State legislators are considering spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in public money to support an arts and cultural center in New York City that its founder describes as an embassy devoted to increasing awareness of Alaska.
Help foster children get braces, court tells the state
For the 63,000-plus young people in Alaska on Medicaid -- government health insurance for low-income people -- it just became easier to qualify for free braces for dental problems.
Suspect in crash death jailed on release violation
The suspected drunken driver whose SUV crashed into a car, killing a man and critically injuring a woman, has been jailed on a charge of violating her conditions of release.
Plan to turn saloon into shelter gets NIMBY response
Plans to establish an emergency housing shelter in downtown Unalaska went down to defeat before the city's planning and zoning commission.
An Island Shelter Meets Resistance From Locals (New York Times)
Obama to speak during brief Elmendorf stop
President Barack Obama will speak Thursday to military personnel at Elmendorf Air Force Base in a meeting closed to the general public, the White House said.
Tina Halcomb clears her driveway as her granddaughter Eliza Smith watches.
Accidents increase as snow on roads turns icy
Accidents and vehicles in distress on Anchorage roads mounted Monday evening as the first layer of snow in town for the season began turning to ice, according to Anchorage police.
State Rep. Jay Ramras, R-Fairbanks, said he plans to seek a legal analysis to determine if the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act of 2007 could thwart construction of a small-scale, in-state natural gas pipeline.
EDITORIAL
$6,500 tax credit for current homeowners is simply unnecessary.
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What could have been a fabulous road trip ended in a bit of a funk for the Alaska Aces on Sunday, when they were shut out for the first time this hockey season.
If it was caught, grown or harvested in Alaska, chances are good that chef Rob Kinneen has used it in an entree at Orso Ristorante in downtown Anchorage.
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Economist: Alaska purchase hasn't paid off for US
The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million in gold for Alaska in 1867 -- less than 2 cents an acre. Screamin' deal, right? Wrong, says a University of Iowa economist who suggests the high-maintenance territory should have been dumped on Canada.
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