WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin rose from relative political obscurity to superstar when Republican presidential nominee John McCain made her his running mate.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin billed the state for per-diem allowances for 312 nights spent in her home, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 11 (UPI) -- Two former Alaska governors are cautioning state lawmakers on giving TransCanada Corp. a license for a gas pipeline.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Voters elected fresh-faced Republican Sarah Palin Alaska's first female governor in a six-candidate race in Tuesday's midterm election.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The future of an Alaskan natural gas pipeline is in limbo with the current project's biggest proponent, Gov. Frank Murkowski, a lame duck.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski lost the Republican primary to a former town mayor, who will face former two-term Democratic Gov. Tony Knowles in November.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Alaska Republicans are backing incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski, reducing the chances internal divisions could propel Democrat Tony Knowles to Washington.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Incumbent Lisa Murkowski easily defeated an intraparty rival in Tuesday's Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Alaska.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 7 (UPI) -- Support for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and her Democrat opponent, former Gov. Tony Knowles, splits almost evenly in the latest KTUU-TV poll.