
Latest Stories from News of the North
- Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined a 20-state coalition that is suing the Biden Administration over a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program that unlawfully creates a pathway to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of migrants annually.
- Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – An Anchorage Grand Jury returned an indictment, charging 32-year old Joseph Fagundes with one count of first-degree attempted murder, one count of first-degree misconduct involving weapons, one count of third-degree misconduct involving weapons and one count of third-degree assault for shooting at an APD Sergeant on Jan. 14, 2023.
- Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – The Alaska chapter of the national non-profit Junior Achievement (JA) raised more than $250,000 with its annual Alaska Business Hall of Fame event, besting its past record high by $50,000.
- Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – Registration for the upcoming Parent & Tot swim lessons at Augustus Brown Swimming Pool will open Friday, Jan. 27, at noon.
- Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, along with many other Southeast Alaska tribes, is pleased with the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) final rule to restore longstanding roadless protections to the Tongass National Forest.
- Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – The Alaska Department of Public Safety’s Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) has released its annual drug report highlighting trends in illegal narcotics trafficking in Alaska.
- Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – On Jan. 19, members of the Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs (SEACAD) task force, located a suspicious parcel being shipped to Juneau in the mail.
- WASHINGTON (KINY) – Alaskan communities that depend on ferry service to connect with other parts of the state will see significant improvement due to increased funding of the Alaska Marine Highway announced Wednesday, Jan. 26.
- Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – Filthy Fuhrer, formerly Timothy Lobdell, 46; Roy Naughton, aka Thumper, 44; Glen Baldwin, aka Glen Dog, 41; Colter O’Dell, 30; and Craig King, aka Oakie, 57, were sentenced this week in Alaska to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
- Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) – Soil scientist Jodie Anderson has been named director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension.