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The Alaskan Independence Party’s leadership formally dissolved the organization in a vote on Dec. 7.

Nonpartisan analysts say Mary Peltola has a fighting chance but that Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan has the edge in a state President Trump won handily.

A lengthy agenda awaits lawmakers when they return to the Capitol on Tuesday.

Emergency responders will offer people medication to help them make it through a critical window when overdose survivors are at high risk of dying.

A bill introduced before the start of the legislative session would help the state pay for action to address expensive and sometimes deadly events like landslides and floods, the sponsor says.

The school board plans to discuss the state of after-school child care as it decides what to do with $1 million in city funding.

Alaska is set to receive $273 million per year for five years from the program, created as part of President Trump’s spending- and tax-cut law passed this summer.

It’s a day to remember the legacy of the famous civil rights leader and a national day of service, and local organizations and volunteers will host events to mark the occasion. 

Political compromise isn’t a reason to restrict free speech, Judge Adolf Zeman says in Thursday ruling.

Like other U.S. nationals who are not full U.S. citizens, Tupe Smith of Whittier thought she could vote in local elections but not presidential elections. A key argument in her case is whether she intentionally submitted false voter registration forms.

School board members agreed to pull money from an afterschool child care fund to serve as a match for a foundation’s grant toward the project.

United States Artists partners with foundations and philanthropists to support artists and cultural practitioners of all disciplines.

With the second regular session of the 34th Alaska Legislature beginning on Tuesday, it’s time to check in with members of Juneau’s delegation to talk priorities, predictions and plans.

At local meetings, people have voiced confusion over the process – and about how they were supposed to weigh in on the issue without seeing the current draft.

President Trump continues to talk about taking Greenland, a territory of Denmark. Congress hasn’t shown it’s willing to rein in his military ambitions.

While tribal corporation leadership says their operations are separate from the detention center on the military base, what’s happening on the ground may tell a different story.

Rain and warm temperatures melted a lot of snow at higher elevations, and residents say they’re glad the ‘big one’ didn’t come down.

Alaska’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday that aims to reduce bycatch in parts of southwest Alaska using better marine data, technology and gear.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy appointed Mat-Su Republicans Steve St. Clair and Garret Nelson to fill two open seats in the state House late last year.

Last month, 24-year-old Maxime Germain made the team for the event that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.