The businessman at the center of a federal investigation of corruption in Alaska politics has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Federal prosecutors say four Anchorage relatives have been indicted on drug charges.

Alaska’s U.S. senators say the Department of Defense plans to finish silo construction at one Fort Greely missile field but decommission another.

The central figure in Alaska’s corruption scandal, Bill Allen, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Anchorage on tax, bribery and conspiracy charges.

WASILLA – A 21-year-old passenger in the front seat of a sport utility vehicle was sentenced to five years in prison for causing a highway wreck that killed a teenager and an unborn child.

ANCHORAGE – A judge found himself on the other side of the bench Tuesday when he was ordered to spend five days in a correctional facility for drunken driving.

A new report says 16 Alaska children died from abuse or neglect during a seven-year span, and the true count likely is much higher.

FAIRBANKS – A Fairbanks judge heard testimony from two mental health experts who contend a man with a history of paranoid schizophrenia might be capable of aiding in his own defense.

John Gabriel works Monday to cut up and remove a tree that fell on the roof of a house near Ketchikan during very stormy weather over the weekend.

ANCHORAGE – Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported Tuesday that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming memoir “Going Rogue.”