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The state Legislature is poised to revoke $4.4 million in grant funding for an indoor tennis center in West Anchorage, which would end a controversy that has been unfolding since the money was tucked into last year's capital budget.

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The Coast Guard got a request for help Tuesday evening from troopers who reported the man was in trouble.

The House began taking up amendments Monday. Sunday was supposed to mark the end of the legislative session, but ran long after the House and Senate failed to find agreement on an education plan.

Anchorage police are searching for answers after a local pastor entered his church Monday morning to find a broken screwdriver lying aside an emptied safe.

On Feb. 26, Kim McNett and BjA rn Olson set off on a 36-day, 1,000-mile bicycle adventure to Alaska's Arctic.

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The outage happened about 4:06 a.m. in the area of 84th Avenue and Lake Otis Parkway, said Sarah Wiggers, spokeswoman for Chugach Electric.

The explosive was attached to a rental car that a customer drove away Monday at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

Justin Bieber is seeking a delay in his trial currently scheduled to begin next month on Florida charges of driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license.

Eugene David Downey Jr., 42, of Anchorage, faces four counts of passing counterfeit $50 bills at Anchorage-area stores, the U.S. attorney's office said in a news release.

The Senate finally passed the education bill Monday afternoon, little changed from the version on its agenda since last week.

An Anchorage jury on Thursday found the driver in a 2012 hit-and-run collision guilty of failing to render aid to the pedestrian his car hit near Tudor Road and Arctic Boulevard.

An Anchorage Superior Court jury convicted a 62-year-old man Thursday of sexual abusing his 4-year-old granddaughter, according to a statement from the Alaska Department of Law.

Senate Majority Leader John Coghill, R-North Pole, said he thought lawmakers could wrap things up Monday.

The five were called in the trial of 62-year-old James Wells, who's charged with shooting James Hopkins and Richard Belisle .

Andrew Bailey has been promoted to controller and Katrina Haney to human resources manager.

Anchorage Assemblyman Bill Starr is trying to stop Mayor Dan Sullivan's administration from spending on a new indoor tennis facility.

The Melting Pot Restaurants plans to expand its footprint in select markets throughout the U.S., and Canada.

Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, is hitting back against billionaire conservatives David and Charles Koch.