The University of Alaska announced this week that it will be furloughing 166 employees — including university President Jim Johnsen. The University has faced a budgetary crisis in recent years stemming from declining enrollment.
An Alaska school board has decided to ban The Great Gatsby and other classic literary works over concerns that the books contain content that is “harmful” to students. Educators around the nation have criticized the decision, arguing that the decision amounts to censorship.
“We’ve got to get the economy going but not at the expense of health,” Gov. Mike Dunleavy said in an interview with Breitbart News on Monday.
Rev. Franklin Graham’s charity is making sure Alaska residents have the supplies they need to fight the coronavirus.
“States are different,” Trump replied, adding, “There are some states that don’t have much of a problem.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Airlines confirmed Monday it will drop its sponsorship of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Alaska’s most famous sporting event.
Four children have been found alive after they went missing during a blizzard in Alaska when they were last seen going for a ride on a snowmachine.
The governor of Alaska called House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) “ridiculous” after he suggested Monday that President Donald Trump could sell Alaska to Russia if he is acquitted.
Swing-vote lawmaker Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) on Monday evening said she would vote to acquit U.S. President Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial, further cementing the commander-in-chief’s looming exoneration on Wednesday.
A dentist was found guilty Friday after he extracted a patient’s tooth while riding a hoverboard at his office in Anchorage, Alaska.
A man survived more than three weeks in the freezing Alaska wilderness when state troopers found his “SOS” message that he scrawled in the snow, authorities said.
A 5-year-old in a remote Alaskan village carried a toddler a half-mile to a neighbor’s house after they were left home alone in sub-zero temperatures, police said.
A South African man was able to become a naturalized American citizen after allegedly murdering two native Alaskan women, Breitbart News has learned.
A left-wing effort to recall Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) is underway in the state, and several members of the media, including journalists, spouses of journalists, and board members of public broadcasting corporations, support the notion.
Brian Smith was charged with the murder of Kathleen Henry on Tuesday when a woman discovered a memory card allegedly laden with images and videos of the killing.
The fight is on in the northernmost American state as its newly-elected GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy faces an effort pushed by leftist special interests to recall him after he delivered on his promises to reduce the size and scope of government and reignite the state’s economy.
As a matter of national security and economic prosperity, it makes sense for the United States to have a strong footprint in Greenland.
Alaska has become the latest state to pursue welfare reform for those receiving food stamps, looking to make some food stamp users work a certain number of hours per week to receive benefits.
Israel and the United States successfully tested a joint ballistic missile interceptor that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said delivers protection against potential threats from Iran.
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy (R) has vetoed a new budget proposal for the University of Alaska, a decision which could lead to the loss of 700 jobs and 40 degree programs at just one of the institution’s main campuses.
The former leader of South Dakota’s food stamp program has been ordered to fork over $750,000 to the government for allegedly faking Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) data so she could benefit financially.
A walkout occurred at an Alaska government meeting Tuesday after an official ended a prayer by uttering the words “Hail Satan,” local media reports.
Denali Brehmer allegedly planned her friend’s murder after a man posing as a millionaire offered her $9 million for video evidence of the killing.
American students in Alaska and Iowa are protesting the official insistence that people can change their sex by declaring they feel like members of the opposite sex.
A Democrat Alaska state senator has contracted with a man convicted of felony stalking the daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Actress and left-wing pop icon Barbra Streisand melted down Tuesday over Republican plans for drill for oil in Alaska, accusing President Donald Trump of having “no regard” for the preservation of Earth.
President Donald Trump has been briefed on Friday’s massive 7.0 earthquake in Alaska.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s family survived Friday’s 7.0 earthquake, but their home did not, Palin said after the quake.
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Alaska on Friday, shaking building in Anchorage and prompting terrified residents to seek shelter under office desks.
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake has rocked buildings in Anchorage and caused lamp posts and trees to sway, prompting people to run out of offices and seek shelter under office desks.
Republican Don Young, Alaska’s only representative in the U.S. House, is projected to win his re-election bid, according to the Associated Press.
Alaska Republican party officials are weighing plans to punish Murkowski for voting against the Kavanaugh confirmation.
President Donald Trump warned Sen. Lisa Murkowski that she might face political retribution for her decision to oppose his nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
U.S. military officials confirmed on Wednesday that Air Force F-22 stealth fighter jets intercepted two Russian nuclear-capable bombers near Alaska on Tuesday.
A court in far eastern Chukotka, Russia, sentenced two Cuban nationals to a provisional sentence of one year in prison on Wednesday for traveling to Russia with the intent of crossing the Bering Strait into Alaska, hoping to establish themselves in the United States.
Will & Grace star Debra Messing fired a sweeping attack on the President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday, claiming its members are “all going to hell.” Messing missive was prompted by a hyperbolic NBC News report about a proposed change to federal hunting regulations in Alaska.
Timothy Coyle is a 52-year-old man with an extensive criminal record that includes violence. He also identifies as a woman, goes by the name Samantha, and is suing a Christian shelter for abused women for refusing to take him in, according to Must Read Alaska.
NASCAR’s biggest race turned out to be a wild one on Sunday, as multiple crashes played a major role at the Daytona 500. If you can’t wait another week until more racing action, there’s another race underway in Alaska right now.
“I want to thank you, Mitch McConnell. What a job,” he said. “It’s always a lot of fun when you win.”
The U.S. Senate voted to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas exploration and drilling early Wednesday morning, as it passed the Republican tax reform bill on straight party lines, 51-48.
