Police in Fairbanks say a 22-year-old former soldier is making a habit of trying to buy trucks with forged checks.

Floor-mounted fuel controls likely contributed to a 2008 helicopter crash east of Chickaloon that killed four people on board.

Emergency responders have recovered the body of an 11-year-old boy who fell off a snowmobile and slipped under the ice of the Chena River near downtown Fairbanks.

City and Borough of Juneau Water Utility officials will be flushing the local water distribution system beginning Monday, March 15.

Anchorage police have released the name of a man shot to death by two officers responding to a domestic violence call.

The Anchorage Assembly has voted to approve so-called “housing first” facilities for chronic alcoholics under rules that would allow them to keep drinking.

Wednesday is the last day to submit comments about the proposed critical habitat for beluga whales in Cook Inlet.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $900,000 to an Alaska foundation to support educational programs for low-income and minority populations.

Juneau-Douglas High School alum Carlos Boozer is in the midst of another stellar season with the Utah Jazz, but he’s already gearing up for the next edition of his summertime youth basketball camp, held in Juneau the first week of August.

The Juneau-Douglas boys’ basketball team pulled out a 78-73 overtime victory over Thunder Mountain in the opening round of the Southeast Conference basketball tournament Tuesday at Mt. Edgecumbe High School.