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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 17 AK-GCI-Network ANCHORAGE, Alaska , /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Engineers skilled in laying undersea telecommunications cable will begin working in Southeast Alaska waters this month, ...

A Sitka blacktail deer and her two fawns pause Sunday along the Mitkof Highway on Mitkof Island near Petersburg.

A Sitka blacktail deer and her two fawns pause along the Mitkof Highway on Mitkof Island near Petersburg, Alaska, on Sunday, July 13, 2008.

Environmental groups are trying to stop the Forest Service from proceeding with four planned timber projects in the Tongass National Forest.

Emo's July challenge is - fruit. Any kind of fruit served - hot, cold, in salads, soups, appetizers, grilled or as a beverage - send it in and we will share your recipe with our readers.

Salmon gillnetter and Dungeness crab fisherman Nels Otness is shown filling his fishing vessel Haili Lynn on June 20 in Petersburg.

Gov. Sarah Palin has backed away from a plan she proposed last month to subsidize Alaska electric rates, but the concept is still alive.

The Inter-Island Ferry Authority Board Tuesday agreed to maintain daily all-year round-trip passenger vehicle ferry service between Prince of Wales Island and Ketchikan, and service every Friday, Saturday and ...

State transportation officials and their private sector allies advocating for a road north from Juneau toward Skagway have been presenting misleading financial arguments to the public and to the Legislature to ...

Tlingit and Haida Head Start is now enrolling preschoolers, age 3-5 or turning 3 years old by September.

Published: June 9th, 2008 10:56 PM Last Modified: June 9th, 2008 11:07 PM Last week the Daily News published an excellent article about the rural fuel crisis and a suggestion from our cooperative for an ...

Published: June 7th, 2008 02:04 PM Last Modified: June 7th, 2008 02:05 PM ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian natural gas monopoly OAO Gazprom is angling for a role in a proposed Alaska gas pipeline, the company's ...

My four children traveled with me to our capital city last week. Our reason for coming was solely for my 2-year-old to have some medical tests, but we were rewarded with so much more! In less than a week's ...

Attendees look at state map and mark potential areas for energy development WRANGELL, ALASKA Around twenty people attended the Alaska Energy Authority town hall meeting held in Wrangell last week.

WRANGELL, ALASKA The city council of Wrangell may be heading in a different direction than the Thomas Bay Power Authority, the entity which operates Tyee Lake for both Wrangell and Petersburg.

Charter boat operator Dan O'Neil pulls aboard a halibut for clients Arlene Haener and her husband, Arley, near Petersburg during the summer of 2006.

A petition is circulating through Alaska's fishing communities in hopes of catching some breaks at the fuel pump.

Gov. Sarah Palin vetoed scores of capital projects around the state, striking more than a quarter billion dollars from the nearly $3 billion dollar public works budget that state lawmakers approved last month.

Published: May 17th, 2008 11:02 PM Last Modified: May 17th, 2008 11:07 PM This just in from Shishmaref science teacher Ken Stenek: On this late April day, two house sparrows are singing their little hearts out ...

“How is the TWIC card so much more security-sensitive than a passport? If they can mail a passport, why don't they feel comfortable mailing a TWIC card?”

Published: May 18th, 2008 12:24 AM Last Modified: May 18th, 2008 12:47 AM Alaska's first enrollment centers for workers accessing secure areas of ports have opened in Juneau, Kodiak and Anchorage, with two more ... via Anchorage Daily News