Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against Sarah Palin are asking a judge to declare that the Alaska governor broke state law two years ago when she failed to issue a proclamation for a celebration commemorating the freeing of U.S. slaves.

More than $250,000 in penalties and sanctions have been levied against those who falsely reported areas fished by an Alaska fishing vessel.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin plans to stay in touch using Twitter even after leaving office on July 26.

A grand jury has indicted a Ketchikan man accused of robbing and stabbing an 86-year-old man.

State labor officials say Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was essentially unchanged in June, staying around 8 percent.

With the next government program “Obama Care,” all the money your parents and mine have paid into Medicare will be lost. When your grandma needs hip surgery, tell her sometimes the best thing for old people is no treatment at all. President Obama has inferred such. That’s not the “change” AARP told us about.

I am saddened to read that the Planning Commission has failed to follow the Comprehensive and Waterfront Plans in approving the Mental Health Trust’s request to build a 75-foot office building at the sub-port near the downtown Coast Guard station.

In all the opinions proposed on road access up Lynn Canal, there is one possibility that has been glossed over and another not even mentioned, or at least I haven’t seen it.

It’s great to hear and read the news of the departure of Gov. Sarah Palin and that Sean Parnell will be taking over. I hope that he will bring his own agenda that will parallel that of Alaskans.

Maybe you have seen my movies – “The Toxic Avenger” or “Poultrygeist” or the more mainstream “Final Countdown.” But in addition to my 40 years of experience producing movies, I have made a career speaking out on behalf of the little guy – or, in the case of independent film and TV producers, the belittled guy.