Anchorage News

Two Pennsylvania men are scheduled to be sentenced today after pleading guilty to telephone harassment of Sarah Palin's Alaska lawyers.

Trial is expected to begin today in Anchorage over a state law requiring that girls younger than 18 notify their parents before getting an abortion.

Hundreds of people gathered in Anchorage for a candlelight vigil for a local barista police say was abducted from the coffee stand where she worked.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a handful of cabinet ministers and other MPs, and a hoard of media spent nearly two full days on flights to and from China and within the country during the PM's trip to China.

Three men burst into the Spenard hotel room of a 49-year-old Anchorage man and robbed him of jewelry, his cell phone and wallet at gunpoint early Sunday morning, Anchorage police said.

You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.

HAWAII: 14-day roundtrip tour departs Los Angeles on March 10, April 14, Nov. 24, Dec.

Julia O'Malley writes a general interest column about life and politics in Anchorage and around Alaska.

James Koenig, the father of Samantha Koenig, and Shirley Koenig hold up a candle at a candle light vigil for missing barista Samantha Koenig at Town Square Park Feb.

In a state Capitol meeting room hundreds of miles from where most Alaskans live, a Senate panel is digging into one of the most complex and important issues in state government: How much to tax Big Oil.

Some 200 people braved blizzard conditions on the Glenn Highway to attend a book release party in Palmer on Feb.

Two of the most aggressive Iditarod critics say two consecutive years without a sled dog death in the event hasn't cooled their objections to the race.

Rat Island was once over-run with rats. But with the rats dead and gone after having eaten grain pellets laced with poison, two Alaska Native groups say it's time for a name-change. The word, pronounced Hah-wah-vaah, is the oldest name found for the 6,871-acre island that sits at the far end of the Aleutian Island chain in southwest Alaska.

Linc Energy Alaska Inc. is permitting a seismic survey near its first Cook Inlet well.

The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lower court ruling that the Native corporation Cook Inlet Region Inc .

Unless more revenue than expected comes in, average middle and high school class sizes in Anchorage public schools will creep upward next school year.

Mayor Dan Sullivan, East Anchorage Assemblyman Paul Honeman and four others signed up to run for mayor before the 5 p.m. Friday filing deadline for Anchorage's municipal election, the city clerk's office reported.

The Westminster Dog show is February 9 thru 12, 2012. This is along with the usual genera of dogs will be a dog in a class all by himself.

Dan Savage alerts us to a situation in Anchorage, Alaska, where they are trying to pass an equal rights initative on the ballot.

You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.