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Audit takes a new dig at Native contracting program

Feb 8, 2012 7:12 am

The debate over the sole source contracting privileges that Alaska Native corporations have used to make billions of dollars is flaring in Congress with a new government audit that found…Cl...

Wasilla residents vote to recall City Councilman Menard

Feb 8, 2012 6:46 am

Wasilla residents have voted to recall City Councilman Steve Menard after he trashed a motel room in Sitka last summer.Click to Continue »

DNR claims mission statement isn't a philosophy change

Feb 8, 2012 6:32 am

The commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources told lawmakers today that no philosophical change is intended in a proposed a new mission statement deleting the words "conserve&quo...

Former fisheries official gets 5 months for fishing violations

Feb 8, 2012 6:15 am

A former aide to Sen. Lisa Murkowski who worked as a commercial fisherman while sitting on the council that regulates fishing off Alaska's coast was sentenced today to five months…Click to ...

Anchorage Alaska Headlines

Snow load beginning to worry Anchorage building owners

Feb 8, 2012 5:58 am

The more than 100 inches of snow that has fallen on Anchorage so far this winter is starting to push buildings to the breaking point.

Missing Anchorage Barista Case in National Spotlight

Feb 8, 2012 4:58 am

On Tuesday, a producer for cable news channel HLN's "Nancy Grace" show was gathering information from family and friends on the "Help Find Samantha Koenig - Kidnapped in Anchorage, Alas...

Anchorage Private Plow Operators' Snow Dumps Nearly Full

Feb 8, 2012 1:48 am

Marcel Warmilee from Arctic Green LLC said there are seven places in Anchorage where private companies can dump snow, and all but one is full.

Former Murkowski aide Fuglvog to be sentenced today

Feb 7, 2012 7:39 pm

A former fisheries aide for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski who falsified commercial fishing records for profit is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday.

Pro-Democracy Movement of Iran Calls Out Alaska World Affairs Council

Feb 7, 2012 3:29 pm

Alaska World Affairs Council 406 G. St., Suite 207 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Dear World Affairs Council Board of Directors and Staff, We, the undersigned, express grave concern regarding the Alaska Worl...

Alaska senators introduce bill to keep F-16s at Eielson Air Force Base

Feb 7, 2012 11:29 am

Alaska's U.S. senators introduced a bill today that would stop the Air Force's plan to move a squadron of F-16 fighter planes now stationed at Eielson Air Force Base to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson...

Alaska group will lure moose off roads with food

Feb 7, 2012 7:24 am

Feeding an Alaska moose is normally taboo, but state wildlife officials will make an exception this year because of extraordinary circumstances - deep snow.

Union claims major victory with injunction against Sheraton

Feb 7, 2012 3:15 am

A federal judge's decision against the operator of the Sheraton Hotel in Anchorage is being deemed a major victory by a union representing Alaska hospitality workers.

Travelling with PM Harper to China: Hello Anchorage! See you soon Beijing

Feb 7, 2012 2:10 am

PM Harper's China trip: possibly three cities, two pandas and a handful of cooperation agreements Posted on Feb 1, 2012 Prime Minister Stephen Harper has landed in Anchorage, Alaska for a short pit-st...

Anchorage barista's abduction remains a mystery

Feb 6, 2012 8:01 pm

Missing Anchorage, Alaska, barista, Samantha Koenig, 18, is pictured. Police say there's little doubt Koenig was abducted after she closed up a coffee stand Wednesday night.