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• Alaska Airlines: Pilot who fainted had stomach bug

  February 1, 2013 3:00 PM

  SEATTLE- An Alaska Airlines spokesman says a pilot who lost consciousness while flying from Los Angeles to Seattle was suffering from food poisoning or a stomach virus. The co-pilot safely landed the Boeing 737 with 121 passengers and crew on board in Portland, Ore., Thursday night after declaring an emergency.... more »

• Strong earthquake rattles southern Alaska

  January 31, 2013 7:09 AM

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A strong earthquake has shaken southeastern Alaska, but officials say there is no danger of a tsunami and there are no immediate reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 6.0 quake struck about 1 a.m. Thursday and was centered in the ocean, about 200... more »

• Groups seek halt to Arctic offshore drilling

  January 3, 2013 12:10 PM

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Two national environmental groups are calling for a halt to federal permits for Arctic offshore petroleum drilling after the grounding of a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill ship off Alaska's coast. Representatives of the Natural Resources Defense Council and The Wilderness Society say Shell has demonstrated it's... more »

• No oil spill seen at Shell drill ship in Alaska

  January 1, 2013 11:26 AM

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An overnight Coast Guard flight over an Alaska drilling rig that ran aground in shallow water on New Year's Eve found no signs of a fuel spill. But officials at a unified command center run by the Coast Guard, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, state responders and others... more »

• Shell drill ship runs aground on island off Alaska

  January 1, 2013 8:17 AM

  The Coast Guard intends to fly out early today to a small uninhabited island in the Gulf of Alaska to plan a salvage operation for a grounded drilling rig that broke loose from a tow in a North Pacific storm. Royal Dutch Shell PLC's Kulluk is carrying 150,000 gallons... more »

• Shell halts Chukchi Sea drilling

  September 10, 2012 3:41 PM

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Royal Dutch Shell has halted drilling in the Chukchi Sea one day after it began because of sea ice moving toward the company's drill ship off Alaska. Shell Alaska spokesman Curtis Smith tells The Associated Press that drilling was stopped as a precautionary measure in accordance with... more »

• Drowning bear cub rescue

  August 2, 2012 7:35 PM

  Three men in Alaska get credit for saving a brown bear from drowning in the Kenai River last weekend. Dustin Klepacki was with his father and a friend when they came upon the bear cub drowning in a whirlpool. They say they tried to bump the bear out of the... more »

• Shell Oil scales back Arctic drilling plan

  July 31, 2012 1:57 PM

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Shell Oil Co. says it has downsized its plan for off-shore drilling in the Arctic this year. Shell now hopes to complete two wells in 2012 off Alaska's northern coastline. The company had planned on drilling up to five wells. Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said Tuesday a... more »

• Man sues for proof of Obama's eligibility

  July 27, 2012 11:02 AM

  JUNEAU, Alaska - A Juneau man has filed a lawsuit trying to compel the state of Alaska to prove that President Obama is qualified to be on the ballot. Gordon Warren Epperly claims in the lawsuit that Obama's citizenship status is unknown, and that Obama was illegally inaugurated in 2009.... more »

• Alaska town: Feline mayor is the cat's pajamas

  July 16, 2012 12:23 PM

  TALKEETNA, Alaska - The mayor of a sleepy Alaska town is feline fine. The part-Manx cat clawed his way onto the political scene of Talkeetna, Alaska, through a write-in campaign shortly after he was born 15 years ago. KTUU-TV reported Friday that residents didn't like the mayoral candidates years ago,... more »

• Wreckage in Alaska is plane from the 1950's

  June 27, 2012 7:48 PM

  The wreckage of a plane found on a glacier in Alaska is a military aircraft that went down in 1952, killing all 52 aboard. The military says it was a C-124A Globemaster and was found by the Alaska National Guard on Colony Glacier. A team from Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command... more »

• Salazar announces 'targeted leasing' in Arctic

  June 26, 2012 3:07 PM

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the federal government will announce its five-year offshore lease plan later this week and it will include targeted areas off Alaska's northern coast. Salazar says the Arctic lease sales will be in areas with high petroleum potential, but low conflict with environmental resources.... more »

• Alaska woman accused of torching boyfriend

  June 12, 2012 12:28 PM

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 25-year-old Anchorage woman accused of pouring gasoline on her sleeping boyfriend and then setting him ablaze is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on murder, arson and other charges. Gina Virgilio is accused of starting the fire that killed Michael Gonzalez on Friday. According to charging documents,... more »

