Galena News

Energy: What is small enough to be hauled on a truck, has the power to provide electricity to 45,000 homes, can help the U.S. cut its dependence on foreign oil and has no emissions? Hint: The Sierra Club won't ...

NuScale's reactor and module containment unit is nearly 10 times smaller than the Westinghouse AP1000 standard design and sits below ground, while standard steam turbines, generators and condensers make for ...

As state labor and workforce development officials see it, Alaska is at a crossroads of vital need and compelling opportunity for people skilled in the construction trades, to fill existing vacant jobs, and ...

On the south bank of the Yukon River, in the Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mountains, about 50 air miles east of Galena and 230 air miles west of Fairbanks.

A black bear that charged a man and a girl in the Yukon River village of Galena has been shot and killed.

Police in Galena, Alaska, say a man shot and killed black bear after the bruin aggressively lunged at a girl and man, and scuffled with a dog.

A black bear wandering through a Galena yard Friday afternoon decided to square off with a pet dog.

“Birds are like a natural resource we have an abundance of. People have always said (bringing bird watchers) would be a good idea, even 20 years ago”

SMART AND TOUGH: Toxic dump, no jobs, but villagers saw opportunities to thrive. 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

“It does happen every once in a while, but it's very infrequent”

A man who eluded authorities for more than a month was accidentally released from the Fairbanks Correctional Center Wednesday. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Published: March 8th, 2008 01:11 AM Last Modified: March 8th, 2008 01:40 AM POPULATION: 183 LOCATION: On the south bank of the Yukon River, in the Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mountains, about 50 air miles east of Galena ... via Anchorage Daily News

Defending champion Lance Mackey beat the field to the Yukon River village of Nulato, arriving at 9:40 this morning. via Clarion Dispatch

Published: February 17th, 2008 12:14 AM Last Modified: February 17th, 2008 12:44 AM KOYUKUK POPULATION: 88 LOCATION: On the Yukon River near the mouth of the Koyukuk River, 30 miles west of Galena and 290 air ... via Anchorage Daily News

Alaska's First Dude is one tough dude. The husband of Gov. Palin broke his arm in a high-speed crash during the Iron Dog snowmachine race on Friday. via Alaska Journal of Commerce

Published: February 15th, 2008 04:14 AM Last Modified: February 15th, 2008 04:14 AM Three new faces are filling city leadership positions in Wasilla this month. via Anchorage Daily News

“Apparently his wife was out of town and he just went nuts”

A registered sex offender in Galena was arrested last week after police say he made several harassing phone calls to children. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

“There's an excitement in the nuclear community I haven't seen in a long time”

Sony invented the personal stereo, but Toshiba appears to have gone one better - the personal nuclear reactor. via Solar panels, wind turbines, renewabl...

The new Toshiba Micro Nuclear reactor will produce 200 kW of energy for forty years; it requires no maintenance and is totally automatic. via Science Fiction in the News

If this is for real Anyone have more info on this? Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors that is designed to power individual apartment buildings or city blocks. via John Dvorak

Nuclear power is a bit of a land mine in the field of clean technology. Mention it in any given room of environmentalists, and opinions will explode. via VentureBeat