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SBA: Tribal corporations could still obtain no-bid contracts without set limits.

The Coast Guard's plan to move away from oil-fired burners and toward heating with biomass could provide a lift to the timber industry in Southeast Alaska.

Alaska-born Dana Stabenow, best-selling author of the Kate Shugak Alaska P.I., series, is seen in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, Oct.

The oil services executive at the center of a federal investigation of corruption in Alaska politics was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison and fined $750,000. Bill Allen, 72, testified on behalf of the government in three cases, including the trial of former U.S. Sen.

Dozens of U.S. representatives sent a letter Monday to the head of the President's Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force with concerns that the policy will block offshore energy development and cost jobs to Americans.

RACHEL D'ORO POSTED: 2:22 pm EDT October 27, 2009 UPDATED: 4:31 pm EDT October 27, 2009 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming memoir "Going Rogue." A disclosure statement released Tuesday discusses Palin's finances from Jan.

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The Alaska Federation of Natives convention launches this morning in Anchorage, promising a complex look at the law and politics surrounding those basic village needs.

Sarah Palin hit the vice presidential campaign trail last year and touted what Alaska could provide for the rest of America - a natural gas pipeline to help lead the country to energy independence.

Villagers on Alaska's North Slope, above, fear offshore oil drilling will disrupt whale migration - and the villagers' way of life.

Documents filed in federal court directly link U.S. Rep. Don Young to a wide-ranging investigation of corruption in Alaska for the first time.

In a move praised by alternative energy advocates, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska last Wednesday approved regulations setting net metering requirements for large electric utilities.

Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young refused to comment Thursday on allegations he accepted bribes from the businessman at the heart of a federal probe into corruption in Alaska politics.

Members of the Alaska Native Veterans Association unveiled a statue honoring the Alaska Territorial Guard on Wednesday.

Approximately 5,200 people in Alaska lost health insurance coverage in 2009 due to a rise in unemployment, according to a report issued today by the health consumer organization Families USA.

Like herds of northern cattle that lived on tundra plants, more than 600,000 reindeer ranged over Alaska less than a century ago.

Commander Col. Michael Howard said in a Friday teleconference with reporters that the brigade has made progress in protecting civilians from insurgents, has built 240 miles of roads and restored 29 schools, five medical facilities and three courthouses.

The two Anchorage state senators who chair the Senate Energy Committee have unveiled draft Alaska energy policy and program recommendations.

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin will speak on patriotism, citizenship and civic engagement at College of the Ozarks on Dec.

The treacherous, ice-choked waters off Alaska have long lured risk-A taking fortune hunters seeking furs, fish, or other riches.

Alaska lawmakers are gearing up to discuss an issue that many other states have wrestled with.

It was the first that many, including Jeffry Silverman, had ever heard of the Tlingit woman who, in 1945, spurred the Alaska Legislature to pass what historians cite as the first anti-discrimination law in America.

At the 5 October, 2009 meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission comprising governors of oil and gas producing states, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell touted the potential of Alaska's off shore potential.

The immunization program manager for the state Public Health Division, Laurel Wood, told The Anchorage Daily News more vaccine is on the way, and it's not a crisis situation.

The City of Bethel, Alaska is soliciting a qualified consulting firm to submit a proposal to update the Citya s Comprehensive Plan.

Some Alaska ports of call have asked the Environmental Protection Agency to rethink - or at least slow down - its plans to impose stricter air quality requirements for cruise ships and other large oceangoing vessels.

The US Geological Survey has said that an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the Aleutian Islands of the US state of Alaska late on Tuesday, Xinhua reported.

ECONOMICS: Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to earn honor, helped to shape concept that residents own resources.

A state prosecutor who handles child pornography cases wants sexually explicit drawings of children -- even computer-generated cartoons -- to be as illegal as photographs of actual abuse.

Doctors Meet with Obama to Show Support for Health Plan Lori Townsend, APRN a ' Anchorage A doctor from Dillingham met with President Barack Obama at the White House today.

With its passengers bundled against the arctic wind blowing off the Beaufort Sea, the small boat speeds smoothly across the lagoon.

Just before snow overcame summer, my brother Walter Eskridge, and I slipped around the state as golden leaves blanketed the hills, and merchants closed their doors.

Alaskans are feeling a little richer - at least those who use direct deposit. The Alaska Permanent Fund dividend was deposited Thursday morning into the bank accounts of eligible state residents.

The state of Alaska vowed to defend its $46 head tax on cruise ship passengers, saying that the Alaska Cruise Associationa s assertion that the tax was unconstitutional did not hold water.

An Environmental Protection Agency stimulus grant of $1.73 million will help the state-owned Alaska Railroad and other transport operations curb diesel emissions.

Insulated cardboard boxes designed for shipping fish are carrying Alaska's first doses of swine flu vaccine to cities and villages.

"We started to wonder how these buildings were still standing," said John O. Mark, housing director for the Yup'ik village of Quinhagak, which requested the study of 55 ranch-style homes.

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Just a few years ago, king salmon played an outsize role in villages along the Yukon River.

D id you know that the arrival of the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend increases the death rate? That's right, the PFD could be implicated in your premature death later this month.

Seated by a window table in the dining room, I start to hear the commotion. People are jumping to their feet and pointing out to sea.

With H1N1 spreading at a rapid pace in Alaska, the looming date of when a vaccine will be available is creating a sense of urgency now more than ever before.