Palin denies Mat-Su bias in state budgeting

When the smoke cleared after Gov. Sarah Palin's big cuts to the capital budget in June, one survivor that stood out was a $630,000 appropriation to the Wasilla Sports Complex.

Oil profits tax called 'shell game' at legislative meeting

With their eyes on the upcoming special session of the Legislature to deal with state oil taxes, eight Democratic lawmakers hosted a community meeting Saturday afternoon at East High School to discuss a revised tax and hear from the public.

Cult of McCandless

Fifteen years have passed: 15 howling Alaska winters and 15 brief frenzied summers, and the ancient bus on the Stampede Trail still rusts in the wilderness, almost exactly as Chris McCandless left it.

As mice scurry to beat cold, time to go on the defensive

Fall is prime time for mouse encounters. It's getting cold outside, and there's no insulating snow layer yet. So in they come where it's not only warm and toasty, there's a 24-hour buffet being served.

Major competitors spring up near aging shopping center

When the Northway Mall opened in 1980, it was a palatial tribute to the nation's growing fascination with indoor mall-shopping. Bagpipes echoed in the courtyard near Lamonts, customers mobbed the aisles of the new Pay'n Save, and Jon Anthony's gave away curling irons.

Guest shot, wounded in Spenard hotel parking lot; suspect sought

A man was injured by gunfire Saturday evening at the Microtel, a Spenard hotel, Anchorage police said.

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