Gov. Sean Parnell's goal of nearly doubling the flow of oil through the Alaska pipeline could be achieved over the next 10 to 15 years -- but not without major…

With more than 100 inches on the ground and more falling, Anchorage is running out of places to dump its snow.

Whistler, a lead dog for German Iditarod rookie Silvia Furtwangler, was found this morning in Anchorage near the Chester Creek Trail. He had been missing since early Thursday morning,...

A trial began Monday in Planned Parenthood's ongoing challenge of a law requiring minors in Alaska to notify their parents before getting an abortion.

Two Pennsylvania men are scheduled to be sentenced in Anchorage today after pleading guilty to telephone harassment of Sarah Palin's Alaska lawyers. They're facing up to two years in...

Four girls ages 9 through 11 broke windows and destroyed property Saturday at a school in Juneau until a teacher caught them in the act, police say.

When the U.S. Army announced the finalists to develop its new series of camouflage patterns last month, almost nobody saw the results coming.

A major focus of the Legislature this week will be energy as five state House members travel to Washington, D.C., to urge drilling expansions, while state senators back home...

Shannon Kuhn started the Anchorage Food Mosaic, which offers a running commentary on cultural food traditions in Anchorage and beyond. In posts, Kuhn and a half-dozen contributors muse...

Crime victims and their families have to wait months or even years for justice because of delays in the trial process. An Alaska senator has introduced a bill to try…

Anchorage fire crews spent Sunday evening fighting a blaze at a Midtown apartment complex that damaged at least some of the top floor.

Three men burst into the Spenard hotel room of a 49-year-old Anchorage man and robbed him of jewelry, his cell phone and wallet at gunpoint early Sunday morning, Anchorage...

A rookie Iditarod musher's lead dog is missing in Anchorage after escaping from a dog truck last Thursday, friends say.

Getting a parking ticket is not a crime. If it were, my rap sheet wouldn't be pretty. It's been especially rough since August, when the city's new parking enforcement arm,

A constellation of tiny flames from hundreds of candles lit up Town Square Park during a solemn vigil for abducted 18-year-old Samantha Koenig in downtown Anchorage Saturday night.

Alaska politics and political hijinks…

Can Alaska's leaders trust what the major oil companies tell them about oil reserves, drilling plans and the operations of the trans-Alaska pipeline? If the state cuts oil taxes,...

Sarah Palin argued Saturday that the Republican presidential nominee would only be strengthened by an extended primary battle, and she urged conservatives to unite behind whoever...

Two Prince of Wales Island boys who went missing in June have been found in Washington state after stepping off the Alaska-Washington ferry.

Rat Island was once over-run with rats. But with the rats dead and gone after having eaten grain pellets laced with poison, two Alaska Native groups say it's time for…

A man suspected in the killing of a Bethel cab driver is in jail on charges unrelated to the cabbie's death, according to Alaska State Troopers.

While Kodiak's soil is buried beneath 2 feet of snow, biologists at the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and the Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District are working to reduce...

The Alaska Railroad Corp. and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough are opposing a court challenge to a new rail line extension.

A bill requiring judges verbally acknowledge the right of victims and courts notify them of delays in proceedings cleared a legislative committee Friday.

Former U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller said it seems unlikely he will mount a challenge against fellow Republican U.S. Rep. Don Young this year.

Mitt Romney has announced his leadership team in Alaska.

Sitka police say the Alaska medical examiner's office has determined that hypothermia caused the death of a 37-year-old man whose body was found outside in December.

A fire has likely destroyed a building at the Trident Seafoods plant on St. Paul Island.

A former assistant attorney general and her union organizer friend are facing criminal charges in an alleged 2010 scam to inflate the number of state employees interested in joining...

Unless more revenue than expected comes in, average middle and high school class sizes in Anchorage public schools will creep upward next school year. And forget about summer school.

Mayor Dan Sullivan, East Anchorage Assemblyman Paul Honeman and four others signed up to run for mayor before the 5 p.m. Friday filing deadline for Anchorage's municipal election, the...

Detectives continue to interview potential witnesses and follow leads in the abduction of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, police say.

The House Judiciary Committee on Friday approved an explicit ban on texting while driving.

The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lower court ruling that the Native corporation Cook Inlet Region Inc. had to pay damages to a former business partner, John Ellsworth,

A bill that guarantees three years of increased funding to Alaska school districts has passed the Alaska Senate with just two senators voting no.

An 11-member Alaska steering committee announced today by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney includes U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell.

Fairbanks searches that uncovered weapons and are said to be central to the FBI case against Schaeffer Cox and two other members of his Peacemakers militia were legal, a judge…

Sitka police say the Alaska medical examiner's office has determined that hypothermia caused the death of a 37-year-old man whose body was found outside in December.

A fire has likely destroyed a building at the Trident Seafoods plant on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea.

In a meeting room at a Spenard hotel this weekend, Alaskans seeking a medical marijuana card can line up to see an L.A. ophthalmologist in town to evaluate their medical…

Alaska lawmakers including House Speaker Mike Chenault will miss several days of the legislative session next week to make another pitch in Washington, D.C., for oil drilling in the...

Public employees who opt into a traditional pension program as proposed by a Senate bill would have to share in the risk if health care costs rise as projected.

A Holy Cross man has died in a snowmachine crash near the Western Alaska village of Holy Cross.

A federal agency will dredge the entrance to St. Paul Harbor in Kodiak.

The Alaska Bureau of Investigations is now leading the investigation into the death of a Bethel cab driver.

At the front of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dob race pack, GPS tracking problems left mushers and spectators uncertain of who was leading a three-man battle for the four…