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Senate Finance Committee members Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, left, Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Eagle River, center, and Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, listen to Deepa Poduval, principal consultant at Black and Beatch, and Marty Rutherford, deputy commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources, give a presentation on Gov. Bill Walker's proposed buy-out of TransCanada in a gasline project at the Capitol on Monday.

In Alaska Legislature, questions about legality of TransCanada buyout

On the third day of the Alaska Legislature’s gas pipeline special session, there was a shift in the questions asked by lawmakers.In hearings held by… Continue reading

Senate Finance Committee members Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, left, Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Eagle River, center, and Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, listen to Deepa Poduval, principal consultant at Black and Beatch, and Marty Rutherford, deputy commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources, give a presentation on Gov. Bill Walker's proposed buy-out of TransCanada in a gasline project at the Capitol on Monday.

Research on Ice Age burials offers new insight

FAIRBANKS — Genetic research into the ancient remains of two infants found near the Tanana River may have revealed how the Americas were populated.The infants,… Continue reading

Around town for Tuesday, Oct. 27

Computer Basics, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way.Parks and Recreation Wednesday hike, 9:30 a.m., call for location. Details: 586-0428.Day of quilting, sewing… Continue reading

Safeway employees Heather Abrams and Aileen Sanchez, right, embrace during a memorial Monday for former employee Brandon Cook, 30, who was murdered last week. Police have charge Christopher Strawn with the crime and he is being held on $1 million bail.

At Safeway, co-workers and friends remember Brandon Cook

Gathered on the sidewalk outside Safeway, friends and co-workers remembered Brandon C. Cook as someone with a big smile and an even bigger heart, known… Continue reading

Safeway employees Heather Abrams and Aileen Sanchez, right, embrace during a memorial Monday for former employee Brandon Cook, 30, who was murdered last week. Police have charge Christopher Strawn with the crime and he is being held on $1 million bail.
An Assembly work session on Monday evening put an end to plans to send marijuana ordinance back to the Community Development Department.

Pot biz block stopped

A motion to send an ordinance relating to marijuana businesses back to the Community Development Department was shot down handily at an Assembly work session… Continue reading

An Assembly work session on Monday evening put an end to plans to send marijuana ordinance back to the Community Development Department.

Photo: Healy departs

With the help of two tugboats, the polar icebreaker U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy leaves Juneau’s downtown harbor Monday morning. The Healy was open for… Continue reading

No. 2 Baylor loses QB Russell to season-ending neck injury

Second-ranked Baylor’s pursuit of a playoff spot will go on without star quarterback Seth Russell, who needs season-ending neck surgery.Russell saw a specialist Monday, two… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2015
  • By STEPHEN HAWKINS

Oct. 27

1967 — New Mexico tight end Emilio Vallez catches 17 passes for 257 yards to tie an NCAA record in a 75-12 rout of UTEPP.1973… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2015

Johnson rolls over defender, Cardinals beat Ravens 26-18

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Chris Johnson rolled his way to a big play, Joe Flacco couldn’t quite respond with one of his own.And the Arizona Cardinals… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2015
  • By BOB BAUM

Mets’ young aces take on Royals in Series

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Anyone arriving a little early to a New York Mets game this season has probably witnessed “The Walk.”Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2015
  • By MIKE FITZPATRICK

UK’s House of Lords hands Cameron defeat on tax credit cuts

LONDON — Britain’s unelected House of Lords dealt a strong defeat to Prime Minister David Cameron’s government — and provoked a constitutional squabble —on Monday… Continue reading

Five Britons killed after whale boat sinks

TOFINO, British Columbia — Five British nationals died when a whale watching boat with 27 people on board sank off Vancouver Island, the British Foreign… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2015
  • By MANUEL VALDES and JEREMY HAINSWORTH
  • Nation-World

PM orders review of east Jerusalem’s status

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a review of the status of certain Palestinian neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, an official confirmed Monday, a… Continue reading

Speaker Boehner’s last deal: 2-year budget

WASHINGTON — Speaker John Boehner is pressing ahead with one last deal as he heads for the exits, pushing to finalize a far-reaching, two-year budget… Continue reading

Poll: Trump is hard sell for Hispanics

NEWARK, N.J. — Republican front-runner Donald Trump is widely unpopular among the nation’s Hispanics, a new AP-GfK poll finds, challenging the billionaire’s oft-repeated assertion that… Continue reading

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump points into the crowd as he heads off stage after speaking at town hall meeting on Monday in Atkinson, New Hampshire.

Trump says his father gave him a ‘small’ $1 million loan

ATKINSON, N.H. — How about some humility, Donald Trump?At a rare town hall event Monday for a man who goes for big rallies, some potential… Continue reading

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump points into the crowd as he heads off stage after speaking at town hall meeting on Monday in Atkinson, New Hampshire.
In this Saturday photo, Richard Sajko, of Valrico, Florida, talks about how he killed one of the two bears on the back of his pickup during the first legal black bear hunt in Florida in more than two decades at the Rock Springs Run Wildlife Management Area near Lake Mary, Florida.

Amid outcry, Florida says short bear hunt season ran smoothly

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Hunters killed 298 black bears over the weekend during the first legal hunt in Florida in more than two decades, state wildlife… Continue reading

In this Saturday photo, Richard Sajko, of Valrico, Florida, talks about how he killed one of the two bears on the back of his pickup during the first legal black bear hunt in Florida in more than two decades at the Rock Springs Run Wildlife Management Area near Lake Mary, Florida.

Astronauts getting new picture books

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Once upon a time, when NASA’s shuttles were still flying, an astronaut read a children’s story from space.Thus was born Story… Continue reading

WHO links processed meat to cancer

PARIS — Bacon, hot dogs and cold cuts are under fire: The World Health Organization threw its global weight behind years of experts’ warnings and… Continue reading

Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, second from left, helps Roy Peratrovich, Jr., cut a ribbon as Sandra Garcia-Aline, of the Federal Highway Administration, left, Sasha Soboleff, Grand President of the Alaska Native Brotherhood, Johanna Dybdahl, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, and Marc Luiken, Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, right, hold a ribbon during the rededication ceremony for the Brotherhood Bridge on Saturday.

Brotherhood Bridge rededicated

For at least the fifth time in Juneau’s history, a new bridge spans the Mendenhall River. The Brotherhood Bridge was rededicated on Saturday morning after… Continue reading

Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, second from left, helps Roy Peratrovich, Jr., cut a ribbon as Sandra Garcia-Aline, of the Federal Highway Administration, left, Sasha Soboleff, Grand President of the Alaska Native Brotherhood, Johanna Dybdahl, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, and Marc Luiken, Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, right, hold a ribbon during the rededication ceremony for the Brotherhood Bridge on Saturday.