WASHINGTON — Recall this 2008 storyline: Hillary Clinton enters the presidential campaign as the Democratic front-runner, runs into an inspirational candidate who generates big crowds… Continue reading
DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump and some mainstream Republicans are engaged in a long-distance flirtation. Both sides are coming to the realization that they’ll… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A magnitude-6.8 earthquake knocked items off shelves and walls in south-central Alaska and jolted the nerves of residents in this earthquake-prone region. But there were no… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker and Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards have released more details of their plan to establish a unit in the Department of Law… Continue reading
Juneau’s Walmart has been packed since it announced it was closing up shop on Feb. 4.On Friday, the first day of a 50-percent-off sale on… Continue reading
TORONTO — A remote aboriginal community in western Canada was left reeling from the unimaginable after a gunman opened fire at a school and a… Continue reading
WICHITA, Kan. — The Kansas Court of Appeals refused Friday to implement the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester abortion method, ruling in a… Continue reading
Lieutenant Gov. Byron Mallott signed Alaska’s first commercial marijuana regulations on Friday, but regulators and legislators now face a headache from the FBI.In a memo… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday proposed new rules to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public land, arguing… Continue reading
The City of Ketchikan will not prohibit retail marijuana businesses within city limits.The Ketchikan City Council, by a 3-2 count at its meeting Thursday night,… Continue reading
Mary Miller, former superintendent of Sitka National Historical Park, filed a lawsuit last week in U.S. District Court, alleging gender and race discrimination in the… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A bill that would update Alaska’s Military Code of Justice and strengthen penalties for certain violations has advanced from the House Judiciary Committee.The… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A federal laboratory that assesses disease in wildlife is calling for more research into the deaths of thousands of common murres and other… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The Anchorage School District is looking to close a projected $10.9 million budget gap by cutting 53 teachers next year and increasing class… Continue reading
Perseverance Theater is hosting a variety of events around its production “Our Voices Will Be Heard” this week, a play about a mother’s and daughter’s… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker shakes hands with Speaker of the House Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, after his annual State of the State address to a Joint Session… Continue reading
Open trap shooting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Trap Club, 1 Mile Montana Creek Road. The Juneau Trap Club is open to members and public trap… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — State highway officials are watching overflow that has emerged near a northern section of the Dalton Highway.The Alaska Department of Transportation says overflow… Continue reading
STERLING — Alaska State Troopers say a 47-year-old Kenai Peninsula man was found dead on a trail near the community of Sterling.The body of Leroy… Continue reading
HOUSTON — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by 13… Continue reading
