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Investigators believe the pilot in Monday's deadly crash near Homer may have been avoiding a loose dog on the runway in Nanwalek. Plus, in an update Tuesday morning, the Department of Public Safety identified the two killed in the crash.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, Michael Heyman, sat down with us to discuss the fentanyl crisis in Alaska and why drug cartels specifically target our state. 

Troopers say two passengers are dead and one is injured after a Cessna 207 crashed near Nanwalek, south of Homer, on Monday afternoon. Plus, we speak with Anchorage police, who want the public to know the search for an Eagle River man missing for months is still on.

We hear from police for the first time since Tony Kronos went missing. Plus tension in Fairbanks over a social media comment the mayor made. And a Palmer teen wins a big basketball competition.

A key education bill is moving forward in Juneau with a vote expected today. Plus, a choir teacher at Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School is retiring at the end of this school year, leaving the future of the choir program at East uncertain due to the Anchorage School District’s massive budget deficit that has forced the displacement of hundreds of teachers and staff.

The latest headlines from Alaska's News Source

The latest headlines from Alaska's News Source.

The state cleared an Anchorage police officer of any wrongdoing in a shooting that left a 33-year-old man dead on Tudor Road earlier this year. Plus, Four years after Bryan McGee hit and killed Chase Bowerson on the Glenn Highway, after prosecutors say McGee kicked Browerson, 26, out of his car in frigid temperatures as they fought over money following a night of drinking, an Anchorage judge sentenced the 29-year-old Friday to 2.5 years.

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance addressed the frustrations residents are feeling amidst the growing homeless camps and shelters. Calling this a "transition year," LaFrance says her team is focused on moving out of crisis mode while working on long-term solutions.

Anchorage police are investigating the circumstances surrounding three bodies found in a University Area residence Wednesday evening. Plus, Anchorage shelters closing as homeless camps grow, that influx in the homeless population is felt by business owners on 4th Avenue.

Last week, Gov. Dunleavy shot down a bill that would have increased the state's per student funding formula (BSA) by $1,000. On Wednesday, the Senate Finance Committee proposed a slightly lower increase to the BSA.

The Fairbanks active-duty soldier arrested and charged with murder, while out on bail earlier this month, appeared virtually from jail for a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Plus, Man found guilty of 1993 murder at UAF appeals conviction over DNA privacy.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of House Bill 69 was solidified after a joint vote of the House and Senate. In a 33-27 vote, state lawmakers rejected overriding the governor’s veto of the bill, which sought to increase the BSA (annual per-student funding) by $1,000.

An override of the governor's veto of House Bill 69 was rejected in a 33-27 vote on Tuesday. Plus, the Fairbanks assembly votes to close the Mary Siah Recreation Center during budget talks.

The death of Pope Francis on Monday is being felt by Alaskans, including leaders in the Catholic Church who met Jorge Mario Bergoglio on several occasions.

A late-night dining spot in downtown Anchorage is still standing after a vehicle crashed in the early hours of Sunday morning. Father Madison Hayes is a priest for the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau based in the Mat-Su remembers Pope Francis and shares memories of when he lived in the Vatican for four years during his studies.   

Pope Francis died early Monday morning in Rome after celebrating one final Easter, Christianity's holiest day. In 2013, Francis made history by becoming the first Jesuit pope and the first pope from the Americas.

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Protests erupt across the country, and here in Alaska, we have all the action from downtown Anchorage. Then the Supreme Court rebukes the president, and it's been 30 years since a deadly bombing in Oklahoma City. We take a look back at the devastation.

A lot of questions over the future of Alaska education funding. We are joined by Anchorage School Board President Andy Holleman. A look at how tariffs translate to Alaska budgets. And an update on the 66th Ave homicide of a well known Alaska fighting championship competitor.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy followed through on his pledge to veto a recently passed school funding bill that included a $1,000 increase to the BSA, the per-student state funding that school districts built their budgets around.

The possibility of Mount Spurr erupting in the coming months changes as the Alaska Volcano Observatory releases new info on weather hampering its ability to detect gas emissions. Plus, state lawmakers have a renewed endeavor ahead of them after Gov. Mike Dunleavy formally vetoed House Bill 69, which arrived to his desk earlier this week in a “stripped-down” form but still provided a $1,000 per-student funding increase via the Base Student Allocation for school districts across Alaska.

The Alaska House of Representatives approved a $6.2 billion draft state operating budget, putting Alaska on track for a significant deficit in the fiscal year that begins July 1, according to the Alaska Beacon.

A Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District staff member testified in a Palmer Courtroom Wednesday that other students were “confused” by a transgender boy having to use the girl’s bathroom, as mandated by the district’s 2022 transgender student bathroom policy. Plus,  gusty winds are impacting much of Southcentral Alaska Wednesday through Thursday morning.

The federal government revoked the visas of four people affiliated with the University of Alaska Anchorage. UA President Pat Pitney wrote in a letter to all university staff and students Monday that the four individuals had their visas revoked “without prior notice.”

The state Senate’s budget bill for fiscal year 2026 will soon be taken up by House lawmakers after passing the Senate on Tuesday morning. Plus, if driving on studded tires after the deadline, law enforcement may give motorists a ticket.  

Lawmakers are reviewing a bill that could turn the governor’s mansion in Juneau into a short-term rental property to generate revenue. Why do some people say it's creative, and others call it strange?

The 24-year-old soldier was out on bail for another charge when he was arrested and charged with murder in a fatal shooting on Friday. Plus, House Bill 139 is proposing to turn the governor's mansion in Juneau into a short-term rental property.

Recapping where the state education bill increasing the BSA by $1,000 now stands. Plus, in Anchorage, Georgina Fernandez looks back on the snow-challenged ski season.

