A 48-year-old man is detained on a murder allegation in connection with the death of woman aboard a cruise ship off Texas. The FBI says Jason Watford, of Tyler, Texas, told agents that he struck and …
Nine Kennedy family members have asked a judge to block President Trump's plan to build a 250-foot memorial arch. They argue it would cast a shadow over their relatives' gravesites at Arlington …
Two Kuiu Isand moose are tucked away in Sitka freezers after state wildlife troopers carried them from Petersburg to Sitka last month for Sitka Tribe of Alaska's traditional foods program. Eight to ten Sitkans -- including Resource Protection...
The city and Sitka Tribe of Alaska elected officials shared information with each other, and asked for help on a few items, at the semi-annual dinner Monday at Centennial Hall. Topics included updates on work that overlaps between the two...
The Assembly on Tuesday will consider setting a special election on a ballot question that, if passed, would increase the seasonal sales tax by a half-percent to help stabilize child care in Sitka. The ordinance calling a special election for...
Stacy Keach, known for his role as Mike Hammer on TV and work onstage, has died at 85. His wife said in a statement that he died at home in Poland on Thursday after battling a serious heart …
Gadi Eisenkot, the politician tasked with forming a new Israeli government, has pledged to reverse many of Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies. Israel's new parliament was sworn in on Tuesday, setting …
SWEET FUNDRAISER - Sitkans eat dinner and look over auction items set out on tables at ANB Founders Hall Sunday during the second annual Sitkans Against Family Violence Fall Family Dinner & Dessert Auction. Musicians played on stage during the...
Veterans Day will be observed in Sitka Wednesday with a doughnut social, parade, lunch and dinner, organized by Sitka's American Legion Post 13, Sitka Moose Lodge 1350 and Sitka Elks Lodge. Sitka Moose Lodge invites veterans to stop by the lodge...
At Malaysia’s Nasyrul Quran complex, traditional Islamic calligraphy meets modern printing technology to produce copies of the Quran. From intricate handwritten designs to inspections by religious …
An Alaska state judge says he expects to issue a swift decision in a lawsuit filed by the campaign of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola. Her campaign is seeking a list of absentee voters …
An Idaho man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for attempting to support the Islamic State group. Twenty-one-year-old Alexander Scott Mercurio pleaded guilty to the federal terrorism …
Alaska is facing a public lands emergency. Some of our best and wildest places are being handed over to private, usually foreign, industry — and Alaskans and U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill in order to do it. The latest example is the proposed West Susitna Industrial Access Road, which the Alaska Industrial Development and […]
Authorities say a man who said he had a bomb while aboard a flight bound for New Orleans on Monday has been arrested. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that the 34-year-old man …
Prince Harry urged tech companies to be more transparent about issues affecting children as he and his wife, Meghan, made their first public appearance since her father’s arrest on suspicion of …
U.S. authorities have charged three men with plotting a campaign of nearly 20 attacks targeting Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S., along with a British military base, RAF Fairford. Charges …
Overnight strikes in Yemen have hit a gas station and an oil facility, killing at least one person and wounding nine others. Residents and Houthi rebels reported the attacks on Tuesday. The strikes …
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday approved a scaled-down version of a controversial land transfer to a state-owned corporation, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority. According to a final finding and decision published Tuesday afternoon, DNR has approved a plan that would give approximately 6,800 of land for free to the state-owned […]
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is condemning the impeachment effort against him as “a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment.” Hegseth made the comments at a …
President Donald Trump has nominated a Justice Department official to an open seat on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, signaling the administration's intention to forge ahead with its …