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Walker said he was taking the step after receiving assurances from the state’s partners in the Alaska LNG project that if any one company pulls out, it will not withhold its gas from the pipeline.

Marvin Roberts is the last of the so-called Fairbanks Four, to address the court in an ongoing hearing to reconsider the 18-year-old case in light of new evidence.

School districts across the state are waiting on standardized test scores that were scheduled for release in early October. Third through 10th graders took the Alaska Measures of Progress tests for the first time last spring.

The volume of water flowing through Juneau’s Lemon Creek at one point Thursday was equal to the volume of water flowing through the coveted Rio Grande in the Southwestern United States.

The White House and congressional leaders are hoping to clinch as early as Monday a two-year budget deal that sets spending limits for the Pentagon and domestic programs.

In the second half of our series breaking down the project, I visited an LNG plant to find out what all the fuss is about.

The new, wider Glacier Highway bridge over the Mendenhall River was dedicated on Saturday.

Rep. David Guttenberg, a Democrat from Fairbanks, didn’t know about the protest, but addressed the Fairbanks Four on the floor of the House of Representatives.

Surprisingly, more than half the council’s non-Arctic states submitted assessment reports of their own emissions of black carbon, the particulate waste from fossil fuel combustion.

French sailor Manu Wattecamps-Etienne dove onto the icebreaker in 20-foot seas, about 12 hours after sending out a distress signal.

A proposed mining road through interior Alaska that was shelved amid the state’s multi-billion dollar budget crisis has been authorized by the administration of Gov. Bill Walker to spend more than $3 million to start an environmental assessment.

This session will focus on one thing: the Alaska LNG project. But if you’re like a lot of Alaskans, you might be a little fuzzy on the details.

After five years of rebuilding their herd and corral, the Midnite Sun Reindeer Ranch is ready to take the next step — fundraising for two mobile slaughter units that would let them process and sell the meat from their business just outside of Nome.

Chilkat weaver Darlene See spoke in Haines recently as part of the cultural exchange hosted by the Haines Borough Public Library. The exchange brought Native artists, singers and storytellers to Haines to share knowledge and traditions.

The State attempted to discredit the polygraph results.

An investigation by the FCC found that GCI had 118 unregistered cellular communications facilities didn’t properly light three of them, making the towers noncompliant with flight safety regulations.

Despite not needing a visa for the trip, Sivoy Miklahook now finds himself on the wrong side of the Strait as his Russian papers inch closer to expiration and residents in western Alaska rally to bring him home.

Thousands travel to the Elders and Youth conference and the Alaska Federation of Natives convention every year. The week is considered by many a celebration — this year was different.

Walker pulled the controversial reserves tax from consideration after receiving assurances from the state’s partners in the Alaska LNG project that should any one company pull out, it would not withhold its gas from the project.

Federal investigators have found the Andover Newton Theological School broke the law regarding its Native art.