Alaska

Sarah Palin is pitching her husband’s reality show, but no one is buying.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Palin is having trouble finding a network to pick up a reality show starring her husband, Todd, and his adventures as a professional snowmobile racer.

Just last year, networks including A&E and TLC entered a bidding war to buy the reality show “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” starring the former Alaska governor and former Republican vice presidential candidate herself. more >>

A violent explosion destroyed an Alaska gas station, and the resulting blaze injured five people on Sunday night.

According to Alaska State Trooper Sgt. Mike Roberts, two of the victims suffered “significant burns” from the heat, while another unlucky bystander “suffered trauma after being hit from objects inside the convenience store,” reported KTUU. Three of the five victims had to be hospitalized for their condition.

The gas station’s convenience store near the Denali National Park is believed to be the source of the dangerous flames. Firefighter crews think the blast originated near the checkout counter at the Cantwell station. more >>

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Alaska on Monday after the state denied a transgender woman a license listing her as female.

The ACLU contends the state denied their client, identified only as K.L. in court documents, a license that accurately expressed K.L.'s gender identity when it canceled a license listing her as female.

The state Division of Motor Vehicles reportedly allows transgendered individuals to change their reported sex if they can show evidence of a sex change. However, K. L. had not undergone any such surgery and could not produce any documentation. more >>

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook the Fox and Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska Thursday evening, prompting residents in the coastal areas to flee to higher grounds after officials issued a tsunami warning.

The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3, struck at 6:09 p.m. local time (3:09 GMT), 20 miles southeast of Amukta Pass, Ala., and 1,042 miles southwest of Anchorage. The depth of the quake was 38.9 miles.

Thursday's quake was felt through the central Aleutians and as far east as Dutch Harbor and Unalaska, reported The Alaska Earthquake Information Center. more >>

A former aide to Sarah Palin says his tell-all book is the story of his spiritual journey as a backslidden Christian and family man. But the book seems to carry a judgmental tone towards the former Alaskan governor whom he says needs to "own" her indiscretions.

Frank Bailey, once a part of Palin's staff, said releasing his tell-all book, Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin, Tuesday is a healing experience.

Once publicly embroiled in a scandal over the firing of Palin's ex-brother-in-law, Bailey said he made a lot of mistakes as an aide and did things he is not proud of. He details those misdeeds in the book as a precautionary tale of sorts. more >>

Alaska Superior Court Judge John Suddock rejected efforts by Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest to block a state law requiring abortion clinics to notify parents two days before performing an abortion on a minor from going into effect Tuesday.

Alaska Family Council President Jim Minnery is happy that the core part of the legislation was preserved but expressed disappointment with cuts he believes will weaken the bill. The pro-life activist said the state judge took the “teeth out” of the newly enacted parental notification laws.

According to court reports, Suddock dropped provisions in the law calling for a fine of up to $1,000 and imprisonment of up to five years for abortion doctors who neglected to contact a minor’s parents or guardians. more >>