While it’s not uncommon for the feds to turn down some disaster requests, states say the denials have taken them by surprise.

With less than a month to go in the Alaska legislative session, the Senate Finance Committee advanced a reworked education ...

Troopers investigate in-custody deaths, “just as we would for any other unanticipated death that occurs in Alaska,” a ...

The new Alaska state budget proposal eliminates proposals for new troopers, help for education, and would cut prison space.

Those who voted against the override would like us to believe Alaska can’t afford to fund its public education system. But ...

As compared with oil prices, when gold prices rise — as they have, in dramatic fashion, this spring — state revenue barely ...

After Gov. Dunleavy vetoed a major boost to Alaska’s per-student school funding formula, a Senate committee proposed a ...

Barrick Gold, a big Canadian company, is selling its share in the Donlin project, leaving Novagold and a billionaire investor ...

The ruling on the seizure of a bootlegger's plane says 'even a six-pack of beer causes grave societal harm' to dry rural ...

While the Trump administration favors fossil fuels, Sen. Murkowski describes renewable projects as key to communities' energy ...

The Alaska Senate passed legislation to significantly cap the interest rates and fees payday lenders can charge for loans of ...

Volcanoes inspire awe with spectacular eruptions and incandescent rivers of lava, but often their deadliest hazard is what ...