The National Academy of Sciences is recommending some changes in Alaska’s planned study of oil spill risks.

Police say a drug deal in a Fairbanks motel ended in a shootout in which three men were wounded.

Today, Oct. 21

Calendar of Events

With regard to the story about my candidacy published Oct. 15, I appreciate your coverage of my efforts to create jobs and improve our state’s economy. One thing I was quoted as saying in that article didn’t quite come out as I intended. Here’s what I was trying to say:

Recently, Dr. Riki Ott gave a presentation at the University of Alaska Southeast, and I missed it. I am sorry I did so, because she brought up an idea, a U.S. Supreme Court decision, that I had never studied nor questioned. As an academic and historian, I should have done that.

ANCHORAGE – Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is about to re-emerge on the national scene.

ANCHORAGE – The key witness in the federal government’s corruption cases against several Alaska politicians is seeking a delay in his sentencing, court filings showed Tuesday.

ANCHORAGE – A state Senate committee is urging the Department of Public Safety to do a better job tracking sexual assaults and helping rape victims.

ANCHORAGE – A National Transportation Safety Board investigator said he plans to speak with the pilot who survived the plane crash that killed wolf biologist Gordon Haber.