A towing plan for a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge crossing the Gulf of Alaska in December called for moving the vessel to a protected bay or heading for deep water if an extreme storm hit, the official who approved the plan said Tuesday.

Gov. Sean Parnell on Tuesday signed into law an overhaul of Alaska's oil tax structure, hailing it as part of an historic legislative package aimed at moving the state forward.

Authorities in the Florida Keys are searching for a man who went missing during a boating trip.

A Bethel judge has ruled against some of nearly two dozen Yup'ik Eskimo fishermen cited for illegally fishing king salmon in the Kuskokwim River during a poor run last year.

A private liberal arts college in Anchorage is lowering its tuition by more than 30 percent, with a goal of making a college education more affordable for Alaskans and boosting enrollment, the president of Alaska Pacific University said.

The Shell Alaska official who approved a plan for a winter crossing of the Gulf of Alaska by a drilling barge says the document called for moving to shelter in protected bays if extreme weather hit.

Gov. Sean Parnell has signed state budgets totaling $13.2 billion.

A former Anchorage police officer is accused of misusing his authority when he was on the force and improperly accessed records.

Gov. Sean Parnell on Tuesday signed into law an overhaul of Alaska's oil tax structure, hailing it as part of an historic legislative package aimed at moving the state forward.

A federal judge has denied bail for a 61-year-old man accused of killing two men at the Coast Guard station on Kodiak Island.

A Coast Guard panel investigating the December grounding of a Shell drill barge off the Alaska coast focused questions Tuesday on the vessel's previous trip across the Gulf of Alaska.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert told a congressional subcommittee on Tuesday his state does a better job than U.S. land managers and has a bigger stake than the bureaucrats in protecting the natural resources and rugged beauty that drives Utah's outdoor recreation and tourism industry.

A former Alaska state employee and his supposed masseuse are accused of worker's compensation fraud.

Gov. Sean Parnell has signed into law several bills, including an overhaul of Alaska's oil tax structure.

Officials say a 59-year-old German mountaineer has died of cardiac arrest while climbing Alaska's Mount McKinley.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has a new legislative aide.

A Bethel judge has ruled against some of nearly two dozen Yup'ik Eskimo fishermen cited for illegally fishing king salmon in the Kuskokwim River during a poor run last year.

Gov. Sean Parnell was expected Tuesday to sign into law an overhaul of Alaska's oil tax structure and several other bills.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says his state does a better job than federal managers and has a bigger stake than the bureaucrats in protecting the natural resources and rugged beauty that drives Utah's outdoor recreation and tourism industry.

A private liberal arts college in Anchorage is lowering its tuition by more than 30 percent, with a goal of making a college education more affordable for Alaskans and boosting enrollment, the president of Alaska Pacific University said.