Alaska is facing tough economic times. Budgets are being squeezed, workers are being laid off and families are making due with less. But it’s important

As many Alaskans know, the state still hasn’t fully recovered from the corruption scandal that beginning in 2006 rocked the state and sowed the seeds

World leaders are justifiably on edge about North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-Un. From executing senior members of his government and military to rocket

Recently, while home in Anchorage, in the course of two hours, three people in three different places — a gas station, Carr’s and Lowe’s — talked

News-Miner opinion: A year and a half ago, the national Veterans Affairs health system was in disarray. At clinics across the Lower 48, veterans waited for

As an American, a U.S. senator and an Alaskan, I’m deeply concerned with the security of our nation and the economic wellbeing of my state,

Almost two decades ago, I was a Marine Corps infantry officer aboard an amphibious assault ship with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed in the

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial: Sex trafficking is a difficult issue to confront. It’s hard to think about people being placed in such a position, much less

Last week in an op-ed about the Iranian nuclear deal, Juneau resident Richard Moniak raised questions about an earlier column I wrote in this paper,

Alaskans and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy generally don’t agree on much. But recently, when talking to a reporter about water, she hit on