03/19/2010 - A local gun-rights advocate was arrested on a weapons charge on Wednesday night after Fairbanks police say he failed to notify an officer he was carrying a concealed pistol.
03/17/2010 - Mark Begich is requesting tens of billions of dollars in assistance for his state to help it cope with melting sea ice and other damaging effects.
03/17/2010 - As State House members prepare to pass a statewide energy policy, it will take other bills passing to actually pay to help solve Alaska's high energy costs.
03/17/2010 - Two wolves were taken Monday through Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) aerial response efforts by department personnel in the Village of Chignik Lake.
Alaska Department of Fish & Game,
03/18/2010 - The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council leadership comes to town Thursday to ask Kodiak residents how the council should prioritize approximately $100 million remaining in oil spill settlement money.
03/18/2010 - A brief rally for the four men convicted in the killing of John Hartman drew strong emotions outside the Tanana Chiefs Conference Convention on Wednesday.
03/16/2010 - It appears up to $2 billion dollars could be on the line if lawmakers follow former Sen. Ted Stevens advice to toss AGIA's big gasline aside in favor of the state shelling out half of the money for an in-state line.
03/18/2010 - Lawyers for Flint Hills Resources last week blamed Williams Alaska Petroleum Inc. for widespread ground water contamination in North Pole.
03/15/2010 - Fish and Game officials in Chignik Lake say a break in weather should allow them to begin looking for the wolves that are believed to have killed a special education teacher.
03/18/2010 - With a fresh blanket of snow, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game took to airplanes and helicopters Tuesday to track and shoot wolves in the upper Yukon-Tanana region near Tok.
03/16/2010 - A Fairbanks snowmachiner, Andrew Noble, 28, lit his ride on fire to stay warm early Saturday after he became separated from friends while traveling to his cabin southwest of Nenana.
03/15/2010 - Alaska's regulatory board would oversee the price of wholesale power coming from new projects build through a joint electric venture, according to the plan's latest version, which the state sent to key energy lawmakers late last week.
03/13/2010 - It was shocking news for the Commonwealth North crowd to hear the Alaskan of the 20th Century, former Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, say he no longer supports a big Canadian gasline.
03/12/2010 - State officials defended the state's natural gas pipeline efforts and promoted drilling Thursday, saying both are in the country's best interests.
03/12/2010 - A Kodiak Island Bureau Planning and Zoning vote on Wednesday evening said bed and breakfasts in rural areas can offer lunch and dinner in addition to breakfast.
03/11/2010 - State officials and Chignik Lake residents met Thursday over concerns of deadly wolf activity in the area. This comes after Alaska State Troopers now confirm the death of a special education teacher on the Alaska Peninsula was from an animal attack, believed to be wolves.
03/11/2010 - Critics of the budget totaling $8.1 billion to run state government say the House's version of budget year 2011's operating budget lacks proper funding for some gasline and university projects.
03/11/2010 - Appearing to have had it with a system he views as broken, Senate Minority Leader Con Bunde, R-Anchorage, says after 18 years in the legislature he will retire once the 26th Legislative Session ends.
03/11/2010 - The air pollution control commission gave its "general support" to the borough mayor's chimney smoke ordinance but plans to recommend some changes to be developed at a March 23 meeting.
03/11/2010 - A University of Alaska Fairbanks student is accused of leading law enforcement on a brief chase through campus after stealing 40-ounce beers from a convenience store.
10/12/2009 - With Alaska's job market getting more and more competitive, the surplus of highly qualified workers is making it difficult for residents to easily jump into the workforce. A workforce that our next generation of kids are going to have to work even harder to be a part of.
10/07/2009 - Under a Governor Parnell proposal, getting good grades could mean your kids won't have to pay for their education past high school. Parnell announced his Governor's Performance Scholarship today to boost post secondary opportunities for Alaska's students. An opportunity that the governor says will boost our economy as well.
10/09/2009 - If you look at last year's district AYP scores, minorities in Anchorage continue to not meet target goals, a trend that leads to the question where is the disconnect.
03/10/2010 - Normally, chain saws roaring describe carvers hack away at large chunks of ice, throw in children's chatter to the mix, and you've got spring break in Fairbanks.
10/13/2009 - Anchorage School Board members learned that next year's school budget could be $3 million in the hole.
Anchorage School Board members learned that next year's school budget could be $3 million in the hole.
Sen. Murkowski tells Matt Felling democrats' health care tactics are 'smoke and mirrors,' the Iraqi election is 'messy' and the proposed earmark ban is 'intellectually dishonest.'
With most folks shocked at the possibility of wolves killing people, many question how effective the state's controversial predator control program is protecting Alaskans.
Two weeks of intense state Senate oil and gas tax hearings have reaffirmed that North Slope oil production is dropping steadily, putting Alaska's economy at risk.
While Governor Parnell is fighting the federal government over polar bears being on the endangered species list, a local zookeeper says the bears deserve to be protected.
01/28/2010 - 01/17/09 - Matt Felling asks Senator Murkowski where things stand on health care reform, whether President Obama or Bush worked better with Capitol Hill, along with shutting down Guantanamo.
In the final installment of a three-part series, a look into how effective proposed rules requiring all IDs to be checked at liqour stores might be in curbing Anchorage's chronic inebriate problem.
01/28/2010 - 10/10/10 - Senator Mark Begich talks about the moderate compromise on health care reform, Obama's July 2011 troop withdrawal, and the concerns surrounding North Slope and offshore drilling.
Travel guru Scott McMurren of the Alaska TravelGram fills us in on a blink-and-you-missed it price war that's offering up great fares to the Lower 48 -- for a limited time only.
01/28/2010 - 12/03/09 - Sen. Murkowski tells Matt Felling that health care is "a mess," climate change e-mails fuel skeptics and President Obama's Afghanistan surge shouldn't come with an expiration date.
Sometimes Santa doesn't use a sleigh, not when he has the chance to head to remote parts of the state on a C-1-30 flown and filled with Alaska National Guard members. Todd Walker and Photographer Ken Fankhauser filed this report.
Gov. Sean Parnell, R-Alaska, appears to be showing stronger support for some lawmakers' plans to make the Alaska Railroad the lead agency in charge of producing an in-state "bullet" gasline.
Brian Sweeney - Todd Walker: Blog - KTVA Todd, you do realize the plan the Ds just pass assumes the SGR kicks in. That is how they came to the ridiculous conclusion that the deficit drops by $124B. Based on that assumption there would be a 20% cut in physician reimbursement. How can you let Dr. Bonar say that the plan will increase payments to primary care given this. Do your homework or get out of the business.3/22/1012:32 AM
Hobo - Analyst says Alaska could need income tax - KTVA Take the T off of the word tax and give the polititions the AX.Cut spending,lay off dead weight and fire the rest.Thats the solution to the government spending problem.3/21/109:41 PM
Sen. Murkowski tells Matt Felling democrats' health care tactics are 'smoke and mirrors,' the Iraqi election is 'messy' and the proposed earmark ban is 'intellectually dishonest.'
InTouch's Noah Levy, relationship expert Heide Banks and Jason Kidd's ex-wife Joumana Kidd discussed Sandra Bullock's rumored marriage trouble after a woman claimed to have had an affair with her husband.
