Obama Releases Disaster Funds for Kodiak
President Barak Obama on Friday declared a major disaster for the Kodiak Island Borough in the wake of October storms. The declaration will...
Natural Gas Facility Damaged by Fire
Photo provided by Deputy Chief Mike Keenan, Mat-Su Borough.
Fire and explosions have damaged a natural gas processing facility near Anchorage. No one was...
Bethel to Revisit Damp Status
Petition sponsors in Bethel say they have collected enough signatures to ask Bethel voters to return the city to a damp alcohol status. ...
Clock Winding Down on Senate Health Bill
The clock is counting down in Washington for the Senate to pass a health care overhaul before the Christmas holiday. Democrats still say it...
Retirement Lawsuit Headed to Trial
The state’s $11 billion lawsuit to help cover the shortfall in the Public Employees’ and Teachers’ retirement system will go to trial next...
Outgoing Pipeline Coordinator Calls for End to State Battles
Urging lawmakers to put an end to what he calls a civil war within state government, outgoing gas pipeline coordinator Harry Noah on...
Irwin Defends Gas Line Projects
Commissioner of Natural Resources Tom Irwin addressed some of the same issues as Harry Noah in the afternoon session of the committee meeting....
Parnell Releases Budget Plans
Governor Parnell on Monday gave the public its first look at the budget that will be before the legislature during next year’s session....
Sarah Palin Wows Crowd at Elmendorf
Photo by Annie Feidt, APRN - Anchorage
Sarah Palin spent Sunday afternoon signing copie of her book, Going Rogue, at Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage.
Alaskans with...
House Passes Spending Bill; Alaska Benefits
The US House passed a massive spending package on Thursday that contains hundreds of millions of dollars for Alaska. The omnibus combines 6 spending...
Finance Reform Passes House; Young Skips Vote
The House has also passed a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s financial regulatory system. Congressman Don Young was one of only two members of...
Revenue Forecast Released
State department of Revenue commissioner Patrick Galvin today released the revenue forecast for 2010 and 2011. Galvin said 2009 was a wild ride...
Two More Cruise Ships Will Bypass Alaska
Two more cruise ships will stop sailing to Alaska in the summer of 2011.The Royal Princess and Holland America’s Ryndam will shift to...
AG Issues New Ethics Regulations
Attorney General Daniel Sullivan this week issued new regulations making mostly procedural changes to the Executive Ethics Act. Most of the changes reflect...
Homer Health Center Gets White House Boost
The SVT Health Center in Homer – a medical clinic geared toward low-income patients and operated by the Seldovia Village Tribe – has...
High Court Hears Weyhrauch Case
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in the case of former Alaska state legislator Bruce Weyhrauch, a Republican from Juneau....
Nikolski Closes School; Villages Struggle to Keep Doors Open
In rural Alaska, a steady out migration is placing schools at risk of not having enough children enrolled to keep them open. The school...
Alaskans Address Copenhagen Conference
The United Nations Climate Change Conference started on Monday in Copenhagen, Denmark, where representatives from nearly 200 countries will spend the next 10...
BP Combats Another North Slope Spill
There’s been another spill from a BP pipeline on the North Slope. The State Department of Environmental Conservation reports that more than 7,000...
Indian Health Care Bill Moves to Senate
The US Senate Indian Affairs Committee approved reauthorizing the Indian Health Care Improvement Act on Thursday, sending the bill to the full Senate...