"Matt Wedeking"

Gov. Michael Dunleavy was elected on a pledge to cut the state budget. But his proposal still finds room for budget boosts for a handful of items, from state courts to oil tax credits to a Denali State Park visitors center.

Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources still is searching for the black bear that killed Patrick Cooper, 16, on Sunday. Meanwhile, another bear attack has claimed the life of a worker and injured another in a gold mine near Delta.