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Color Me Bad? Some in Alaska think the Color Run donated all the money it raised -- some half-million or more dollars -- to Alaska Boys & Girls Club. But the charity will go home with only $5,000-$10,000. Here's why.
Laurel Andrews
Five hours of emotional and sometimes testy testimony at the Mat-Su animal shelter on Wednesday did little to decide the fate of Wizard, the 1-year-old dog that mauled a young girl visiting an Iditarod musher's kennel.
Sean Doogan
In the end, the Whittier City Council postponed until next month a vote on its ethics committee's recommendation that the mayor of the small Alaska town resign.
Eli Martin
A man was killed and woman was knocked unconscious when their motorcycle struck a moose on the Glenn Highway. Alaska State Troopers say motorcycle collisions involving moose are not all that rare.
Jerzy Shedlock
Imagine my delight when I read that Disney was releasing an animated feature this summer on airplanes that spins off the successful "Cars" movies. And imagine my dismay to learn that there's no Alaska connection despite our long and storied love affair with flying.Bush PilotColleen Mondor
OPINION: An open letter urges Gov. Parnell to withdraw the state of Alaska from Race to the Top Common Core federal education reforms and restore the state's sovereignty for the sake of its citizens, voters, taxpayers, parents, and future.CommentaryBarbara Haney

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News & Politics

Tempers flare, charges fly in Whittier over effort to recall mayor

In the end, the Whittier City Council postponed until next month a vote on its ethics committee's recommendation that the mayor of the small Alaska town resign.Eli Martin

Voices

Lisa Murkowski: Why I support marriage equality

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, came out Wednesday in support of marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, saying it is an issue of "personal liberty" and that her own views on the issue have "evolved."U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Arctic

Promoting Canada’s eastern Arctic as airplane test site

A delegation from Iqaluit, Canada, is at the 50th annual Paris Airshow this week to promote Iqaluit as an ideal location for cold-weather testing of aircraft.CBC News