Alaska News

When 17-year-old Cesar moves with his mom from Los Angeles to Unalakleet, a rural Alaska village, he does not want to stay.

The Alaska Army National Guard transported a medical team by helicopter to the remote, western Alaska village of Diomede on Thursday to administer doses of swine flu vaccine and deliver enough medicine to treat every resident if necessary.

Alaska will probably see most of its surface permafrost vanish by the end of this century, but researchers believe vast areas of frozen soil will remain deeper underground even as air temperatures increase.

Date: Nov. 4, 2009 Contact: 209-5901 Lt. Brian Tesson JUNEAU, Alaska The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty is scheduled to begin its Annual Southeast Alaska Blanket, Coat and New Toy Drive Friday running through Dec.

Shell spent $2 billion two years ago for leases. Environmentalists and North Slope governments successfully sued the past two summers to block drilling plans, and more litigation is likely on the revised plans.

Parnell Happy with Gasline Progress Dave Donaldson, APRN - " Juneau The Parnell administration says the state's gasline project is working as well as - " or better than - " intended.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that more than $38 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being awarded to 4 states to support energy efficiency and conservation activities.

For the first time, Holland America Line's flagship ms Rotterdam will sail from Seattle to Alaska in 2010, featuring convenient, seven-day, roundtrip cruises.

A Shell gas-to-liquids plant in Malaysia makes petrochemical feedstock and ultra-clean diesel.

The Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance is hosting its 3rd Annual: "Locally Grown, Close to Home, Beer, Wine and Food Tasting" membership drive and fundraiser on Friday, November 20, 2009 7pm at the Alaska Sea Life Center.

SBA: Tribal corporations could still obtain no-bid contracts without set limits.

The Coast Guard's plan to move away from oil-fired burners and toward heating with biomass could provide a lift to the timber industry in Southeast Alaska.

Alaska-born Dana Stabenow, best-selling author of the Kate Shugak Alaska P.I., series, is seen in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, Oct.

The oil services executive at the center of a federal investigation of corruption in Alaska politics was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison and fined $750,000. Bill Allen, 72, testified on behalf of the government in three cases, including the trial of former U.S. Sen.

Dozens of U.S. representatives sent a letter Monday to the head of the President's Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force with concerns that the policy will block offshore energy development and cost jobs to Americans.

RACHEL D'ORO POSTED: 2:22 pm EDT October 27, 2009 UPDATED: 4:31 pm EDT October 27, 2009 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming memoir "Going Rogue." A disclosure statement released Tuesday discusses Palin's finances from Jan.

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The Alaska Federation of Natives convention launches this morning in Anchorage, promising a complex look at the law and politics surrounding those basic village needs.

Sarah Palin hit the vice presidential campaign trail last year and touted what Alaska could provide for the rest of America - a natural gas pipeline to help lead the country to energy independence.

Villagers on Alaska's North Slope, above, fear offshore oil drilling will disrupt whale migration - and the villagers' way of life.