Alaska Government News

Two people from Alaska have died in a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 80 in central Nebraska.

Sarah Palin has a new book out, and the former Alaska governor's rise to fame has brought more notoriety to her native state than it's had since the United States dropped $7.2 million in gold to buy it from Russia in 1867.

Almost 100 years after the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes is still a moonscape of ash and volcanic rock, without a tree or shrub in sight.

Politicians must join together to pass meaningful health care reform, and now. Alaska's congressional delegation has the opportunity to be leaders in this effort.

Sarah Palin has a new book out, and the former Alaska governor's rise to fame has brought more notoriety to her native state than it's had since the United States dropped $7.2 million in gold to buy it from Russia in 1867.

Tlingit elder Clarence Jackson Sr delivers the invocation at the opening of the Tribal Nations Conference.

Alaskans have heard a lot of talk over the years about diversifying the state's economy so we are less dependent on gyrations of the world oil market.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Alaska Statehood, several Alaskans traveled to Washington D.C. to celebrate Alaska Day last month.

TransCanada Alaska remains on target to complete an initial Open Season by the end of July 2010, with a significant boost in pre-Open Season investment, according to a recent Alaska Pipeline Project Report submitted to the Alaska Legislature on October 31, 2009 by AGIA Coordinator Mark Myers.

The defense of the 2007 Alaska Gasline Inducement Act by some state leaders comes despite criticism from skeptics who view the law as a failed effort to force the hand of the oil companies that hold exclusive development leases for much of the North Slope's natural gas reserves.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that more than $38 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being awarded to 4 states to support energy efficiency and conservation activities.

Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. is partnering with Lutheran Social Services of Alaska to help Alaska Native people who are stranded in Anchorage get back home.

Prince of Wales Woman Recounts Battle with Swine Flu Deanna Garrison, KRBD a ' Ketchikan A Prince of Wales woman is recovering after an encounter with swine flu that left her on the brink of death.A Most cases in Alaska, especially in people who don't have pre-existing conditions, havena TMt been so serious.

Perhaps no one understands the emotional roller coaster 160 Alaskans currently waiting for organ transplants are going through more than Shawn Stockwell.

Venezuela's US Ambassador, Bernardo Alvarez, is in Alaska this week pledging to continue distributing vouchers for free fuel in villages this winter.

Two in three Alaska inmates end up back in jail after they are released, which is why the Department of Corrections is trying to beef up programs that reduce recidivism.

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Gov. Sean Parnell's recently announced initiative to provide post secondary education scholarships to Alaska high school students based on earned grades is a demonstrable commitment to the future of our children and our state.

The Alaska Federation of Natives will debate a subsistence resolution October 24, organizers said.

About 43,000 federal employees in Hawaii, Alaska and the U.S. territories will receive an increase in retirement benefits under the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act.