Alaska News

Workers are pressing to repair power lines outside Juneau after avalanches severed Juneau from its source of low-cost hydroelectricty.   Full Story

An aerial search was successful Friday in finding an overdue snowmachiner from Chefornak. Alaska State Troopers says John Jimmie Sr. was located Friday walking along the coastline. There was no immediate on his condition.   Full Story

Operations at the nation's largest oil field were halted when the power supply to processing centers was knocked offline.

An operator of a frontloader clearing snowdrifts early Friday struck an airline at the Central Power station, interrupting the supply of fuel to generators at Prudhoe Bay.   Full Story

A 26-year-old North Pole man has been sentenced to just over seven years in prison for the dragging death of a deaf woman. Kevin Garner was sentenced Friday in the February 2007 death of Catherine Ahsoak.   Full Story

A Juneau business is offering to help pay its employees' electric bills. Kent Adams, who manages eight employees at Willie's Marine, says he brought the problem to the attention of a board member for the business' out-of-state parent company.   Full Story

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly says skyrocketing energy costs are turning into a public emergency.

Mayor Jim Whitaker says rising energy costs are going to have a big impact on next year's economy in Fairbanks. The borough said yesterday that it is prepared to put state aid - aimed at boosting energy efficiency in homes - on the fast track.   Full Story

A wetter-than-usual April is keeping the fire danger in the Interior down.

Robert Schmoll, fire management officer for the Division of Forestry in Fairbanks, says so far the fire danger has stayed at a minimum. He says there was one fire two weeks ago out by Salcha, but that's been it.   Full Story

Officials with the Nenana Ice Classic are double-checking the tickets to figure out the winner, or winners, of this year's jackpot - valued at $303,895.

The ice went out at 10:53 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on Tuesday when a wooden tripod floated down the Tanana River on a sheet of ice and tripped a clock on shore.   Full Story

The head of the Department of Health and Social Services has resigned. Commissioner Karleen Jackson gave the department's 3,500 employees one day's notice of her departure.   Full Story

Alaska State Troopers say a Shungnak man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and 15 years probation for sexually abusing a toddler.

Troopers say 25-year-old Chester Cleveland was sentenced in Kotzebue court.   Full Story