Backstage at the Westminster dog show is the fanciest petting zoo imaginable.

Rick’s father, Dick Mackey, won the race in 1978, and his brother Lance won four straight Iditarods from 2007 through 2010.

Once a year, you have a say in the management of CEA and an opportunity to vote at or before the annual meeting.

Here in this temporary respite from the cacophonous grind of partisan sniping, Anchorage can seize a brief moment for reflection.

We want to secure a future of opportunity for our children, one where we have plenty of good jobs and affordable energy.

How can we use language and policy to unite people across different groups and strengthen an effective movement away from the present intolerable situation?

This Long Trail will only place more restrictions on Alaskans for using our lands.

Democracy is far too important to be driven purely by decisions based on the dollar cost of elections, including runoffs.

Former Assembly chair LaFrance received 55% of the vote and had a 10-point lead over Mayor Bronson in early results posted Tuesday.

The regular legislative session must end Wednesday. Lawmakers on Tuesday debated energy, education, elections and crime legislation.

Lawmakers have only two days left to approve proposals aimed at stabilizing the state’s correspondence program after court ruling.

Officials say the training, provided through a $75,000 program approved last week, is intended to make up for limited law enforcement in the region.

Police said the 34-year-old raised a gun at officers Monday morning before they fired.

Spirited debate among lawmakers is healthy, but too often our elected officials have shown a willingness to back into partisan corners.

The check will be part of the operating budget legislators are slated to pass in the final stretch of the legislative session.

She ran to be an independent voice that would put Alaska above the Democratic Party, but now is facing a reality where she can’t risk putting our needs above her own reelection chances.

Sanborn played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie’s “Young Americans” and James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and enjoyed his own highly successful career.

Advice from Amy Dickinson.

I’m thankful each day I get up and there is a paper in the driveway that keeps me informed on what is happening in Anchorage.

We can make a choice to invest and house our citizens, or we can live with people in ugly encampments.

Alaska’s Legislature cut $480,000 for free school lunches for poor children out of the state’s budget, but opted to continue a $100 million tax break for Hilcorp.

While acknowledging that the Catholic Church is not perfect, it is excellent. I am proud to say, “Catholic,” whenever anyone asks what my religion is.

Once again, the Dunleavy administration has knowingly disregarded the Alaska Constitution, created a(nother) crisis, and cost the state much-needed money.

Should we put up a “good behavior chart” in our government buildings? At this point, it doesn’t seem like a bad idea.

I have written several pieces critical of — and lamenting — this state-run travesty. And I’ll continue to do so as long as it continues.