Anchorage, Alaska

Filmmakers are holding their last major auditions Friday and Saturday at the Dimond Center mall in Anchorage mall for the movie, "Everybody Loves Whales." Casting directors plan to hire about 1,000 extras.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - About the same time Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan was talking about an $18 million budget gap and considering asking employee unions for cutbacks he authorized a 3 percent pay raise for executive city employees.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska A 10-minute YouTube video from the Alaska State Fair is getting people's attention after an Obama protester was taken down by fair security for what they say was disorderly conduct and criminal mischief.

William James FAIRBANKS - Dr. William "Bill" James' sense of humor never flagged.

Regional AccuVote board members Rica Gaines, left, and Beth Madren process ballots on Tuesday, Aug.

Updated 10:44 a.m. 9/2/10 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A man accused of killing two police officers in Hoonah had a series of run-ins with authorities that included an arrest last year for investigation of assaulting officers who tried to question him in a trespassing case, police said.

Utilities hope a new natural gas storage facility near the mouth of the Kenai River will keep Southcentral Alaska homes warm on the coldest winter days.

Newly elected American Legion National Commander Jimmie Foster of Alaska expressed thanks in Milwaukee after delegates to the 92nd National Convention made him the leader of the nation's largest veterans organization.

When asked what type of music the T. Harvey Combo plays, band front man, lead singer and guitarist Tom Sigler says it's just "good." "I'm always joking with people telling them it's good so they don't worry too much about it," Sigler said.

Scott McAdams, the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate race, had 400 e-mails Tuesday morning.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska Facing a looming budget gap of as much as $18.5 million dollars that threatens the city's services and employees, Mayor Sullivan says part of the solution to fix it, means the city's unions have to step up to help.

Anchorage police found remains Tuesday night believed to be those of a man reported missing last week, and have charged three people with his murder.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska Wednesday marked the beginning for what some are calling a step in the right direction for ending racism in Alaska.

Exciting Sarah Palin news: She is going to celebrate 9/11 at Anchorage, Alaska's Dena'ina Center, with famous television clown Glenn Beck! This was the only actual "news" in the lengthy Vanity Fair story about how Sarah Palin is a narcissist whose speaking fees are paid by mysterious fly-by-night PACs.

The event features the original art of a dozen artists, groovy music, light show, lava lamp, love beads, live hippies and brownies 5-7 p.m. Friday at Ptarmigan.

The body of a 41-year-old Sitka man missing on a hunting trip has been found. The Sitka Sentinel reports the body of Bruce Robertson was found Monday in a steep ravine on the east side of Harbor Mountain.

This is the place to talk about Alaska politics, state, local, national. Public life in the Last Frontier has never been more interesting -- Sarah Palin, a new governor, a new Anchorage mayor, the political corruption investigation, the usual hardball Alaska politics.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska Backed by the Tea Party Express and Sarah Palin, a little-known conservative lawyer from Alaska became the latest newcomer to the national political stage to take down an incumbent in 2010.

For the first time, the U.S. Honor Flag will be sent to Alaska to honor the deaths of two police officers, a former U.S. senator and a federal agent.