Alaska is on pace for a historic fire season, spurred on by warm temperatures, a diminished snowpack, and an apparent uptick in lightning strikes. Fires have ripped through 2 million acres so far this ...

Sep. 8—There were 62 COVID-positive patients hospitalized in Alaska as of Wednesday, according to the state health department. That includes two people with COVID-19 who are on a ventilator. Here are ...

Just over 40 miles from Anchorage, Alaska lies one of the newest and most unique short track complexes in the United States. The decision to build a short track at Alaska Raceway Park back in 2016 ...

Beneath the steep walls of Alaska's Prince William Sound, an unstable mountainside is sending out sharp seismic bursts each ...

There were 476 new coronavirus infections and six deaths related to COVID-19 reported Saturday through Tuesday, according to the state Department of Health and Social Services. The department no ...

Diersko Von Pfeil holds a GPS tracking device attached to a dog collar (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Iditarod officials are hopeful a new policy of affixing tracking collars to all dogs returned ...

A new online tool will allow survivors to check the status of their sexual assault kits, Alaska’s Department of Public Safety announced last week. The department developed a tracker so survivors can ...

Alaska’s latest coronavirus surge continued over the weekend with 863 new COVID-19 cases and one virus-related death reported over three days, according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has introduced legislation to set a statewide tracking system in place for sexual assault kits, and ensure victims can privately track their kit through the process from collection ...

Broadcast version by Laura Hatch for Alaska News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration It’s hard to remember now — a lot has happened since — but ...

The sample collection tools inside a SART kit, which is used for sexual assault investigations. (Photo by Anne Hillman/Alaska Public Media) The Alaska Department of Public Safety has launched a new ...