The August night that Sarah Palin won the Republican gubernatorial primary, her supports all but swaggered, apparently overcome by the belief that Palin would storm to victory in November.
The Alaska Journal of Commerce and the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce paid tribute to the 2006 Top 40 Under Forty recipients at a luncheon Nov. 6 at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage.
Alaska voters made history Tuesday night by electing Republican Sarah Palin, the state’s first female governor, by an eight-point margin over former two-term Gov. Tony Knowles. Wednesday, Palin appointed Mike Tibbles, the former administration deputy commissioner to Gov. Frank Murkowski, as leader of her transition team. Palin assumes governance of Alaska on Dec. 4.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - If you went strictly by the official itinerary, you would think members of the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team have a small to-do list during their stay in the Great White North.
Since the West High School auditorium was dedicated more than a half-century ago, its hardwood stage has been heavily seasoned by a perpetual parade of performers' feet, from the Joffrey Ballet to circus elephants.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Head Coach Davis Payne and the Alaska Aces participated in the second annual "Lunch of Champions" Monday at the Hotel Captain Cook in downtown Anchorage.