Federal scientists say that a volleyball and soccer ball that washed ashore on an island may be the first pieces of debris to arrive in Alaska from last year's tsunami in Japan. The Anchorage Daily News reports that the sports balls were spotted by (...)
Levi Johnston, the father of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's grandson, has filed papers to run for office in his hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, next year.
Johnston filed his letter of intent Friday with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, a first (...)
The on-again, off-again engagement between Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston is off - again.
The 19-year-old daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called off her wedding plans after Johnston told her he may have fathered a baby with another (...)
A longtime Alaska comic book buff is selling one of the gems in his vast collection, a rare copy of Batman No. 1 published 70 years ago.
Mike Wheat of Fairbanks has put the 1940 comic book on the auction block through Dallas-based Heritage Auction (...)
A biography of the former Alaska governor is set for release in September by Christian book publisher Zondervan.
“Speaking Up: The Sarah Palin Story,” is one in a series of biographies aimed at 9- to 12-year-old readers. Others feature 2007 Heisman (...)
A production company is looking for Alaskans to play dozens of roles for an upcoming Drew Barrymore movie being filmed in the state.
Shooting on “Everybody Loves Whales” is expected to begin in September. The movie is based on an attempt to rescue (...)
With wobbly legs but no red nose, the first of 19 expected reindeer calves has been born at an Alaska farm that's the only reindeer research facility in North America.
Workers discovered the 17-pound (7.7-kilogram) newborn calf Thursday at the (...)
Bristol Palin's lawyer is seeking permission to subpoena media outlets such as Playgirl magazine and CNN to determine how much money Levi Johnston, the father of her child, has made to calculate an appropriate level of child support.
Attorney (...)
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is lashing out at the portrayal of a character with Down syndrome on the Fox animated comedy “Family Guy.” In a Facebook posting headlined “Fox Hollywood - What a Disappointment,” the 2008 (...)
Phil Harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the Alaska coast were captured on the cable television show “Deadliest Catch”, has died, the Discovery Channel said Tuesday night. He was 53.
Harris suffered what his family described as a (...)
Sarah Palin says she's not a quitter, she's a fighter, but adds that, politically speaking, “if I die, I die. So be it.” The Alaska governor spoke in taped interviews on ABC, NBC and CNN broadcast Tuesday morning.
She told CNN that “all options are (...)
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin's oldest daughter is now a high school graduate.
Palin family spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton says 18-year-old Bristol Palin received her Wasilla High School diploma Thursday night at a (...)
Former vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is defending Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, who created a stir at last month's Miss USA pageant when she said marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
The former vice (...)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, amid speculation she will run for president in four years, blamed Bush administration policies for the defeat last week of the Republican ticket and prayed she wouldn't miss “an open door” for her next political (...)