Journalist handcuffed, detained at public event by U.S. Senate candidate's guards Updated: Mon, Oct 18, 2010 The editor of the Alaska Dispatch website was arrested by U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller's private security guards Sunday as the editor attempted to interview Miller at the end of a public event in an Anchorage school. Read More

From the you! Gossip Files Updated: Thu, Feb 25, 2010 Singer Harry Connick JR. performs for students at White House Harry Connick Jr. told students that music can get people through the darkest times — even a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, which devastated his hometown, New Orleans, in 2005. The Grammy-winning composer and singer recently was welcomed to... Read More

Sarah Palin to speak in Tulsa Updated: Tue, Feb 23, 2010 Former governor of Alaska and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be in Tulsa next month as part of a concert featuring conservative talk show host Glenn Beck. It will be Palin's first official trip to Tulsa. Her most recent high-profile speech was earlier this month in Nashville at the national Tea Party... Read More

Alaska inquiry finding: Palin abused power Published: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday. The politically charged inquiry imperiled her reputation as a reformer on John McCain's Republican... Read More

Subpoenaed Palin aides don't appear at abuse probe Updated: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Seven of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's top aides defied subpoenas for their testimony Friday into possible abuse of power by the governor. Palin's chief of staff, Mike Nizich, and six other aides failed to appear at a legislative hearing into whether Palin abused her power when she... Read More

McCain taps Alaska governor for VP Updated: Fri, Aug 29, 2008 DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Republican John McCain introduced first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate Friday, a stunning selection of a little-known conservative newcomer who relishes fighting the establishment. "She's exactly who I need. She's exactly who this country needs to... Read More

Insurance chief departs for meeting Updated: Sat, Sep 11, 2004 State Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher left Friday for Anchorage, Alaska, one day after the state House voted to impeach him. Fisher, D-Tulsa, is attending the fall meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, an agency spokesman said. The meeting ends Tuesday. Also on the trip are Michael... Read More