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Book Review - Discovering Wild Plants
Discovering Wild Plants: Alaska, Western Canada and the Northwest Janice Schoefield, illus.
Weakened dollar draws foreign tourists
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 Drive Brings New Lifemobile to Seward
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 ...
Denali pipeline crews start field work out of Tok
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'Survival guide' helps interns in Young's office
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, Conoco pick Fackrell to lead gas pipeline effort
BP and Conoco Phillips said Thursday they have picked an oil and gas industry veteran to head up their proposed natural gas pipeline project.
Alaska has two programs to maintain bridge safety
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 ...
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Raven 'bout crows
Q. Dear Twig: What's the difference between a crow and a raven? A. Basically this: Their voice, size and flight.
Predator control to be discussed: Board of Game vice chair to present information on state program
“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
It's open season on natural gas line
“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
Budget balloons with pet projects
“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
Capital budget continues to grow
“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
Tok snowmachiner killed in accident with pickup
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
Snowmachiner dies after collision with pickup
“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 Judge Upholds Aerial Wolf Killing But Limits Extent
“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
Three Bears opens Meadow Lakes store
“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