Alaska Government News

Rep. Kerttula's message urging Alaskans to support the repeal of the More Alaska Production Act is a blatant misrepresentation of this historic legislation.

The United States Department of Agriculture remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty.

In the wake of the massive tornados that touched down in Oklahoma this week, Better Business Bureau and the Alaska Attorney General's Office are warning of opportunistic fraudsters.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is finalizing details on a partnership that would establish a new veterinary medicine program by 2015.

Don Young missed the session. Aides said Thursday that Young, a 21st-term Fort Yukon Republican who is Alaska’s sole representative in the House, was hunting antelope when the Natural Resources Committee’s energy subcommittee met Wednesday to consider the legislation.

An Alaska law enforcement panel is revoking the certification of nearly a dozen former police officers, state troopers and state Department of Corrections workers.

The streams emerging from beneath an Arctic glacier are several degrees warmer than the icy water Alaska's Republican Sen.

Gov. Sean Parnell on Tuesday signed into law an overhaul of Alaska's oil tax structure, hailing it as part of an historic legislative package aimed at moving the state forward.

The Division of Agriculture is inviting the public to submit nominations for the 14th Annual Farm Family of the Year award that will be presented during the Alaska State Fair in August.

The 2013 recipients of the First Lady's Volunteer of the Year Awards were chosen by an executive committee of Alaskan community members.

The slow-moving disaster being visited on the village of Newtok is a familiar one in Alaska.

Continuing #WGDB's coverage of the beer business , craft brewers from across the country met with 11 Senate Democrats this week, including Mark Begich of Alaska and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.

If you're planning on entering the 2013 Arctic Innovation Competition , it wouldn't hurt to take a peek at the inventions that wowed the judges of this chilly contest, so here are the grand prize winners from 2009 to 2012 for extra inspiration: Not only did these extremely durable inflatable snowshoes impress AIC's judges, but they also caught the ... (more)

The past two weeks have been active ones at the State Agency Databases Project .

Snow in mid-May? It's not unheard of, but it has a lot of Alaskans saying enough is enough.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is distributing the money to Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington and will allocate the remainder as additional needs arise.

A view of the north side of the Pavlof Volcano erupting on Thursday taken by a pilot flying at 6,000 feet.

For many years, climate change has displaced millions in the developing world - and now America is seeing its first climate refugees .

On this edition of Su Valley Voice, KTNA's public affairs program, the topic is the abuse of vulnerable adults: the elderly and mentally ill.

Alaska Zoo officials say the cub named Kali will leave Tuesday for the Buffalo Zoo, and it's with a sad heart that Alaskans and the Alaska Zoo say goodbye.