Some Alaska military veterans may be missing out on their free or low-cost prescription drug benefits because of a dispute over the way pills are packaged.

Fairbanks water and sewer utilities have been ordered to refund $4.3 million to local customers who were overcharged for more than a year.

Two months into the new school year, school administrators say new school start times seem to be having the intended effects on education, with more elementary and high school students alert for greater portions of the school day.

The decision on whether to allow motorized all-terrain vehicle tours on the emergency access road in the Eaglecrest Ski Area has been postponed until the ski area’s board of directors updates a 25-year-old master plan for the area, Eaglecrest General Manager Kirk Duncan said Tuesday.

ANCHORAGE – A senior Coast Guard official was charged Tuesday with multiple offenses, including sodomy, indecent acts and conduct unbecoming of an officer and gentleman.

State legislators Tuesday looked into the state’s response to a moratorium imposed by Medicare and Medicaid officials last summer after the state’s home health program failed to meet federal guidelines.

Middle Easterners are good at pointing fingers but have recently not been so good at finding solutions to serious problems facing the region, Middle East political professor Farideh Farhi said Tuesday night during a panel discussion arranged by the Juneau World Affairs Council.

A pumpkin sits on top of a container near the new downtown parking garage under construction Tuesday.

ANCHORAGE – Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is promising to visit more cities than a conventional book tour when her memoir “Going Rogue” is published later this month.

SALINA, Kan. – Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will visit Kansas in February to address the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce annual banquet.