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Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island — prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help. Complete Story...
A plan that puts a large area of the Arctic off-limits to commercial fishing goes into effect Dec. 3, federal officials said.
Conservation groups and the U.S. Forest Service have fought for decades over management of the country's largest national forest. The wrangling has gone on for so long it has a name: The Tongass Wars.
The Coast Guard's plan to move away from oil-fired burners and toward heating with biomass could provide a lift to the timber industry in Southeast Alaska.
The oil services executive at the center of a federal investigation of corruption in Alaska politics was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison and fined $750,000.
Nearly a dozen conservation groups are appealing to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to put a stop to two timber sales in the Tongass National Forest.
Documents filed in federal court directly link U.S. Rep. Don Young to a wide-ranging investigation of corruption in Alaska for the first time.
Reality trumped the dream for most winners of a land giveaway in Alaska's rugged interior.
A fishing boat that sank off the Alaska coast last year most likely lost its rudder, then flooded and went down, killing five crew members, federal safety officials said Wednesday.
Two 4-year-old girls have died after falling through thin ice into a lagoon in the small city of Barrow in northern Alaska.
The Alaska tourism season may be winding down, but the debate over its future is turning into quite a tempest — and this storm is heading to court.
The value of Alaska Permanent Fund dividends each year since the program began in 1982.
Evans Thomas Jr. and his neighbors know exactly how they're spending their dividend checks of $1,305 for being Alaskans — not on new toys or vacations, but on warming their homes come winter in a village situated just below the Arctic Circle.
An oil field review starting with a state inspector questioning the size of spill containment facilities on Alaska's North Slope has resulted in a hefty civil payment for a subsidiary of BP PLC.
An Alaska wildlife management program in which wolves are shot from low-flying airplanes and black bears are baited and snared is helping to increase the numbers of moose and caribou, state wildlife officials say.
From an 1802 Alaska map made by the Russian Navy to a full-color poster for an 1897 Broadway show on the Klondike Gold Rush, Alaska's history comes alive at the Library of Congress.
The federal government should allow offshore oil and gas drilling along Alaska's northernmost coastline, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said Thursday in a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
State Sen. Hollis French, a major figure in last fall's Troopergate investigation, has filed paperwork to run for governor of Alaska.
Universal Pictures has said it will release an alien abduction film this fall that plays off of decades of unexplained disappearances and deaths in this old Gold Rush town along the Bering Sea.
Erosion threatens to topple coastal Alaska villages. Melting ice threatens polar bears. Now, a marine scientist says the state's marine waters are turning acidic from absorbing greenhouse gases faster than tropical waters, potentially endangering Alaska's $4.6 billion fishing industry.
The Alaska Department of Administration has announced this week that state employees are to use state e-mail "whenever feasible" for state business.
On President Barack Obama's promise to pay attention to the problems of rural America, four of his Cabinet secretaries have traveled to parts of Alaska that couldn't get much more rural.
Craig Campbell, former commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, has been sworn in as Alaska's lieutenant governor.
The family of a 73-year-old Alaska man who fell from a tree after rescuing a cat last month decided to have his breathing tube removed.
I had gotten settled into my bag as was drifting off when all of a sudden my wife sat bolt up right and started shaking me back awake. I, grumbled that I was awake and that she could stop with the earthquake impersonation.
Ecology and Preservation ApproachesAccording to Weddell (2006), there are three different approaches to the use of nature and wild organisms. The three approaches are utilitarian, preservationists and sustainable-ecosystem.
Andre the dog gets some fancy new limbsLast year, Andre stepped into an illegal hunting trap, which snapped his left front and back legs. To free himself, the 3-year-old dog chewed through both paws. But with the help of prosthetics, he can now do one of his favorite things - chase after a tennis ball.
Palin book tour avoids Democratic strongholdsSarah Palin's book tour is a gift for her base. No stops are planned in Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and other major cities and book-buying communities that are standard for authors on the road, but where the voters tend to be Democrats.
Sarah Palin promises more cities on book tourFormer Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is promising to visit more cities than a conventional book tour when her memoir "Going Rogue" is published later this month. She's also trying to line up interviews with Bill O'Reilly, Barbara Walters and Rush Limbaugh.
