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Faleene Sele knew sports would be a big part of her son Eric’s life, especially once she heard him utter his first word – ball.

The state would give companies a 10-year tax break on new oil under the latest proposal aimed at encouraging development in Alaska.

An Anna’s hummingbird that has lived outside Lawrence Carson’s home in Ketchikan this winter approaches a feeder. A red light bulb keeps the sugar-water from freezing.

ANCHORAGE – Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska’s Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales.

ANCHORAGE – Bad weather and backcountry danger prevented for a second day the resumption of a search for a snowmobile driver missing and presumed dead in a Kenai Peninsula avalanche.

ANCHORAGE – A burglary suspect who stopped to chat with people inside homes has been charged, along with an accomplice, with four felonies.

KETCHIKAN – U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is pressing the Coast Guard to account for a gap in marine safety that could be created between the decommissioning of the Cutter Acushnet and the arrival of a new “fast response” cutter.

Environmental agencies are lining up to oppose a plan to dredge Douglas Harbor and dump the spoils into Gastineau Channel.

Tourism booths along the waterfront have become premium pieces of real estate for the vendors who hawk their Alaskan tours and transportation during the summer cruise season.