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After months of disagreement on using state money to build an indoor recreation center with tennis courts in West Anchorage, the Anchorage Assembly voted Tuesday night to spend a little more than $4.4 million on the facility, significantly less than original requests.

State money the municipality wants to use to build a controversial tennis complex in West Anchorage can't be used for new construction, according to a legal opinion from the state's legislative affairs agency released by two legislators Tuesday.

A 59-year-old man was charged with assault in connection with the stabbing of a man Tuesday morning at Peggy's Restaurant on Fifth Avenue, according to the Anchorage Police Department.

With all the RAM we have these days, it's easy to get some serious screen clutter going on when you have a ton of apps open.

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Dave Lyon's proposal to use archery gear in Cook Inlet saltwater fisheries was one of the less contentious proposals -- in that it drew a broad base of rejection from most of the users who testified before the Board of Fisheries on its first day -- before the committee designated to discuss sportfish and personal use salmon proposals during the ... (more)

Bryan Emmons isn't moving from his house on Davis Street in Eagle River, where he's lived since he was an infant.

With surprising suddenness, it's back to the future for the state budget. After a decade of relative affluence, we've returned to fiscal conditions that resemble those of about a decade ago.

A 42-year-old Anchorage woman with a medical condition has been missing for more than a week, according to the Anchorage Police Department.

Location: Anchorage, AK, 12/9/13 Protecting the manager scene. 1 Weimaraner and 3 Wisemen.

In a storm that started Friday and continued into Sunday, Alaska's largest city received the most snowfall so far this winter.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports lead guide, Chris Branham and assistant guides Todd Kuster and Daniel Suprak, were each charged with aiding clients in killing bears without proper licensing.

First tri-mission Direct Receiving Station to offer both high-resolution and very high-resolution optical and radar satellite images Ninth DRS contract signed in 2013 by Astrium Services as it continues to expand its network of nearly 40 stations Astrium Services holds the widest-ranging DRS network in the world today, ensuring rapid delivery of ... (more)

The mere presence of Santa and Mrs. Claus put broad smiles on the faces of many children in an Alaska Yup'ik Eskimo community this week, and it wasn't just because they were about to receive gifts.

Jim Wilde and John Sturgeon have both lost their lawsuits to challenge the National Park Service's authority to dictate their behavior on navigable rivers in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.

One day after the Alaska Aces released defenseman Jason Cohen of Anchorage, the Idaho Steelheads claimed him off waivers -- the Aces were in Idaho, so perhaps Cohen never even split town.

The board of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, the state's development corporation, is now approaching its go/no-go decision on the idea of a state-subsidized liquefied natural gas plant on the North Slope.

For the past two years, business in Anchorage has been good. Our employment numbers have been consistently solid; we've added about 1,800 private-sector jobs in 2013, according to preliminary and revised year-to-date data from the Alaska Department of Labor.

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

With just a little more than a week until Christmas, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the pressure to buy, buy, buy.