Anchorage News

British oil giant BP has begun cleaning up a second pipeline leak at its Prudhoe Bay operations in Alaska this week, after fluid spilled from a flow line on Wednesday. The incident did not impact oil production in Prudhoe Bay,...

Parnell announced his proposals in Anchorage Thursday on a stage at Bartlett High School, with a wall of uniformed law enforcement officers arrayed on risers behind him. "We are going to end the epidemic of domestic violence and sexual assault...

To describe Sarah Palin, the former Republican Vice-Presidential candidate (failed), as a divisive figure would be an understatement. Once the surprise of her nomination had worn off, Americans and Europeans loved her or loathed her...And as John McCain's campaign increasingly...

More than 7,770 sq kms in Alaska would be protected as critical habitat for the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale, under a proposal issued by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The area would encompass more than a third...

Fruit, vegetable and seafood wholesalers are worried that their perishables will spoil at airports next year because of a new security law requiring crates of goods to be checked for bombs before going on passenger airplanes. Boxes of fresh food...

BP Plc warned on Monday that it may shut in some production at Alaska's giant Prudhoe Bay oil fields after it detected an oil spill on an idle pipeline over the weekend. The line is one of dozens serving Prudhoe...

From the Partnership for Public Service Monday, November 30, 2009; 5:22 AM For Leslie Holland-Bartels of the U.S. Alaska's polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act was a great accomplishment. But the 2008 federal designation also...

Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura on this flight of investigative lunacy. Fox News' Glenn Beck does just fine, admittedly, disseminating similar fear-mongering nonsense, but "Conspiracy Theory" seems intended for an audience more apt to live in the woods waiting for the...

Abraham Lincoln made a virtue of log cabins and splitting railway sleepers, crafting the right autobiography has been an essential task for anyone seeking high office in America. On Monday November 16th Sarah Palin, ex-governor of Alaska and failed vice-presidential...

“Going Rogue: An American Life” is the title of Sarah Palin ’s memoirs, coming out way ahead of schedule. HarperCollins, the publisher of the book is in high spirits. Originally dated to release in Spring of 2010, is now complete...