JUNEAU - A project to archive records related to the Exxon Valdez oil spill is continuing after the state sought to address concerns raised by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge H.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA are poised to move forward with their legal fight over New Jersey's plans to allow sports gambling.

PALMER - The largest dairy in Alaska will close Sunday, laying off 15 to 18 employees, the general manager said Friday. Palmer-based Matanuska Creamery has failed to make payments on about $880,000 in state loans, according to the state.

The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has issued a week-long extension for its decision on Alaska Electric Light & Power's requested 24 percent increase to the energy component section of electrical rates. The decision is now scheduled to be released Sept. 2.RCA reports that AEL&P, Juneau People's Power Project and the state Attorney General's office have all consented to the extension. They are the three parties to the caseThe original decision was due on July 27, at which point the RCA requested a 30-day extension to Aug. 26.

JUNEAU - Tuesday marked the deadline for voting, but it will be nearly two weeks before Alaskans know the outcome of an initiative aimed at stopping the Pebble Mine project.

JUNEAU - The group promoting a massive gold-and-copper prospect near Alaska's Bristol Bay said Tuesday they plan to press on with their work, despite passage of a ballot initiative aimed at stopping the controversial Pebble Mine.

ANCHORAGE - A District Court judge in Bethel is again accused of improper conduct, 2 1/2 years after the Alaska Supreme Court suspended him for inappropriate contact with a witness.

The state Attorney General's office filed a motion with the state Superior Court, First Judicial District in Juneau on Friday on behalf of the Alaska Department of...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California university on Thursday released Sarah Palin's contract for a June speech in order to comply with a court order.

Digest of Alaska staff and wire reports.