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Discovering Wild Plants: Alaska, Western Canada and the Northwest Janice Schoefield, illus.

Tourism officials monitoring business in Fairbanks see a bright side to high gasoline and grocery prices.

Bud Fackrell, new president of Alaska Gas Pipeline LLC, cuts the ribbon June 19 at the opening of the company's Tok field office, which will support fieldwork underway this summer for the Denali gas pipeline ...

Blood Bank of Alaska is pleased to announce our first Seward blood drive in our new LIFEmobile July 2 and 3. The new mobile unit, which will assist in collecting blood donations statewide, is customized with ...

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This is the place to talk about Alaska politics -- state, local, national. Public life in the Last Frontier may never have been more interesting than right now -- the broad and still-evolving corruption ...

BP and Conoco Phillips said Thursday they have picked an oil and gas industry veteran to head up their proposed natural gas pipeline project.

The Minnesota bridge collapse last August sent the nation reeling. Some wondered, how could a bridge inspected annually and maintained by the local transportation department collapse, killing 13 and injuring at ...

Q. Dear Twig: What's the difference between a crow and a raven? A. Basically this: Their voice, size and flight.

“I think it's an inappropriate use of state money to spend $400,000 to travel the state as Ted Spraker and his colleagues are doing”

A presentation on predator control programs by Board of Game Vice Chair Ted Spraker will begin at 7 p.m. today at the Aspen Hotel in Soldotna. via Clarion Dispatch

“You might also ask, 'Well, TransCanada, have you ever done a project this large?' And I would tell you, 'Indeed we have,' ”

CONFERENCE: State's intentions don't faze competing ventures. Petroleum News Published: May 12th, 2008 11:07 PM Last Modified: May 12th, 2008 11:20 PM The two North Slope producers looking to build a natural ... via Anchorage Daily News

To obtain burn permits and information, please contact your local Division of Forestry office: Fairbanks Area: 907-451-2626 Delta Area: 907-895-2106 Tok Area: 907-883-5134 Mat-Su District: 907-761-6312 ... via Dnr.state.ak.us

“This music was much more compassionate to the listener, much more focused on connecting with people, sharing common experiences, common feelings”

A night spent in a freezing yurt at Chena Hot Springs helped musician Marian Call stoke her songwriting skills. via Anchorage Daily News

TETLIN POPULATION: 149 LOCATION: Along the Tetlin River, between Tetlin Lake and the Tanana River, 20 miles southeast of Tok within the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge. via Anchorage Daily News

“We've made a big commitment to saving”

State lawmakers with billions of oil dollars to spend are considering a list packed with road projects, hospital improvements, sewer upgrades, artificial turf for football fields and even a little Dolly Parton. via Anchorage Daily News

“A lot of people are scouring this bill”

It could be one for the record books. The latest version of the capital budget has something for everyone, whether a columbarium for a Kasilof cemetery, a wood chipper in Tok, restoration of a totem pole in ... via Juneau Empire

Alaska State Troopers say a 41-year-old Tok man was died Monday night after his snowmachine collided with a pickup at an intersection. via KTVA Anchorage

“We believe alcohol was a factor because troopers on scene could smell it on the snowmachiner”

TOK: Alcohol a factor as machine burst into road, troopers say. Published: March 26th, 2008 12:17 AM Last Modified: March 26th, 2008 12:47 AM A Tok man is dead and another hospitalized after their snowmachine ... via Anchorage Daily News

“Alaska's mean-spirited predator control programs are a blight on the continent. Friends of Animals is commited to holding the Board of Game's feet to the fire; their process is a sham.”

A federal judge on Friday invalidated the aerial gunning of wolves in several areas of Alaska in a case brought by four conservation groups challenging the state's wolf control program. via Friends of Animals

“Just hundreds. They came from everywhere. It was just great. It looked like a cattle drive in here.”

Published: March 4th, 2008 11:28 PM Last Modified: March 4th, 2008 12:03 AM Three Bears Alaska Inc. via Anchorage Daily News