ANCHORAGE – Two Democratic state lawmakers from Anchorage want to guarantee Permanent Fund dividend checks by enshrining the benefit in the state constitution.

Longtime Juneau resident Erna Frieda Morgan died Jan. 4, 2010, after a long struggle with alzhimer’s disease. Her husband, children, and Juneau grandchildren were at her side. She was 88.

Court documents show an Anchorage bookkeeper has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of theft from a health care benefit program.

Another two-ton ice sculpture of former Vice President Al Gore is back in front of a Fairbanks liquor store.

Two Democratic state lawmakers from Anchorage want to guarantee Permanent Fund dividend checks by enshrining the benefit in the state constitution.

ANCHORAGE – A computer problem that prevented some people from donating a portion of their Permanent Fund Dividend to charity has been fixed, state officials said.

Customarily, early January is a time of self-reflection, of rejuvenating one’s commitment to self-improvement. According to some statistics, about 50 percent of America makes some type of New Year’s resolution; of these, half believe they will be successful.

On Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a student from Nigeria, allegedly tried to blow up a jetliner bound for Detroit. He failed due to some defect in his explosives and the quick reflexes of passengers who subdued him. As you might expect, this close call has some of us asking hard, but necessary questions:

For most of the past decade, the United States has been living beyond its means, borrowing money frantically to compensate for tax cuts and pay for unfunded wars, new entitlements, bank bailouts, you name it. The breakdown in fiscal discipline is evident in the numbers.

Suppose Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, the Christmas Day underwear bomber, had succeeded and blown up Northwest Airlines flight 253, killing nearly 300 people on board and perhaps others on the ground? Would the response of the Obama administration have been different?