Yesterday, a federal indictment was handed down against another Alaskan Republican state lawmaker--another black eye for Alaska Republicans running for re-election this year.

This time, the target is sitting state Sen. John Cowdery, who is being accused of arranging to give $25,000 in phony campaign contributions in 2006 to,...

Somewhere between 200 and 300 people crowded into Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday night for the campaign's open house.

Three senior staff members gave opening remarks. State Director Kat Pustay told the crowd that the battle for this state is more than just a...

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA -- Last night, in a conference room in the public library here, Barack Obama State Director Kat Pustay told about 50 Alaskans that Obama would be coming to campaign in Alaska sometime before November, a move that would dramatically underscore his western-leaning red-state strategy for the general election...

While the rest of the country -- "Outside" we call it up here -- has been swept up in seemingly apocalyptic floods and fires and heat waves, we in Anchorage have barely seen summer yet. Normally this time of year finds us hiking with the bears and kayaking with the...