Alaska woman dies from rampant STD after infection spreads throughout her organs

An Alaska woman has died after a rare and severe complication of gonorrhea, health officials report.  The unnamed woman, who was in her 50s, died this spring from disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI), which occurs when the sexually transmitted infection …

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Trump administration freezes millions in grants to Alaska schools

President Donald Trump’s administration has blocked the release of an estimated $6.2 billion in congressionally approved education funding through U.S. Department of Education grant programs, including what one group estimated to be $46.4 million …

Alaska Gov. Dunleavy asks some lawmakers to stay away from special session he called

In a meeting with Republican members of the Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy had what he called an “unorthodox” request.  He asked that the 19 members of the House’s Republican minority caucus stay away from the first five …

Letter: Murkowski could have put herself, Alaska and the nation on the right side of history

During a trip to Anchorage earlier this year, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said “We are all afraid ...” First of all, they are words I never want to hear from a leader, and secondly, Sen. Murkowski, my guess is that you are not nearly as afraid as the poorest and …

UPDATE: Missing UK Healthcare physician’s body found in Alaska

A University of Kentucky Health Service physician went missing while hiking in Alaska on Tuesday, July 1. Marites Buenafe, 62, “a five-foot woman weighing about 118 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes,” was on her weeklong trip on the Norwegian Bliss, a …

Cruise ship passenger missing in Alaska after leaving ship to hike

North Authorities were searching for a woman visiting Alaska's capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking, officials said Wednesday. 62-year-old woman from Kentucky got off the Norwegian Bliss in Juneau on …

Hikers share safety tips after Ky. woman goes missing hiking in Alaska

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) -Crews in Alaska are still searching for a University of Kentucky employee who went missing while on vacation. 62-year-old Marites Buenafe was reported missing on Tuesday, after she didn’t return to her cruise ship in Juneau. The UK …

Cruise Passenger Went on a Solo Hike In Alaska. When It Was Time to Reboard, They Were Nowhere to Be Found

NEED TO KNOW Marites Buenafe is a 62-year-old Kentucky native traveling on the Norwegian Bliss in Alaska She was reported missing on Tuesday, July 1, after not returning to the cruise ship from a hike Security cameras last spotted her at the top of Mount …

First it was alligator prisons in Florida, now Alaska wants a Bear Alcatraz for migrants

Alaska has hinted at the idea of detaining migrants in a remote site, surrounded not by guards but by bears, as per a Newsweek report. Alaska Floats Idea of ‘Bear Alcatraz’The unusual suggestion came during a segment on 'The Ingraham Angle' on Fox …