Andre the dog gets some fancy new limbsLast year, Andre stepped into an illegal hunting trap, which snapped his left front and back legs. To free himself, the 3-year-old dog chewed through both paws. But with the help of prosthetics, he can now do one of his favorite things - chase after a tennis ball.
10. She's only shills her kids every other day, rather than every hour on the hour. 9. Todd who? 8. John McCain is now old enough to be her GREAT grandfather. 7. The free clothes she got during the campaign are out of style.
Dept. Of Pots And Kettles | The New RepublicIn her latest ill-advised broadside against Levi Johnston, Sarah Palin accused the soon-to-be Playgirl model of "sell[ing his] body." It's a peculiar complaint for a former beauty queen to make.
I sat and watched the newcomers back into the spot next to mine and begin setting up the popup. I could tell that they had some experience with it just by watching the efficiency that the guy displayed in setting up camp.
Palin paid $1.25M for book before leaving officeFormer GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported that she has received at least $1.25 million for her upcoming memoir "Going Rogue." A disclosure statement discusses Palin's finances from Jan. 1 to July 27, when she resigned as Alaska governor.
Sarah Palin receives $1.25M for 'Going Rogue'Sarah Palin reports she received $1.25 million as a retainer for her upcoming book "Going Rogue." The former Alaska governor says in her financial disclosure statement released Tuesday that she received the money from publisher HarperCollins.
We took both vans and the cellphone just in case she was called in again. No sense getting in trouble with the brass over something stupid like leaving the phone at home.
Bank Robber Only Seeks $100 -- Then Waits Until Police Arrive Timmy Lee Porter's robbery of an Anchorage, Alaska bank was unusual.
Former Palin Aide Pens Book "Renegade: Sarah Palin's Hatchet Man." Sarah Palin isn't the only member of her former administration planning a book. The Anchorage Daily News reports that Frank Bailey, a close aide to the former Alaska governor, is writing his own book, titled "Renegade: Sarah Palin's Hatchet Man."
Things were coming together. All our supplies were laid out on the dining room table ready to be packed into the van and the kids actually went to sleep on time for a change.
Judge can't skip court date for drunken-driving sentence (Alaska)An Anchorage Superior Court judge accused of drunken driving must appear in court to be sentenced, another judge ruled today.
I could've been a jerk about it and set up the camping trip for failure. I mean I knew we should get a camper of some sort but I also knew she wasn't going to have any of that until she got the tent camping experience.
Rogue and renegade: Palin aide pens own bookSarah Palin isn't the only member of her former administration planning a book. Frank Bailey, a close aide to the former Alaska governor, is writing his own book, titled "Renegade: Sarah Palin's Hatchet Man."
While living in Alaska I quickly found out that hotel prices are on the high side, especially in the summer during the tourist season. Not only are they high but there is limited space available.
Attention, Sarah Palin bashers: Lookalike book "Going Rouge" is coming! We know that former Alaska Gov.
Rogue and renegade: Palin aide pens own bookSarah Palin isn't the only member of her former administration planning a book. Frank Bailey, a close aide to the former Alaska governor, is writing his own book, titled "Renegade: Sarah Palin's Hatchet Man."
Memorandum on Medical Marijuana enforcementThis is the memorandum given to United States attorneys concerning the changes concerning medical marijuana enforcement.
Sarah Palin joins LinkedIn Seeking "Job Inquiries, Expertise Requests Business Deals, Reference Requests, and Getting Back In Touch"WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sarah Palin has placed her resume on LinkedIn.
After lunch we decided it would be best to go ahead and take the lock to the storage unit and lock it up. Once I got away from the base my wife went into the back to begin the painful and time consuming process of taking off her uniform blouse.
Cruise ship pollution rules have some Alaskans fretting: Tourism Industry | adn.comThis is just the same old question of profit versus expense. Both sides are correct and both sides are wrong. If no middle point is reached in this, (tug of war) then the rope of reality will break and both will declare the other the looser. ... Daniel A. Berry
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