JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The federal government announced plans Wednesday to lift restrictions on logging and building roads in a pristine rainforest in Alaska that provides habitat for wolves, bears...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Byron Mallott, who served as Alaska's lieutenant governor as part of a “unity ticket” with former Gov. Bill Walker, died Friday. He was 77.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed disbursing more than $1 billion in federal coronavirus relief aid through a process that would not require the Legislature to reconvene. A...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Bill Walker, who was one of the country's few politically unaffiliated governors, plans to discuss with students bridging the political divide during an upcoming, on-campus...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An email from Alaska's former first lady sheds new light on the actions that drove Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott from office, suggesting he may have invited a woman into his...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he's hopeful the Legislature will pass a budget next week but says his administration is preparing in case that doesn't happen.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska marijuana regulators expressed frustration Wednesday with the limited cooperation they say they're receiving with investigations from the state Department of Public...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy's administration was making an all-out push Tuesday in its effort to win confirmation of his pick to lead the Department of Public Safety, who has been...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two former supervisors of Amanda Price, Gov. Mike Dunleavy's pick to lead the state Department of Public Safety, offered drastically different views Thursday of her work...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Some House Republicans pushed back Thursday against the time being spent hearing from Alaskans on the impacts of proposed budget cuts on the state's ferry...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Preliminary numbers released by the state indicate the number of opioid-related overdose deaths in Alaska fell between 2017 and 2018.
Andy Jones, director of the state Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention, told a Senate committee Thursday that this suggests steps being taken to address opioid abuse are working.
"Something's working," Jones said, adding later: "It is exciting news to see this trend."
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The board that regulates Alaska's legal marijuana industry could be shifting right, with appointments by Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy of a marijuana critic and a law enforcement officer who would like to revisit onsite use rules.
Dunleavy's appointments of Vivian Stiver and Lt. Christopher Jaime are subject to legislative confirmation.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday proposed paying qualified residents $3,678 over three years to make up for years that oil-wealth fund checks were capped.
The money would be paid on top of whatever the annual dividend otherwise would be for this year, 2020 and 2021. Under Dunleavy's proposal, the money would come from Alaska Permanent Fund earnings.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a contested Alaska House seat (all times local):
2:40 p.m.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has tapped a lawyer who's been involved in conservative causes to be his attorney general and a victims' advocate to be public safety commissioner.
Kevin Clarkson helped represent a faith-based women's shelter in a lawsuit against the city of Anchorage over a requirement that it accept transgender women.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of a powerful earthquake striking near Anchorage (all times local):
2:55 p.m.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker says he and his wife will not attend Monday's swearing-in of Gov.-elect Mike Dunleavy in the rural Alaska village of Noorvik.
Walker, in a statement, says he and Lt. Gov. Valerie Davidson will stay in Anchorage to assist in ongoing recovery efforts following Friday's magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rocked the city and surrounding areas.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rattled Alaska's largest city cracked roads and collapsed highway ramps, but there were no reports of widespread catastrophic damage or collapsed buildings.
There's a good reason for that.
A devastating 1964 Alaska earthquake — the most powerful on record in the United States — led to stricter building codes that helped structures withstand the shifting earth Friday.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on the earthquake in Alaska (all times local):
5:25 p.m.
A city official says thousands of residents remain without electricity after a powerful earthquake shook parts of Alaska.
Anchorage Municipal Manager Bill Falsey said Friday that progress was being made restoring power and utilities aren't expecting protracted outages.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker laments the lack of political courage he says some lawmakers showed during the fiscal crisis that marked his term in office and stands by his decision during that time to cap the check Alaska residents receive from the state's oil-wealth fund.
He labels as irresponsible a call from Republican Gov.-elect Mike Dunleavy for a full payout from the fund and back payments for the three years the check was reduced.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov.-elect Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday named a former director of Alaska's Division of Oil and Gas to be his Natural Resources commissioner.
Dunleavy announced his selection of Corri Feige during a Resource Development Council conference in Anchorage in which he repeated that Alaska would be "open for business" under his administration.