http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/anchorage/ Anchorage, AK News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/anchorage/content/53735c7f14b5d3be624ceedc23e7fadc.html Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich joined about 200 supporters Thursday to watch Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's speech on television at Centennial Hall http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/anchorage/content/8b623314470c5bc032d31ffca1bdddab.html If not for flooding at a remote creek Chuck and Sally Heath might have found out by radio that their daughter Alaska Gov Sarah Palin had been picked by John McCain to be his GOP running mate http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/anchorage/content/bd270b31cba1bf61e5cb87c5080d6622.html Drilling for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge is taking a surprising turn becoming less political in the midst of an election season http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/anchorage/content/34444140106f857d2bf94fb00eb1e8f3.html ANCHORAGE If Ted Stevens is convicted in his federal trial next month his name will still appear as the Republican candidate for Senate on Alaska's November election ballot http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/anchorage/content/524f9508034abc7d57bb29fd611eed88.html Taking the opportunity to make a little history himself Friday Sen John McCain chose a woman Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his presidential running mate http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/anchorage/content/f154ca90029baf21ae573731448f82db.html Senator John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate for the November election McCain introduced the Governor this morning in Dayton Ohio as the running mate who can best help me shake up Washington and make it start working again for the people who are counting on usPalin addressed the GOP crowd along with a national audience with her husband Todd and four of their children looking on There is only one candidate who has truly fought for America and that man is John McCain she said as the Arizona senator beamed McCain was a prisoner of war for more than five years in Vietnam http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/anchorage/content/dad516030313628023e1d2d4798fe59e.html Associated Press August 29 2008 1:14 PM ET ANCHORAGE Alaska AP If not for flooding at a remote creek Chuck and Sally Heath might have found out by radio that their daughter Alaska http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/anchorage/content/e7508e041fb67aa349c2aceec1b5caaa.html John McCain picked Gov Sarah Palin a conservative who shares his maverick streak as his vice presidential running mate today in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention