The Root: Aw, Nuts! Weiner Doesn't Trump ACORN

06/15/11 Because of his role in outing Anthony Weiner's Twitter scandal, Andrew Breitbart seems to want an apology for the criticism he's received from media over the years due to fabricating scandalous stories. Jack White of The Root wants to remind Breitbart that he'll never be off the hook. read more

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Regaining her stride

05/28/11 Eagle River's Rebecca Boggs is one of more than 30 Alaska soccer players who have signed to play college soccer next fall, and she is one of four who will play Division I.

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Top Reasons Sarah Palin Won't -- and Shouldn't -- Run for President

05/27/11 COMMENTARY | The emergence of lackluster Republican challengers for the White House in 2012 is creating speculation that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will throw her hat in the ring. Not only does Palin claim to have "the fire in (her) belly" to make a presidential bid, she's positioned herself to run. She quit her governor's job, started a political action committee, published a book, hit the ...

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Coming to theaters ... Sarah Palin

05/26/11 Sarah Palin film expected to debut next month in Iowa A secretly produced feature film about Sarah Palin will debut next month in Iowa, a reminder that the former Alaska governor remains a factor in the Republican presidential contest despite GOP insiders' dismissals of her potential candidacy.

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Maxine Ruth (Darnell) Campbell

05/26/11 Maxine Ruth (Darnell) Campbell, 84, Spring, Texas, died Thursday, May 19, 2011, at her home. She was born March 2, 1927, in Moreland Township, Graham County, south of Bogue, to Earl T. and Bernice (Irwin) Darnell. She received her high school certificate from Palco.

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No Queen in Wasilla

05/13/11 The Wasilla High School choir will sing an edited version of the Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody," sparked by a parent's complaint about the group's gay frontman Freddie Mercury.

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AK Legislature OKs operating budget, but mood sour

05/06/11 The Alaska Legislature passed a $12 billion state operating package Friday, but the vote was overshadowed by the continued impasse over the capital budget.

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Wyatt pins down triple crown at state club tournament, Popeyes win medals Peninsula wrestlers make strong showing

04/28/11 Homer High School senior Mitch Wyatt topped off his state championship resume with the triple crown at the Alaska USA Folkstyle, Freestyle and Greco-Roman state tournaments in Wasilla last weekend.

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Boy injured in ATV crash

04/28/11 A 16-year-old boy driving on the switchback trail to Kachemak Selo suffered injuries in an apparent all-terrain vehicle crash on Tuesday night.

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Halley Consulting Group Adds New Talent to Growing Physician Practice Management Firm

04/28/11 COLUMBUS, Ohio Halley Consulting Group a national physician practice management and consulting firm adds two practice consultants to its growing team. Dale Gentz, M.B.A., and Brandon Ousley, M.B.A., join the firm to meet the increasing demand for consulting services that help build successful physician/hospital partnerships and medical practices. As physician/hospital alignment is...

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Alaska National Guard on data collection in Juneau

04/28/11 Three Humvees stormed over the Douglas Bridge Monday evening, combat helmets poking from gun turrets on top. Soldiers in camouflage uniforms carrying rifles and packsacks walked the Juneau streets on Tuesday.

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Bristol Palin's ex-fiance gunning for some Oprah love

04/28/11 WASILLA, Alaska -- Levi Johnston, Bristol Palin's ex-fiance, is trying to finagle an invitation from Oprah Winfrey to appear on her popular talk show, Radar Online reported Thursday. "Oprah's had Bristol Palin and Sarah Palin, Levi wants to be on her show," Johnston's manager, Tank Jones, told...

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Levi Johnston prepping Palin-exposing book

04/27/11 Bristol Palin's babydaddy, Levi Johnston, plans to write a book about his time amongst the Palin family.

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Around the Peninsula

04/27/11 The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Partnership for Citizen Science want your help surveying for wood frogs now through June. For more information or to get involved, visit the website at www.akfrogs.net or contact Marian Snively at 267-2893.

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10 days into the special session, no sign of budget progress

04/26/11 The Legislature is entering the 10th day of its special session with no sign the capital budget deadlock will be broken soon and lawmakers arguing over who is responsible for the impasse.

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Alaskans Rally Statewide

04/05/11 Hundreds of Union members and their supporters turned out today to commemorate the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The "We Are One" rallies took place in Anchorage, Wasilla, Fairbanks, Juneau, Soldotna and Ketchican.

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Queens v. Wasilla: What We Should Have Learned

04/05/11 Last week, I read a number of obituaries for Geraldine Ferraro, who died on March 26 after a 12-year battle with multiple myeloma. When Walter Mondale, the 1984 Democratic presidential nominee, selected her, Ferraro became the first woman, and first Italian American, to run for national office on a major party ticket.

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University of Alaska Regents plan Mat-Su College meeting

04/05/11 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The University of Alaska Board of Regents is planning two days of meetings this week at Mat-Su College. Regents will gather Thursday and Friday at the campus between Palmer a...

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The Signpost - The Signpost Viewpoint

04/03/11 A hot topic these days is the fact that Sarah Palin calls herself a feminist. Many other self-described feminists take issue with this statement.

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Book notes

04/02/11 The author who moved next door to Sarah Palin is releasing his book on the former Alaska governor this summer.

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