Legislators also question if Veronica Lambertsen — whose posts declare the Earth is flat and ‘there are 50,000 clones walking among us’ — meets residency requirements for position.

Voting and civil rights groups sued Alaska elections officials Wednesday, alleging that their sharing of the state's full voter registration list with the U.S. Department of Justice violates the state constitution.

(Centers For Disease Control And Prevention photo) By Mike Stobbe Associated Press U.S. health officials stopped the publication of a study on whether the COVID-19 vaccine was keeping adults from becoming sick enough to have to go to the hospital. A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesman on Wednesday confirmed the decision to halt publication, citing a dispute about the study's methodology. The research paper was to appear in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Rep

Murkowski, Welch point to diplomacy gaps, shifting U.S. strategy.

The number of 4-year-olds attending state-funded preschools reached record highs last school year, driven by states embracing universal access and an unprecedented $14.4 billion in spending.

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Amid criticism aimed at the committee chair for holding a bill to include in the omnibus crime bill, lawmakers expressed confidence it would garner the support needed to pass.

The Tongass is the largest national forest in the country, and that’s no small thing to trifle with. But trifle the Trump administration is doing, treating the Tongass, the U.S. Forest Service employees who work in the Tongass and the communities that live here as not worthy of being told about their future.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said Tuesday that the Trump administration will require every state within 30 days to turn in a plan to revalidate the health care providers that participate in their Medicaid programs.

The Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday banning restaurants from providing food in polystyrene foam containers.

Finance Committee set on Wednesday to consider service reductions, along with revenue measures such as sale of land and buildings to help narrow deficit in next year’s budget.

Juneau Capitals 12U girls place fourth at Ponytail Invitational.