A Fairbanks man is dead after a shooting at an apartment complex in the 1100 block of 27th Avenue. Then, the White House is doubling down on defying a court order requiring the Administration to provide a plan to return a Maryland man from an El Salvadorian prison, as President Trump works to clarify his new tariff policy. Closer to home, family and friends are raising funds to help locate a family that went missing near Homer last year. Plus, the Loussac Library held its CD sale leading up to a larger sale at the start of May, and a sporting goods show was held in the Mat-Su Valley this weekend.

President Trump signs a new executive order handing portions of the southern border to the Pentagon. Some products are being exempted from the tariffs, and mortgage ratings climb to their highest percentage since February. Closer to home, Anchorage celebrates its first responders, and National Poetry Month is celebrated in Spenard. Then, as the spring travel season gets ready to kick off, experts issue warnings over the growing Measles outbreak.

Students statewide took part in walkouts on Friday in support of increasing education funding. Plus, after five days of deliberation, a mistrial was declared in the case involving a man who was behind the wheel of a truck that plunged hundreds of feet down a cliff near the community of Unalaska in 2019, killing two teen girls.

As markets dip - again - President Trump expresses confidence and optimism over his tariffs. And in Alaska, could the education debate among state lawmakers trigger a veto showdown with the governor?

As jury deliberations carried into a fourth day in the case of a 2019 deadly Unalaska truck crash, family members of the two teens killed shared their memories with Alaska’s News Source. Plus, a woman died after being hospitalized in a shooting near Davis Park in Anchorage’s Mountain View neighborhood Thursday morning.

A jury has asked to review additional evidence in the 2019 case of two Alaska teens’ deaths. Plus, the Anchorage Police Department and the FBI are searching a home adjacent to the one owned by a missing Eagle River man.

The Anchorage Police Department and the FBI are searching a home directly behind the home owned by an Eagle River man who has been missing for more than a month. Plus,  24-year-old Dustin Ruckman is facing two counts of criminally negligent homicide for a May 2019 crash in which prosecutors say he lost control of his truck while driving up Unalaska’s Mount Ballyhoo, killing two teens inside the truck when it fell roughly 900 feet over the cliffside.    

Financial advisor Al Biss, Biss Wealth Partners, sat down with Tracy Sinclare to talk about market volatility, how the changing tariff situation could impact personal and business decisions and your 401K. 

Foreign countries are pushing back on President Donald Trump's tariffs with import taxes of their own. We take a look at how that has affected Alaskan goods and oil prices. Plus, in the Mat-Su, a weekend altercation at a movie theater left an employee of the theater shaken as she claims she was “body-slammed” during an altercation involving a group of teens.

Jury on day two of deliberation in trial of two teens' deaths in Unalaska crash. Plus, house lawmakers maintain the transfer of the legislation to the Senate could happen as early as next week.    

As U.S. stocks careened through a manic Monday following President Donald Trump's threats to crank his tariffs higher, oil prices in Alaska sank again to start the week, with U.S. crude now below $60 a barrel and Alaska North Slope falling to under $68 a barrel at close. Plus, 10 members of an American Samoan family residing in Whittier have been charged with voter misconduct and perjury, among other charges.

Ten members of an American Samoan family residing in Whittier, Alaska, have been charged with voter misconduct and perjury, among other charges. Plus, House Bill 90 would require Alaska school districts to offer a financial literacy half-credit course for 9th through 12th grade students to graduate.    

Global markets are tumbling Monday morning as Wall Street fears a recession stemming mostly from President Donald Trump's wholesale tariffs. The latest on the market, plus, here in Alaska, thousands of protestors turned out in multiple communities statewide demanding the Trump administration stop its "executive overreach."

Tariff impacts and reactions are coming as negotiations begin over the President's controversial plan. A group held a bike ride in Anchorage to support the people in Gaza, and two Alaskan filmmakers are showcasing their works in Hollywood.

Protests erupted across the country, and here in Alaska, a legislative town hall was held, where supporters wore red for education funding. The Senate passed a blueprint budget bill, and businesses got together in Fairbanks for a convention.

On May 7, REAL IDs will be required to board domestic flights as well as certain federal facilities. However, some Alaskans in rural communities are finding the path to obtain those IDs complicated and expensive. Plus, a German shepherd-husky mixed dog has been on the run near Juneau for nearly two months, and animal rescue officials are taking their time attempting to capture her.    

Talks of a global recession spread following President Trump's historic tariff announcement. Plus, back here in Alaska, Planned Parenthood is sounding the alarm over DHH's move to freeze $1 million in Title X funding for Alaska.

With the chance of Mt. Spurr erupting, a potential for air cargo to be disrupted threatens the supply chain of goods going to Fairbanks and other communities in Alaska. Plus, as tourist season begins in Alaska, the Better Business Bureau is warning travelers to stay vigilant against fraudulent tour companies.    

A mother in Soldotna is planning a memorial after losing her son in an avalanche. Rebekah Challans said, like any parent who’s lost their child, she’s without words for her grief.

Star, the seventh reindeer to live at 10th Avenue and I Street in Downtown Anchorage, was euthanized on Tuesday after “serious deteriorating health.” Plus, with three elementary schools in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District set to close in the 2025-2026 academic year, the district has announced new school boundaries.

Tuesday was Election Day in Anchorage. Who's likely headed to the Assembly and School Board, and which ballot measures are failing?

Across Southcentral Alaska, school districts are facing staffing cuts and displacements looking into the next school year. Plus, citing uncertainty with Juneau funding, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District leaders have submitted their final proposed 2025-2026 school year budget, which still includes increasing all grade level class sizes and leaves open the possibility of teacher layoffs.