A 28-year-old Anchorage man has been sentenced to more than 23 years in federal prison for his role in large drug ring.

Bering Straits Native Corp. has named Gail Schubert its chief executive, succeeding Tim Towarak, who has led the company since 2000.

Ice plugs in a pipeline are being blamed for a rupture that led to a large spill of crude and water in an oil field on Alaska’s North Slope.

A former journalist and aide to ex-Gov. Sarah Palin has been nominated by President Obama to be federal coordinator for the Alaska natural gas pipeline project.

Juneau resident Ramona Green died Dec. 5, 2009, in Juneau. She was 78.

Former Juneau resident Ricardo Tahod Deleon died Dec. 3, 2009, in Escondido, Calif. He was 52.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Things could be worse for Thunder Mountain wrestling. After all, sending four student-athletes to the state meet in the program’s inaugural season is not half bad. In fact, it’s downright good.

Today, Dec. 9

RESERVE, N.M. – A federal program that began as a safety net for Pacific Northwest logging communities hard-hit by battles over the spotted owl in the 1990s has morphed into a sprawling entitlement – one that ships vast amounts of money to states with little or no historic connection to timber, an analysis by The Associated Press shows.