Joel Davidson

Deacon and former big-game guide Curt Leuenberger, just 52, was laid low when his kidneys began to fail. Despite going into a coma, he eventually rallied to survive after two transplants.

Lawmakers send Gov. Sean Parnell a bill allowing Alaskans to purchase specialty license plates with either pro-life or pro-choice messages.

An initiative to grant new legal recognition to people in Anchorage who identify themselves as gay or transgender will appear on the April 3 ballot.

With his long monk's robe and well-worn sandals, Brother John Mary Ignatius doesn't look like the mastermind behind an internationally popular and rapidly growing Facebook page.

Paul Houser, a Palmer carpenter, wants to avoid the overly-polished and often depersonalized feel of a funeral industry that has become increasingly dominated by a few large companies that mass-produce caskets typically costing in excess of $4,000.

Alaska owes pregnant teens the chance to be supported by parents and families.