• 4-year-old Fires at Ceiling

  May 1, 2012 7:36 PM

  A 4-year-old playing with a gun at a pawn shop in Alaska fired a round into the ceiling. Police in Fairbanks say the child was in the shop with his dad and while the father was talking to a store employee, the toddler was playing with another employee's one-year-old. The... more »

• Hard rocker Ted Nugent accused of "illegal kill"

  April 23, 2012 3:15 PM

  ANCHORAGE - Rocker Ted Nugent is scheduled for a Tuesday court hearing in Alaska and expected to plead guilty to transporting a black bear he illegally killed. The conservative activist signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors that was filed Friday in U.S. District Court. The plea agreement says Nugent... more »

• Romney wins Alaska, his 6th Super Tuesday victory

  March 7, 2012 6:04 AM

  WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney is adding one more victory to his Super Tuesday showing - the Alaska caucuses. Romney's final win means that Ron Paul, who hoped for an Alaska win, has finished the 10-state Super Tuesday without a single victory. Romney won Ohio's Republican presidential primary, narrowly... more »

• Palin on Alaska job: I can't take it anymore

  February 24, 2012 8:41 AM

  JUNEAU, Alaska - Fed up with mounting legal bills and rattled by intense scrutiny of her family and work, Sarah Palin was ready to step down as Alaska's governor months before she left office in July 2009. Emails released Thursday, most from the last 10 months of her time in... more »

• Alaska woman, 85, uses shovel to fend off moose

  January 24, 2012 12:41 PM

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An 85-year-old Alaska woman used a grain shovel to fend off an agitated moose that was stomping her husband. George Murphy says his wife saved his life. The Anchorage Daily News says the 82-year-old pilot, who flew for three decades for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race,... more »

• Federal judge ends BP's probation for Alaska spill

  December 27, 2011 4:46 PM

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A U.S. district judge has dismissed the federal government's request to revoke a BP subsidiary's probation for a 2009 oil spill on Alaska's North Slope. Judge Ralph Beistline also lifted BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.'s probation altogether in a written order issued Tuesday. BP was convicted of negligent... more »

• Sarah Palin says she will not run for president

  October 5, 2011 6:14 PM

  WASHINGTON - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she will not run for president. Her announcement Wednesday left little doubt that the eventual Republican nominee will come from the current field of contenders. Palin said in a statement that she and her husband Todd "devote ourselves to God, family... more »

• Alaska Oil Checks

  September 20, 2011 7:30 PM

  The check's in the mail and most residents of Alaska are getting $1,174 for simply living there. With a lot of fanfare, each person's share of the state's vast oil wealth was announced and the naming of the Permanent Fund Dividend was broadcast live statewide from Anchorage. This year's check... more »

• Palin camp denounces racy bio of former governor

  September 15, 2011 1:05 PM

  WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin's husband is calling a book critical of his family "disgusting lies, innuendo and smears." The former Alaska governor's camp on Thursday sought to discredit a racy biography that includes allegations of infidelity and drug use. Todd Palin says author Joe McGinniss has stalked the... more »

• Man and Girlfriend's Planes Collide

  September 5, 2011 7:20 PM

  A pilot was talking by radio to her boyfriend as both were trying to rendezvous in Alaska and their planes collided in mid-air. Both planes took off from different places but met up in the air on the way to Bethel, Alaska. Pilot Kristen Sprague of Idaho lost track of... more »

• Alaska woman punches bear in snout to save dog

  September 1, 2011 9:32 AM

  JUNEAU- A Juneau, Alaska, woman says she knows it was stupid to punch a black bear in the snout to save her dog. But Brooke Collins says the attack happened so fast that all she could think about is keeping her dachshund, Fudge, from being killed. The 22-year-old... more »

• Housesitter from Hell

  September 27, 2010 7:32 PM

  A 19-year-old in Alaska got six months in prison for being the housesitter from hell when he allowed a prized sled dog and two chickens to die of thirst and then stole the homeowner's car, to boot. Blair Lawless pleaded guilty to car theft and animal cruelty. Twelve other sled... more »

• Sean, Kevin O'Keefe return home to Washington area

  August 26, 2010 9:30 PM

  Sean and Kevin O’Keefe returned home to the Washington area this week. Kevin was released from a hospital in Anchorage on Aug. 17. Sean was transferred from Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage to an undisclosed hospital. “Based on all of the reports, Sean’s condition is good, and all things... more »

• Small plane with 4 on board missing in Alaska

  August 22, 2010 3:46 PM

  A small plane carrying four people including three park rangers is missing in southwest Alaska. A Coast Guard HC-130 crew is among searchers looking for the Dehavilland Beaver between Swikshak Lagoon and King Salmon, about 285 miles southwest of Anchorage. The plane was carrying Katmai National Park rangers and was... more »

