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“I've put my heart and soul into the community. I'm thinking of ways to survive in these times of hardship, nationwide”

The hurdles to a successful business in Bush Alaska are numerous: tiny markets, remote geography, harsh weather, massive fuel and transportation costs. via Anchorage Daily News

“We're so far away from home. Ten weeks is a long time”

J ohn Tobeluk Sr. and Jim Shavings are two of just five who graduated on Friday from the Village Public Safety Officers Academy in Sitka. via Anchorage Daily News

The Village Public Safety Officer program has five new graduates. A ceremony marking the graduation was held Friday in Sitka. via KTVA Anchorage

“The Y-K Delta's like going to Mars for most people. People don't see places like that”

You can say it in six words. Spectacled eider. Emperor goose. Sabine's gull. This list of birds explains why it's not unrealistic to think that people from far away places will visit the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta ... via Juneau Empire

Published: February 3rd, 2008 03:45 AM Last Modified: February 3rd, 2008 03:51 AM * MWH selected Chris C. Brown as a vice president and the Alaska regional manager. via Anchorage Daily News

“Our plan this (coming) summer is another three-day volunteer cleanup in the Green Island area in the south central sound”

An environmental group has completed beach cleanup and marine debris removal from 70 miles of shoreline on central Prince William Sound islands and Gore Point on the Alaska Peninsula. via Alaska Journal of Commerce

“That installation alone displaced approximately $85,000 in diesel fuel costs in 2007.”

Four of the advanced 100 kilowatt wind systems were sold to the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative , a utility responsible for providing power to 53 villages in Alaska. via Earth Times