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Alaska Sen. Murkowski has faced Trump's wrath. She was willing to defy him after his return to power
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In the early days of President Donald Trump's second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has openly challenged or rebuked him at least three times — stunning for a congressional Republican who has faced his wrath before and yet remains unbowed by pressure to embrace his...
Anchorage Museum among Alaskans combining to win auction for Alaska Railroad's golden spike
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska for the first time after entities combined to win an action for the 14-karat artifact Friday. The Anchorage Museum and the city of...
Northrim: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Northrim BanCorp Inc. (NRIM) on Friday reported net income of $10.9 million in its fourth quarter. The Anchorage, Alaska-based bank said it had earnings of $1.95 per share. The holding company for Northrim Bank...
Movie Review: Whatever you do this January, don't book a seat for 'Flight Risk'
“Flight Risk” sounds like the setup for a joke: What do you get when you put a U.S. Marshal, a fugitive and an unhinged pilot in a small plane? We don't know but get out your barf bag. Mark Wahlberg,Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace star in this truly forgettable thriller-comedy...
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a system to easily bring coal and other natural resources out of the wilderness. Harding...
Everything Trump did in the first executive orders and actions of his presidency
President Donald Trump started his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient the U.S. government. His executive orders cover issues that range from trade, immigration and U.S. foreign aid to demographic diversity, civil rights and the hiring of federal workers....
Alaska Air: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
SEATTLE (AP) — SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $71 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Seattle-based company said it had profit of 55 cents. Earnings, adjusted...
Trump targets Alaska's oil and other resources as environmentalists gear up for a fight
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump's expansive executive order aimed at boosting oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska is being cheered by state political leaders who see new fossil fuel development as critical to Alaska's economic future and criticized by environmental...
Trump order seeks to change the name of North America's tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley, reviving an idea he’d floated years ago and drawing a rebuke from Alaska’s Republican senior senator. ...
Siberian air will spread across US, and Trump inaugural is forced indoors
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The vast majority of Americans are about to get an extended taste of frigid Siberian weather. Another polar vortex disruption will stretch Arctic air across the top of the globe, with expected frigid conditions in the nation's capital severe enough to force Donald Trump's...
