Alaska Dispatch

Chieftain Metals was incorporated in Canada under name of former CEO of mine's bankrupt previous owner.

What exactly does a recent court decision mean for the parental-notification initiative?

Critic says tour companies hire too many cheap, docile, European students, not enough Alaskans.

After 25 years, ski and snowmachine race "ain't no $100 bar bet anymore."

Clinic's whole staff resigns, citing "hostile environment" and no public safety officers.

Program intended to collect workforce data on Alaska's deckhands stalled, funding uncertain.

$2.2 billion budget called a "jobs bill."

Warmer oceans could be bad news for pollock stocks.

Federal watchdog agency's report on handling of North Aleutian leases lacks bite after offshore announcement.

Obama administration's policy on offshore hasn't settled every issue for Arctic drilling.

Prison industrial programs canceled to save money, but what has been lost?

Denali rolled out specifics on its plan to build a pipeline from Alaska's North Slope south to North American markets today, saying an open season could start July 6 and run through early October.

Economic researchers trying to predict social and financial impact of melting polar ice caps.

Schaeffer Cox released on bail with a no-gun restriction, which has been softened.

Cruise companies will be asked to sign agreement to drop lawsuit if Legislature lowers head tax.

Not the first time courts have ruled part of state government is incompetent.

Company favors quality fix over speed, residents frustrated but glad something's being done.

Big news out of Denali, the BP and ConocoPhillips partnership pursuing a huge natural gas pipeline between Alaska's North Slope and markets to the south.

An election is mere months away, and candidates are busy polling Alaskans and shouting out the results. Here, Bill Walker brings a gas pipeline back to center stage.

Unable to propel a bill that would outlaw exorbitant prices charged for retail gas, Rep. Pete Petersen, D-Anchorage, has tried another track.