorage last week arrested a former Chicago-area Buddhist priest on a sexual assault charge from years earlier, when he allegedly impregnated an underage girl,...

Alaska's notorious birch pollen can be tough on allergies

Alaska has some of the highest birch pollen counts in the world, experts say, and dry weather this spring has likely made the problem worse for Anchorage allergy sufferers.Click...

Trooper says militia leader made threats

Though trooper Lt. Ronald Wall had a personal relationship with Schaeffer Cox going back to 1999, that didn't stop him from drawing his weapon in fear 11 years later...

[Women's Golf] Pioneer Women Advance to Final Round

from:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage Campus

GREENVILLE, Tenn. – The goal of the Wayland Baptist women's golf team going into Thursday's third round of play at the 2012 NAIA Championship Tournament was to...

Palmer jury finds man guilty of murder

A Palmer jury today convicted Jeremy Nelson of shooting and killing his neighbor and trying to kill the neighbor's wife at the couple's Trapper Creek cabin in January 2011.Click...

Road construction season kicks into high gear across Anchorage

Detours, lane closures and lower speed limits lie ahead for Anchorage drivers. Crews are gearing up for dozens of road construction projects across the municipality, from Ninth...

Former Army Corps employee pleads guilty in fraud scheme

A former Army Corps of Engineers employee has pleaded guilty to his role in a $30 million bribery and kickback scheme involving the awarding of government contracts to a...

Man's 'questionable' behavior spurs brief school lockdown

Wonder Park Elementary School was briefly on lockdown Thursday morning because a neighbor was acting suspiciously, police said. A man reported to be upset about neighborhood...

Palmer teen driving sedan dies in collision with dump truck

A 16-year-old Palmer girl died after a dump truck slammed into the driver's side of the sedan she was driving across the Old Glenn Highway at Bodenburg Loop on Wednesday,Click to...

Jurors hear portrayals of militia leader

Jurors at the trial of Schaeffer Cox heard from two men who had followed the young, charismatic militia leader in Fairbanks, one who came to reject him as a...

Groups appeal air quality permit for Shell Arctic drilling

Environmental and Alaska Native groups on Wednesday appealed an air permit granted by the Environmental Protection Agency to a Shell Oil drilling ship that could be used this...

Trapper Creek killing jurors hear closing arguments

On a cold January night in 2011, outside a cabin in the Trapper Creek woods, someone pointed a 12-gauge shotgun at Robert Carey, pulled the trigger and killed him....

[Women's Golf] Freshmen Pace Pioneers on Day Two

from:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage Campus

GREENVILLE, Tenn. — The Wayland Baptist women fell back in the standings after shooting a 319 on the second round of the NAIA Women's Golf National Championship on...

War veterans may be prone to brain disease seen in athletes

A small study raises more concern about the long-term consequences of brain injuries suffered by thousands of soldiers -- suggesting they may be at risk of developing the same...

Women face black-market booze charges after texting trooper

Two women have been charged with trying to buy black-market booze in Bethel after accidentally sending a text message about the alcohol to an off-duty Alaska State Trooper,...