Two light earthquakes struck less than an hour apart near Kodiak Island.

Fire managers say weather conditions have helped crews make significant progress on a wildfire near Homer.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is defending Miss California Carrie Prejean.

Alaska’s U.S. Senators are sponsoring a bill that would require every oil tanker leaving the Valdez to be escorted out of Prince William Sound by two response tugboats.

Automaker Chrysler has told a quarter of its dealers that it won’t renew their contracts, but dealerships in Alaska may not be affected by the bankruptcy plan.

Alaska State Troopers say a 36-year-old hiker lost outside Ketchikan was found unconscious but breathing.

Crimson Bears boys soccer coach Gary Lehnhart felt the pressure build with each season sweep of regional rival Ketchikan in recent years. He no longer remembers the last time the Kings took a game from his team, but admitted he thought KayHi’s talent-laden team could steal one of Tuesday and Wednesday’s opening games of the Southeast Conference season in Ketchikan.

Acting as a quasi-judicial body, the Juneau Assembly heard a formal citizens’ appeal Thursday attempting to block a permit to build a 150-foot communications tower on Mendenhall Loop Road.

Senate Democrats vowed Wednesday to push through a White House nominee for a top Interior Department post even as they accused Republicans – led by Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Robert Bennett of Utah – of obstructing President Barack Obama’s agenda by continuing to object to the candidate.

President Barack Obama’s detailed budget had hardly become public when members of Congress began to criticize specific reductions in funds for their states.