• O'Keefe recovering, son released from hospital

  August 18, 2010 1:38 PM

  The son of former LSU chancellor Sean O'Keefe says his father is making progress in an Alaska hospital. Kevin O'Keefe made the statement after he was released from the Providence Alaska Medical Center last night. Five people, including former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, died when their plane crashed... more »

• Sean O'Keefe listed in critical condition

  August 11, 2010 10:21 AM

  Those who survived a plane crash in Alaska that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens may have been saved by their fishing waders. Temperatures ranged from 48 degrees to 50 degrees Monday night and it was raining. One of the first National Guardsmen to reach the crash site told... more »

• Former Chancellor O'Keefe leaves impact on LSU

  August 10, 2010 6:14 PM

  Because of former Chancellor Sean O’Keefe’s ties to LSU, it was a long day of waiting for word on his fate on campus. News 2’s Mike Steele was there live and found out about O’Keefe’s imprint on the university. more »

• Former LSU Chancellor Sean O'Keefe survives plane crash

  August 10, 2010 2:35 PM

  ABC News and the Reuters news agency are reporting that the former head of NASA and former LSU Chancellor Sean O'Keefe survived a plane crash that killed five people in Alaska, yesterday. O'Keefe's son Kevin also survived the crash. Former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens was killed in the... more »

• Former Alaska Sen. Stevens dies in plane crash

  August 10, 2010 2:02 PM

  Former Sen. Ted Stevens has died in a plane crash at the age of 86. Stevens was among five people killed in the crash outside Dillingham, Alaska. In all, 9 people were on the plane, including former LSU Chancellor Sean O'Keefe. No word yet if O'Keefe was one... more »

• Rescuers arrive to help Alaska plane crash victims

  August 10, 2010 11:32 AM

  A plane carrying nine people crashed amid southwest Alaska's remote mountains and lakes, killing five people on board, authorities said Tuesday. Former Sen. Ted Stevens and ex-NASA chief and former LSU Chancellor Sean O'Keefe were believed to be aboard. It was unclear if the longtime Republican senator or O'Keefe... more »

• O'Keefe among those on Alaska plane crash

  August 10, 2010 9:17 AM

  Former NASA Administrator, EADS executive, and former LSU Chancellor Sean O'Keefe was onboard a plane that has crashed in Dillingham, Alaska. His condition is unknown at this time. Former Sen. Ted Stevens is also believed to have been aboard the airplane that has crashed in Alaska. A National Transportation Safety... more »

• Four airmen killed in crash at Alaska military base

  July 29, 2010 9:08 AM

  A board of military officers is investigating a plane crash at an Air Force base in Alaska that killed all four airmen on board. Three of the men were in the Alaska Air National Guard and the fourth was on active duty at Elmendorf Air Force Base. Their names have... more »

• Avalanche kills 2 in Alaska

  May 31, 2010 2:39 PM

  Two climbers from Canada have died in an avalanche in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve. Park officials say 39-year-old Canadian Andrew Herzenberg and 42-year-old Israeli Avner Magen were descending a steep gully of Ruth Gorge Saturday when they were swept away by the avalanche. Both men were residents... more »

• Fight over Arctic wildlife refuge heats up

  May 11, 2010 3:55 PM

  The fight over oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is heating up over the possibility that a new management plan could put the refuge and its billions of barrels of crude off-limits for good. At issue is the refuge's coastal plain. It's been a battleground for decades... more »

• Gas price jumped to $9 overnight in one town

  April 28, 2010 8:32 PM

  McGrath, Alaska saw the price of gasoline at the only pump in town jump from $6 a gallon to $9.20 overnight because supply is tight. The only way to get gas into town fast is by flying it in, so Crowley Petroleum Distribution raised the price to cover the cost... more »

• DA's trial waits on cases before U.S. Supreme Court

  February 22, 2010 7:51 AM

  A district attorney, a legislator's brother and an engineer won't be tried on mail fraud and conspiracy charges until the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a challenge to the indictment of an Alaska legislator. Like 5th Judicial District Attorney Billy Coenen, former reservoir district director Mike Thompson, and Denmon Engineering... more »

• 'Dear Santa' letters no longer forwarded to North Pole

  November 19, 2009 10:13 AM

  Children who mail letters to the North Pole probably won't get a response from Santa or his helpers this year. The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular effort begun in 1954 in the small town of North Pole, in Alaska's interior, where volunteers reply to around 150,000 letters addressed... more »