Congress recessed without extending a tax break that has saved 850,000 Washington residents an estimated $500 million on their federal returns annually and there are no guarantees lawmakers will act when they return after the election.
A new report says Alaska needs to almost double the number of physicians working in the state in the next 20 years. There's currently 1,350 physicians in Alaska. The report released Monday says the state needs 1,100 more by 2026.
Nineteen-year-old Manfred Bekeris says he was floored by the scandal surrounding former Florida Representative Mark Foley. Foley -- a 52-year-old Republican -- resigned last week amid reports he sent sexually suggestive electronic messages to teenage male pages.
The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a couple of earthquakes were felt in Southcentral communities Sunday night. A magnitude 4.4 quake centered 188 miles southeast of Sand Point was felt by residents of Homer at 5:23 p.m. The quake was about ten miles deep.
Alaska State Troopers say the remains of a man washed up on a Homer beach this weekend. Troopers say the remains found by geology students Saturday afternoon are believed to be those of 33-year-old Doug Betts, who disappeared a year ago.
Starting this school year, teachers and others working in Alaska schools no longer have to get yearly tuberculosis screening. The state Department of Health and Social Services has repealed the TB screening regulation.
U.S. attorneys say a Kenai man was sentenced this week in federal court in Anchorage for trafficking in methamphetamine and possessing stolen firearms. Russell Cronce, who is 20-years-old, is sentenced to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
Anchorage residents Friday attended a free cultural workshop to prepare for the Alaska Federation of Natives convention next month. Thousands of rural delegates attend the annual gathering. The convention moved to Fairbanks last year for the first time in 18 years.
The shutdown of a satellite field on Alaska's North Slope will not stop BP from beginning the process of cleaning out a corroded transit line in the nation's largest oil field. A company spokesman says they will start running a series of maintenance pigs this September 30.
Alaska lawmakers received at least 119,000 dollars in campaign contributions from six executives at VECO Corporatoin. But that before the Anchorage oil services company was included in a federal investigation into political corruption in Alaska.
