Iowa's Republican nominee for U.S. Senate is navigating a tricky political landscape. Ashley Hinson promises to support President Donald Trump when it benefits Iowa but also vows to push back when …
INLE LAKE, Myanmar (AP) — A few days after the monsoon rains subside, Inle Lake, nestled among picturesque mountains, becomes the setting for one of Myanmar’s most important Buddhist festivals as …
An Associated Press analysis of early voting shows that turnout is soaring in many of the states that are expected to decide control of the U.S. Senate. Two weeks before Election Day, states like …
President Donald Trump is urging Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, to keep running a controversial ad. The ad features the estranged mother of Democratic opponent Amy Acton. …
The Alaska Division of Elections and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom acted incorrectly when they put disqualified Republican candidate Jose Tagle on the ballot for state House District 22, an Anchorage Superior Court judge said Thursday. Judge Josie Garton’s decision, published in the late afternoon, means “Tagle’s election may not be certified if he does win […]
Two officials have told The Associated Press that El Salvador has deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti to help recover four missing soldiers from the Central American country who recently …
Tourists and locals gathered at a temple in southern Egypt on Thursday to witness a rare solar phenomenon. Twice a year, the sun illuminates the statues of Ramesses II and two gods inside the Great …
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the first Ebola patients confirmed in Kenya and Nigeria might have crossed paths at an airport in Uganda. Health authorities are …
The younger sister of Stephen Hubbard, the U.S. citizen freed after spending more than four years in a Russian prison, said her brother didn’t realize he was being released until he was taken onto …
Brazilian prosecutors and Indigenous organizations are pushing for transportation guarantees for Indigenous voters in Sunday's election. Leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and far-right …
West Virginia's Republican attorney general has launched an investigation into many of the state's leading environmental groups. The groups called the inquiry a sham and at least two filed lawsuits …
A possible tornado has caused significant damage in a central Arizona community, with trees falling onto homes and utility poles knocked down. Violent storms moved through the state overnight into …
A court document says Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike’s arms before her attempted execution. The document says team members …
WORD BY WORD - Debbie Miller, right, and other members of the Sitka Rotary Club help third-graders at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School look up answers to questions posed on index cards Monday. The Rotary Club for several years has been providing...
As data center developers show interest in Alaska, city leaders are taking steps to keep data centers out of Sitka until proper local protections are in place. At their regular meeting Wednesday night Planning Commission members recommended in a...
A town hall discussion on the proposed ordinance to regulate the taxicab and commercial passenger business in Sitka drew a good turnout at Centennial Hall Tuesday night, and produced a number of suggestions for changes in proposed and current...
Starting next week "cut-through" traffic will be closed off on Monastery Street between DeGroff and Arrowhead streets, the city Public Works Department has announced. The traffic pattern change is timed with the Oct. 31 reopening of Lake Street,...
Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association had the float that was most representative of the parade's theme, "Our City, Our Story." U.S. Army members comprised the "Best Marching Group." Seattle Firefighters Pipes and Drums won "Best...
Sitka Tourism Manager Judson Rusk's "Sitka Talks Tourism" event 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow at Centennial Hall is the first in what Rusk says will be series of a biannual community conversations about the large tourism industry and its role in...
Candidates for Sitka Tribe of Alaska Tribal Council will answer tribal citizens' questions during a forum event set for 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. tonight in the executive board room at STA Tribal Headquarters, 204 Siginaka Way. Early voting in the STA...