Clarksburg Caller

Homeowners around Southcentral Alaska are wondering about earthquake insurance after Friday’s magnitude . But earthquake coverage is expensive, it’s usually not included in homeowners insurance and can cost as much as the insurance itself. Not many people have it. An estimated 15 percent of homeowners statewide buy earthquake insurance, said […]

Beleave Kannabis Corp. wants to grow more than just weed. The Ontario marijuana company aims to build an empire of plant scientists, regulatory experts and security personnel in a nascent industry with exploding demand. But there‘s a shortage of experienced staffers in Canada, which became the first industrialized country to […]

JUNEAU — The Democrat who lost a recount by one vote in a contested Alaska House race said Wednesday she will challenge the results. Kathryn Dodge said she disagreed with decisions the Division of Elections made on some ballots and will file required paperwork with the Alaska Supreme Court. A […]

Lobbyists representing the Saudi government reserved blocks of rooms at President Donald Trump’s D.C. hotel within a month of Trump’s election in 2016 – paying for an estimated 500 nights at the luxury hotel in just three months, according to organizers of the trips and documents obtained by The Washington […]

WASHINGTON – Angry senators sought to convince General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra on Wednesday to save a car plant in Ohio, but failed to secure any commitment from her on the heels of GM’s announcement it is slashing 14,000 jobs nationwide. Barra told Ohio Sens. Rob Portman, R, and […]

Many political leaders in Alaska falsely believe that state income taxes and cutting the Permanent Fund dividend are solutions to our fiscal policy problem. Understanding some of the basic principles and current problems in monetary policy identifies a state bank solution not being considered by the advocates of taking money […]

U.S. Marines and Japanese authorities were searching early Thursday off the coast of Japan for missing Marines after a mishap between a fighter jet and plane used both for transporting troops and refueling, Marine officials said. The incident occurred after the planes took off from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni […]

MAGALIA, Calif. – What mattered most to Iva Shettlesworth, as she drove up the burned hill to the house where she had lived for the past decade, was her mother’s wedding ring. At the end of Chatham Court, she and her fiance picked through the ash on a chilly morning. […]

The elder son of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin turned himself in to an Anchorage halfway house Wednesday to begin a year in custody, following his conviction for assaulting his father. Track Palin talks with his lawyer, Patrick Bergt, before his change of plea hearing in Veterans Court at the […]

A friend once gave me a ceramic frog as a thoughtful gift. I made the mistake of telling a family member how cute I thought it was. Word spread throughout the family. The message was clear, if not wrong: “If you don’t know what to get her for her birthday, […]