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All Categories[Men's Golf] Pioneers Battle Through Elements on Day Onefrom:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage CampusSALEM, 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... Read more...Alaska Supreme Court approves legislative redistricting planThe 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... Read more...Sparse data on ocean depth challenges NOAA in ArcticThe 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... Read more...Dixiano admits killing; wife's body identifiedAn 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... Read more...[Women's Golf] WBU Freshman Named to All-American Teamfrom:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage CampusWayland 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... Read more...Militia leader told volunteers to be ready to shoot to kill agentsAsserting 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... Read more...Standing-room-only crowd asks School Board to avoid layoffsA 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... Read more...Genetically engineered salmon face tough road to marketIt 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,... Read more...2 Denali wolves killed in buffer zone, setting off public outcryConservationists 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... Read more...Haines Borough challenges latest redistricting planThe 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... Read more...Evidence against Zimmerman lacking, legal experts sayThe 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... Read more...[Men's Golf] Pioneer Men Tee Off Tuesday Morningfrom:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage CampusSALEM, 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... Read more...Jury at Edwards trial ends second day of deliberationsThe jury deciding the fate of John Edwards in North Carolina has finished a second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.Click to Continue » Read more...Bald eagle is euthanized after being shot in the elbowAlaska Raptor Center officials in Sitka say a bald eagle that had been shot had to be euthanized.Click to Continue » Read more...Climber who died on Mount McKinley was from GermanyNational park officials say a climber who died in a fatal fall on Mount McKinley was from Germany.Click to Continue » Read more...Federal spending in Alaska has leveled off, report saysThe 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... Read more...Troopers arrest Kenai man in 2010 fatal crashNearly 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... Read more...Eagle River shooter makes Olympic team againEagle 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... Read more...Fire destroys historic Copper Center LodgeAn early morning fire Sunday destroyed the historic Copper Center Lodge, one of the last surviving Alaska roadhouses.Click to Continue » Read more...Upheaval in state GOP appears far from overFor 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... Read more...Big triathlon had a small startThree 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... Read more...Bicyclist dies after collision with vehicle on Muldoon RoadA 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... Read more...Partial solar eclipse will darken Alaska skies on SundayA partial eclipse of the sun will darken Alaska skies on Sunday afternoon, although the weather forecast in Anchorage isn't promising.Click to Continue » Read more...Fall causes first death of season on McKinleyA 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... Read more...Drunk driver slams into car with pregnant woman, police sayA 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... Read more...DNR terminates North Slope unit after long delaysAfter 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... Read more...Fort Wainwright memorial walk honors soldiers wounded in warThirty-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... Read more...Flawed decisions blamed in fatal 2011 Mount McKinley climbA 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... Read more...Army's $17,000 drip pans show lingering power of earmarksThanks 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"... Read more...Mine could hurt Alaska salmon, EPA warnsThe 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... Read more...[Men's Wrestling] Wrestler Honored by COSIDAfrom:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage CampusA 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... Read more...Facebook stock barely draws a 'like' in market debutOne 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... Read more...[Golf] Golfers Honoredfrom:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage CampusTwo Wayland Baptist golfers have recently been honored for their achievements in both the classroom and on the field of play. Read more...[Women's Golf] WBU Golfers Reach Goalfrom:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage CampusGREENVILLE, 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... Read more...School District superintendent reflects on career, retirementRetiring 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... Read more...Ex-Buddhist priest charged in years-old sexual assaultFederal 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,... Read more...Alaska's notorious birch pollen can be tough on allergiesAlaska 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... Read more...Trooper says militia leader made threatsThough 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... Read more...[Women's Golf] Pioneer Women Advance to Final Roundfrom:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage CampusGREENVILLE, 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... Read more...Palmer jury finds man guilty of murderA 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... Read more...Road construction season kicks into high gear across AnchorageDetours, 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... Read more...Former Army Corps employee pleads guilty in fraud schemeA 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... Read more...Man's 'questionable' behavior spurs brief school lockdownWonder 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... Read more...Palmer teen driving sedan dies in collision with dump truckA 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... Read more...Jurors hear portrayals of militia leaderJurors 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... Read more...Groups appeal air quality permit for Shell Arctic drillingEnvironmental 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... Read more...Trapper Creek killing jurors hear closing argumentsOn 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.... Read more...[Women's Golf] Freshmen Pace Pioneers on Day Twofrom:Wayland Baptist University- Anchorage CampusGREENVILLE, 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... Read more...War veterans may be prone to brain disease seen in athletesA 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... Read more...Women face black-market booze charges after texting trooperTwo 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,... Read more... |