BP Spills Oil, Again
AP — ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska environmental regulators are investigating a methanol spill at a North Slope oil field operated by oil giant BP. The state Department of Environmental Conservation says...
View Article'Doonesbury' Excerpts New Palin Bio
If you’re counting down the days until the Sept. 20 release of Joe McGinniss’ “The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin,” consider your prayers answered. Garry Trudeau, the man behind the popular...
View ArticlePalin Camp Denounces Racy Bio Of Former Governor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Palin’s husband is calling a book critical of his family “disgusting lies, innuendo and smears.” The former Alaska governor’s camp on Thursday sought to discredit a racy...
View ArticleHuge Alaska Storm Leaves Region; Damaged Assessed
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A massive storm that battered Alaska’s western coast with hurricane-strength winds and towering sea surges has passed the region in a much weaker state, leaving behind...
View ArticlePalin As Alaska Governor: 'I Can't Take It Anymore'
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Fed up with mounting legal bills and rattled by intense scrutiny of her family and work, Sarah Palin was ready to step down as Alaska’s governor months before she left office in...
View ArticleAlaska Paid $354,348 Tax Subsidy For Bristol Palin’s Reality Show
According to a report in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Bristol Palin’s failed reality show — Bristol Palin: Life’s A Tripp — received a $354,348 tax subsidy to film in Alaska. The show — which...
View ArticleTea Party Group Hopes To Draft Sarah Palin For Senate Race
Could Sarah Palin make a political comeback in 2014? That is the goal of the Tea Party Leadership Fund, which is trying to draft the former vice-presidential candidate to run against Senator Mark...
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The 5 Races That Will Decide Who Controls The Senate
In 2014, Republicans will have — for the third election in a row — a decent chance of taking control of the Senate. You don’t need Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball to recognize that the seven Senate seats...
View ArticleSarah Palin Mulls Trading In Social Media Punditry For 2014 Senate Run
Apparently unaware that being a senator is an actual job that lasts at least six years, confirmed lady of leisure Sarah Palin is hinting at a Senate run in 2014. “Any American with a heart for service...
View ArticlePoll: Sarah Palin Would Face Uphill Battle In U.S. Senate Race
Sarah Palin may not be as well liked as she thinks she is in her home state of Alaska. According to a Public Policy Polling poll released on Tuesday, the former governor and vice-presidential hopeful...
View ArticleThis Is Why Sarah Palin Wants You To Think That She’s Running For Senate
For the past several weeks, former vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin has been hinting at a run for Senate in her former home state of Alaska. Now, thanks to a recent Federal Election Commission...
View ArticlePoll: Begich Up Big In 2014 Re-Election Battle
According to a Hays Research Group survey, Alaska senator Mark Begich (D) would hold a comfortable lead over Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell (R) in a hypothetical 2014 matchup. The poll finds Begich...
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6 States That Will Swing The Senate In 2014
Photo: AFP/Mark Wilson With less than a year to go until the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans are feeling bullish about their chances of winning a majority in the U.S. Senate. The GOP needs to gain...
View ArticleEPA Report Blasts Alaska Mine Plan
SEATTLE — The largest open-pit mine in North America, proposed for Alaska’s wild and remote Bristol Bay region, would have a devastating effect on the world’s biggest sockeye salmon fishery and the...
View Article‘Pipe Bomb’ Discovered In Carry-On Luggage At Anchorage Airport
By Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Transportation Security Administration agents found what Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport police have described as a...
View ArticleAlaska National Guard Members Face Accusations Of Sexual Misconduct
By Sean Cockerham, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — A dozen members of the Alaska National Guard face charges of sexual misconduct in what members of the guard call a severe problem in the...
View ArticleEPA Moves To Protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay From Proposed Open-Pit Mine
By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times SEATTLE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took the first step Friday toward possibly halting construction of the largest open-pit mine in North America,...
View ArticleWATCH: Democratic Senator Turns Tables On Koch Brothers
After enduring months of vicious attack ads from Americans for Prosperity — the right-wing, 501(c)(4) “dark money” group funded by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch — Senator Mark Begich...
View ArticleWATCH: Condoleezza Rice Cuts Ad For Republican Senate Candidate
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is wading into midterm politics, starring in an ad for Alaska Senate candidate and former Bush administration official Dan Sullivan (R). Sullivan, who served...
View ArticleJudge Suspends Arctic Drilling, Orders New Environmental Report
By Paresh Dave, Los Angeles Times In the ongoing battle over offshore drilling, a federal judge in Alaska told regulators Thursday to redo an environmental impact study that underestimated the amount...
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