Coast Guard Begins Investigation Into Grounding of Shell’s Kulluk Drilling Rig

Two weeks of testimony began with questioning of Shell’s Emergency Response Lead.

Alaska Receives No Child Left Behind Waiver

New flexibility with standards will not only benefit rural schools, but Anchorage students as well

Governor Offers $50 Million for ANWR Exploration

Gov. Parnell hopes the federal government will sign on to test the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to look at the gas and oil potential.

Senator Murkowski Files Bill to Change McKinley's Name to Denali

Alaskans have called North America's highest peak Denali for centuries

A gold prospector named the mountain back in 1896 in honor of then soon-to-be president William McKinley, even though Alaska Natives had referred to it as “Denali” for centuries.