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Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan on Friday vetoed an Assembly action from Tuesday that he says would hurt his efforts to ease his difficulty of balancing the city budget in a time of tight revenue. The issue centered on $12 million in city debt due next year and $10 million due the following year. Sullivan's budget for 2010 proposes to take on new debt to make those payments. The new debt would carry a much smaller payment-due in 2010 and 2011 than the $22 million currently due, although the full amount would have to be paid eventually.
Craig man pleads guilty to sea otter hide sales
A Craig man who conspired to sell the hides of sea otters illegally killed in Southeast Alaska has pleaded guilty in federal court to two felony violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the U.S. attorney said Friday.
Sherry Johnston, Levi's mother, is sentenced to 3 years
Sherry Johnston was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for dealing the prescription painkiller OxyContin. Johnston is the mother of Levi Johnston, who is the father of former Gov. Sarah Palin's grandchild, Tripp.
Postal Service retreats on Santa letters ruling
North Pole elves have good reason to celebrate again, thanks to a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to resume a Santa Claus letter program that's thrilled children from around the world for decades.
Palin book tour to stop at scene of shooting rampage
Sarah Palin's tour to promote her new memoir will include a stop at Fort Hood in December, during which proceeds from book sales will benefit the victims of the shooting rampage and their families.
APOC drops some charges in clean-water ballot fight
Election regulators this week dismissed all charges against an Anchorage political consultant and two others accused of violating state law when they raised money for last year's proposal to tighten state mining law. But the heart of the case has not yet been resolved.
Settlement near in sex abuse lawsuit, Fairbanks diocese says
The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks says it's near a financial settlement with a committee representing almost 300 alleged victims of clergy sex abuse.
Claman: Assembly got details of budget from Begich
Municipal Attorney Dennis Wheeler said reasonable people might disagree with some of his conclusions faulting Mayor Mark Begich's financial reporting to the Assembly last year. It appears he was right.
PDF: Begich responses to Wheeler questions
All passengers safe after air taxi's emergency landing
Quila Dock Jr. of Kipnuk said the forced landing on the tundra of a Yute Air Cessna 207 in which he and his family were passengers Wednesday was so smooth his twin baby daughters slept through it.
Anchorage woman charged with 6 more counts of fraud
A former Rhodes and Fulbright scholar already charged with student-loan fraud was indicted Thursday on six more counts of fraud by a grand jury in Anchorage.
North Slope worker dies in accident at Prudhoe Bay
A North Slope worker was killed Wednesday when a pickup pinned him against a section of pipe. He is the second man crushed by a vehicle in Prudhoe Bay in roughly three weeks.
Alaska's high court hears predator control case
Opponents of Alaska's predator control program in which hundreds of wolves and bears have been killed are arguing their case today before Alaska's highest court.
North Pole volunteers push to keep Santa mail service
Volunteer Santa Claus "elves" in Alaska's frigid Interior are determined to save a popular holiday letter service featuring the North Pole's most beloved icon.
Dad charged in girl's slapping death
A 15-month-old girl who died of traumatic brain injury more than a year ago died at the hands of her father, who slapped her head into a highchair repeatedly because she wouldn't stop throwing food on the floor, according to court documents.
Alaska gets money for green jobs
Pacific Northwest states are getting more than $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to encourage green jobs.
Jobs down in Alaska for sixth straight month
Alaska's unemployment rate jumped to 8.9 percent last month as the state recorded its sixth straight month of job losses.
Car hits duo crossing Parks; 1 killed, 1 injured
A woman is dead and a man is in the hospital after they were hit by a car Wednesday night while trying to cross the Parks Highway near the intersection with Pittman Road, troopers say.
Palin race sponsorship disclosure OK, says APOC
Members of the Alaska Public Offices Commission unanimously ruled Thursday that Sarah Palin has sufficiently disclosed the Arctic Cat sponsorship her husband, Todd, received for the Iron Dog snowmachine race.
Old murder reopened; police seek public's help
Police say new information has prompted them to reopen a 9-year-old unsolved murder case.
Geriatric black bear dies at Oregon Zoo
Oregon Zoo officials say Pete, an 18-year-old black bear who loved to lounge in a tractor tire, has been euthanized because of his age and debilitating arthritis.
Child burned in bizarre 'redneck flamethrower' incident
Two Anchorage men who told investigators they were horsing around with a "redneck flamethrower" set a 5-year-old boy's head on fire and have been charged with felony assault and reckless endangerment, according to police and court records.
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Concourses A & B open in the South Terminal with an art show and live music at Anchorage's airport.
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Habitat for Humanity volunteers help a West African family recent to Anchorage build a house on Taku Drive in Muldoon.
Army to limit Palin coverage at Fort Bragg
Shell denies asking for delay in drilling plan
Begich didn't disclose city cash shortfall, report says
State's gas pipeline chief quits, legislators say under pressure
Hundreds line up for chance to meet Palin, get signed book
O'Malley column: Inside every sad story are a dozen more
Tenant escapes fire descending his own ladder
Flu vaccine clinics limited to risk groups
Oil companies curtail work on North Slope
Driver sentenced for ATV accident that killed woman
Troopers in Saturday shooting identified
Loss of power forces Cessna to land on tundra; no one injured
Assembly approves new rules for landscaping future developments
Men charged with wasting caribou to be tried in Point Hope in February
56-year-old man dies after falling overboard from a fishing boat
Troopers discover two separate marijuana-growing operations
Hundreds line up in Michigan for chance to meet Palin
Icy oil spill easier to clean, scientists say
Alaska Army Guard returns from Kosovo
Assembly postpones action on 2010 Anchorage budget
Fairbanks ravens seem to mourn electrocuted comrades
Victims' families speak out after deadly Seward Highway wreck
Kott lawyer suggests perjury in corruption trial
Release of 'Rogue' prompts reflections on Palin
Recession hasn't killed Knik Bridge
Charges against man who shot four bears dismissed
Three now plan to change pleas in Point Hope caribou case
Scientists recommend slightly lower pollock catch
New Susitna Valley school opens in January
Power restored to all hit by Chugach Electric outage
Alaska among states with lowest preterm-birth rates
Midtown growth to be discussed
Quake rattles British Columbia
Flooding makes roads slushy near Willow
UAF official in line for APU job
Stage set for budget debate in Assembly meeting tonight