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Palin asks for road upgrade funding with eye toward gas line
Gov. Sarah Palin has asked state legislators to approve the first $129 million in what will eventually be a $1.2 billion expenditure to upgrade roads and bridges in preparation for natural gas pipeline ...
I want to know who is the moronic manager at Alaska Department of Transportation that approved shutting down the Steese and Johansen expressways intersection! How could anyone conceivably close a major ...
Looking Back in Fairbanks - July 5
July 5, 1998 - A man described by authorities as mentally unstable fired on Alaska State Troopers on Saturday evening, pinning at least two officers behind their vehicles on the Elliott Highway and keeping ...
About 250 borough tax bills mailed with wayward Kodiak return envelopes
The Kodiak borough is not going to collect your taxes. A mistake by an Anchorage printer resulted in about 250 Fairbanks taxpayers getting the wrong return envelopes this week with their tax bills.
Harrington leds field of 13 in ascent of Donnelly Dome
A lucky 13 runners and hikers participated in the inaugural Donnelly Dome Ascent on Sunday south of Delta Junction.
Shell executive to talk about plans in Alaska
Published: May 17th, 2008 01:23 AM Last Modified: May 17th, 2008 02:42 AM Rick Fox, Alaska asset manager for Shell Exploration and Production, will speak at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce luncheon about the ... via Anchorage Daily News
Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others. via USGS Earthquakes
Alaska's Chukchi Sea, the remote region separating North America's north-western tip from north-eastern Siberia, is one of the ''potentially most prolific oil fields'' left in the world and could ultimately ... via The Age
Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others. via USGS Earthquakes
Pioneers of Alaska crown 2008 king and queen
“We will do our best for the Pioneers”
With plucky pioneer grit and the mercury hovering around zero degrees, the Pioneers of Alaska held an outdoor coronation at the Ice Park. via Clarion Dispatch
Robert J. Elisberg: WGA Strike Primer: Settling a Final Debt
In the aftermath of 3-1/2 months of striking, people slowly begin to get their lives back in order. via The Huffington Post
State schedules 16 town hall meetings on AGIA
Only one of five applications, that of TransCanada, has been forwarded to the next round of consideration. via KTVA Anchorage
Fish and Game AC asks for time
“One of the things that's a thorn in my craw is having the staff comments and books in an orderly time”
Earlier comment deadline would help group form recommendations JESSICA CEJNAR The Kenai-Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee received its last book of game proposals only 11 days before written comments ... via Clarion Dispatch
“We're going in with baby steps and be like PRIDE fighting in that right”
Mixing it up: Chaun Donnell, bottom, wrestles with Creighton Boyd, top during their Mixed Martial Arts bout in November at the Ted Ferry Civic Center. via Juneau Empire
Fires outside service areas leave homeowners in the cold
“It would be unethical to take the apparatus and readiness from people who pay for it.”
Ace Callaway said he was shocked when the firefighters who arrived at his home to combat a mid-day blaze on Jan. via Fairbanks Daily Newsminer
The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with ... via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
“I [drawing of a red heart] Christmas”
All of us who celebrate Christmas are thankful there's no War on Christmas, no enemy trying to keep us from saying "Merry Christmas" or putting trees in our living rooms or exchanging gifts or singing carols or ... via Arkansas Times
Here comes Christmas-holiday debate again
After Thanksgiving, many organizations have to confront the issue of how to approach the Christmas holidays. via Pharos-Tribune
Bazaars offer holiday buys with local flavor
“A lot of people coming in do a taste test and end up getting one as a present and one for themselves”
Hundreds of people took advantage of two holiday bazaars Saturday to round up a few gifts as Christmas gets closer on the calendar. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner