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“I think our relationship with this administration is a lot more solid,” said Juneau Education Association President Dirk Miller.

Lawmakers now say it’s all but inevitable the legislature will approve the governor’s request to buy out TransCanada and take a larger stake in the Alaska LNG project.

Royal Dutch Shell has announced its quarterly financial results. They’re not good, and Shell’s dry hole in the Chukchi Sea is just one factor.

Critics have complained the organization spends more than is necessary, and has been slow to perform its work in recent years. The audit notes that there are about 28 applications for fishing permits that have been ongoing for more than 10 years, and not yet resolved.

“We must take care of our children and we must make that a moral and cultural imperative,” said Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott.

“They had some folks in the pool that they thought were possibilities, but they didn’t feel like they had enough of a selection so they’ve extended the recruitment period,” said Mila Cosgrove, the city’s human resources director.

Our clocks roll back Sunday with the end of daylight saving time, but the bill to eliminate the clock change for good in Alaska is still rolling forward.

A Rocky Horror Picture Show concluded with 6 feet of slithering scales in an Alaskan town where reptiles only survive in heated cages.

Tlingit Roy Peratrovich Jr. remembers designing the original Brotherhood Bridge, bronze medallions restored for recently dedicated replacement.

The decision would put the state on the hook for as much as $7-billion more in upfront construction costs if the project ends up going forward. But the governor and his team argue it’s worth it to get more control — and perhaps more revenue down the line.

The Affordable Care Act was supposed to make health insurance accessible to all Americans. But in Alaska, the high cost of premiums on the individual market has some residents thinking about dropping their coverage.

One superintendent says seeking efficiencies like this is recognition of a grim financial reality for Alaska schools — things aren’t going to get better anytime soon.

During her decade-plus career, she saw the center expand and develop into a world-class attraction.

The plan would turn the state’s various savings accounts into a kind of endowment, using their earnings to fund state operations.

The conference is a gathering of elders and academics, tradition bearers and students. This year’s theme is “Haa Saax’ú, Haa Latseení (Our Names, Our Strength).”

A zoning ordinance that allows growing commercial marijuana in low-density neighborhoods is heading back to the Juneau Assembly for public testimony.

In this most recent incident, one or more individuals knocked over 25 headstones.

The ice blocking an essential well for Bethel schools has finally cracked. Officials discovered the frozen well in September and spent almost a month thawing the impasse.

The Alaska Rural Communication Service, which provides free TV programming in much of rural Alaska, is switching its stations from analog to digital in the coming months.

An electrical cooperative in Southeast Alaska is looking into developing a new hydroelectric power plant in the village of Kake.