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Ben Stevens, former Alaska Senate president, dies at age 63
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBen Stevens, a former Alaska Senate president and a son of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, has died....
Democratic Rep.-elect Mary Peltola says she was 'not shocked' by her House special election win:...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDemocrat Mary Peltola smiles at supporters after delivering remarks at a fundraiser on Aug. 12,...
EDITORIAL: The man who reshaped Alaska
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNov. 11—As we approach the 100-year anniversary of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' birth on Nov. 18, the magnitude of change he wrought in Alaska has only become more important since his death ...
Alaska sportfishing advocate and political insider Bob Penney dies at 90
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 15—Longtime Alaskan Bob Penney, a sportfishing activist and real estate developer who had close ties with some of the state's most prominent politicians, died Tuesday at the age of 90.
Alaska Congresswoman introduces bills to protect fish, ocean ecology from trawlers
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoU.S. Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, a Democrat from Alaska, introduced two bills on Wednesday that align...
Alaska’s Special House Race Stunned America. Here’s What November Could Bring.
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn August, former Democratic state legislator Mary Peltola beat Republican candidate Sarah Palin in Alaska’s special House election to replace the late Republican Rep. Don Young. The win was ...
Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola’s husband killed in plane crash
The Independent via Yahoo News· 9 months agoCongresswoman Mary Peltola’s husband Gene died on Wednesday morning in a plane crash, her office...
Rep. Mary Peltola's husband has died in a plane crash in Alaska
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 9 months agoRep. Mary Peltola.Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Rep. Mary Peltola's husband...
EDITORIAL: The candidates have had their say -- now it's Alaskans' turn
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 5—election, U.S. House, vote, voting At long last, the election is almost here. After a long, bruising campaign cycle, Alaskans will head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 8, to decide who will ...
Unheralded Environmentalist: Jimmy Carter’s Green Legacy
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWith the former president now in hospice care, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird looks back on Jimmy Carter’s environmental record in the White House — from his sweeping protection ...