Former oil services company chairman sentenced to 3 years for bribing Alaska politicians

Businessman gets 3 years in Alaska bribery cases

Disclosure report: Gun case, Bible among gifts sent to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A personalized gun case, a Bible bound in goat skin and a hand-painted plate featuring Sarah Palin’s likeness were among gifts the former Alaska governor received this year.

Missing Alaska cruise ship passenger identified; positive ID pending on body found in water

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The woman believed to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship into frigid Alaska waters was 45-year-old Amber Malkuch of Washington state, Alaska State Troopers said late Monday.

Body found during search for missing cruise ship passenger believed to have fallen overboard

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A woman’s body has been found during a search in frigid Alaska waters for a cruise ship passenger who was believed to have fallen overboard.

Palin’s mid-term resignation comes with costs to Alaska residents

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she is quitting Sunday to save the state the cost of investigating what she says are frivolous ethics complaints against her, but even her mid-term resignation comes with a price tag for taxpayers.

Fed plaintiffs say Alaska governor broke state law by ignoring holiday on freeing of slaves

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against Gov. Sarah Palin asked a judge Friday to declare that she broke state law two years ago when she failed to issue a proclamation for a celebration commemorating the freeing of U.S. slaves.

Palin’s early departure creates political opportunity for others who would like to be governor

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s early departure from office is creating political opportunity for others who want to be the state’s next chief executive.

Palin returns to work to sign law enforcement bill after stunning resignation announcement

KOTZEBUE, Alaska — Sarah Palin has returned to work as Alaska governor following the abrupt announcement that she’s resigning.

Palin’s early departure creates political opportunity for others who want to be governor

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s early departure from her office is creating political opportunity for others who would like to be the state’s next chief executive.

Sarah Palin says says she’s a fighter, keeping options open for return to public service

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin says she’s not a quitter, she’s a fighter, and she hasn’t ruled out re-entering public life someday.

Sarah Palin to return to public view for bill signing, but in a very remote Alaska town

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin is returning to the public eye four days after her bombshell resignation announcement, albeit in a place far removed from the glare of the national media: in a remote fishing village 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

Gone fishin’: Alaska observers say Palin’s heart wasn’t in job after presidential campaign

JUNEAU, Alaska — As surprised fans and critics of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin traded guesses behind her decision to resign more than a year before her term ends, the former vice presidential candidate offered few hints at her political future, except to say she’d gone fishing.

Observers: Facing trouble at home as Alaska governor, Palin’s resignation helped cut losses

JUNEAU, Alaska — Ever since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin returned from the presidential campaign trail, many Alaskans felt her heart wasn’t in the job.

Palin hints at political future in Web posts, threatens legal action against bloggers, media

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn’t wait long to give some hint of what her political life might look like after she leaves office at the end of the month.

Palin links resignation to ‘higher calling,’ need to unite nation along conservative lines

JUNEAU, Alaska — Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national role after leaving state government, citing a “higher calling” with the aim of uniting the country along conservative lines.

Sarah Palin keeps low-profile after surprise announcement she is stepping down as Alaskas gov

JUNEAU, Alaska — Where is Sarah Palin? A day after surprising even her closest friends by announcing she would step down as Alaska governor more than a year before her term was up, the controversial hockey mom was keeping a low profile. Her spokesman, David Murrow, said Palin told him she was flying to Juneau, the state capital, for the Fourth of July weekend, but he wasn’t sure what activities she planned to attend.

Palin keeps low-profile after surprise announcement she is stepping down as Alaska’s governor

JUNEAU, Alaska — Where is Sarah Palin?

Newspaper columnists give Sarah Palin dubious ‘Sitting Duck Award’ as most ridiculed newsmaker

JUNEAU, Alaska — The National Society of Newspaper Columnists chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the winner of its annual Sitting Duck Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that pokes fun at the most ridiculed newsmakers in the United States.

Newspaper columnists give Palin dubious ‘Sitting Duck Award’ for most ridiculed newsmaker

JUNEAU, Alaska — The National Society of Newspaper Columnists chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the winner of its annual Sitting Duck Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that pokes fun at the most ridiculed newsmakers in the United States.

Coast Guard helicopter crew rescues 2 men on board disabled skiff off remote Alaska islands

JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard helicopter crew has rescued two men on board a disabled 15-foot skiff adrift in Alaska’s remote western Aleutian Islands.

Flooding forces Alaska gov to nix East Coast trip, including White House Correspondents Dinner

JUNEAU, Alaska — Flooding in her home state has forced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to cancel an appearance at the White House Correspondents Dinner.