The Commissioners of the International Pacific Halibut Commission have set the catch limits for Pacific halibut for 2012. The Commissioners have also set the dates for the commercial fishery targeting halibut. KDLG's Mike Mason has the details.
Obesity is the number 1 children's health issue in Alaska according to a new fact sheet published by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. KDLG's Mike Mason has the story.
In recent days we've heard the State of the State address by Alaska Governor Sean Parnell, the State of the Union address by President Barak Obama and on Thursday the State of Indian Nations address was given in Washington D.C. KDLG's Mike Mason listened in and filed this report.
For the first time, the Justice Department has made public a series of sensitive messages that passed to the highest levels of the agency within hours of an ambush that killed a U.S. border patrol agent in 2010, igniting a national scandal over a gun trafficking investigation gone wrong.
The Food and Drug Administration has detained several shipments of imported orange juice after finding traces of carbendazim, an illegal fungicide. The government says the juice is safe to drink. But carbendazim is not U.S.-approved and any juice that contains small amounts must be detained.
Legislators are looking into the Alaska Department of Natural Resources move to change their mission statement. Representative Berta Gardner is the democratic whip in the House representing midtown Anchorage. She says legislators have asked for a research report on the matter.
The Parnell Administration is ready to talk about separating oil and gas taxes. Two years ago, the governor vetoed a bill that would have collected revenue from each product independently.
Parents of students in rural Alaska schools have settled their litigation with the state over the level of state support required by the state constitution.
Members of the Alaska delegation and others in Congress are vowing to resist a recommendation from the Pentagon to close military bases around the country.
Two Soldotna men suffered burns and were flown to Seattle for treatment Thursday after the house they were trying to repair exploded. The home had been damaged by flooding earlier…
Commercial fisherman in the Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands and Southwest Alaska will see substantial cuts in the commercial halibut catch this year, though Southeast got an increase.
The tanker, with help from a Coast Guard icebreaker, is carrying gasoline and diesel to the city, which cannot be reached by road or rail and is running low on fuel.
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