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Legislators hear energy alternative possibilities

Mar 15, 2010 2:15 am

With some legislators fuming over the pace of in-state gas development and broadly supporting energy diversification, a special House committee summoned the promoters of six large Railbelt projects ...

Mackey leads Iditarod onto Norton Bay ice

Mar 15, 2010 1:47 am

Three-time defending Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Lance Mackey and his chief rival, Jeff King, played a mushing version of catch-me-if-you-can up the Norton Sound coastline Sunday with a hu...

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King chases Mackey out of Unalakleet

Mar 14, 2010 7:30 pm

Updated 11:01 a.m. 3/14/10 a Click here for current Iditarod standings a Live tracking of Iditarod mushers ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Defending champion Lance Mackey is on the move out of Unalakleet, and Jef...

Anchorage Assembly member questions insurance payment to former mayor's family

Mar 14, 2010 9:45 am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A member of the Anchorage Assembly wants to know if the city insurance payment to the family of late Mayor George Sullivan is legal.

Alaska lawmakers meet with NOAA chief to discuss endangered status for whales

Mar 14, 2010 5:36 am

If there's one thing Alaska's congressional delegation can agree on, it's a distrust of the Endangered Species Act and a belief it could ruin the state's economy.

Climbers descend after 12 days in cave

Mar 14, 2010 1:28 am

MCKINLEY: Weather, low fuel aborts attempt at first winter summit by woman. Published: March 13th, 2010 01:24 AM Last Modified: March 13th, 2010 01:24 AM After living for 12 days in a snow cave not mu...

Big question remains: Who's going to buy Alaska's gas?

Mar 13, 2010 4:37 am

We'll know by mid-summer how much money it would take to build a natural gas pipeline to Fairbanks and Anchorage.

Retirement leaves senate district for the Anchorage Hillside & Turnagain Arm without an incumbent.

Mar 12, 2010 2:19 am

Bunde, a retired commercial pilot, has served in the Alaska Legislature since 1993, according to legislative Web page.

Baker leads Iditarod at halfway point

Mar 11, 2010 6:18 pm

Linwood Fiedler visits with his sled dogs Jeff, front, and Rigger at the McGrath, Alaska, checkpoint on the Kuskokwim River on Wednesday morning, March 10, 2010, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Rac...

HEA proposes rate hike

Mar 11, 2010 2:07 pm

The Homer Electric Association is proposing to bump up rates at the beginning of next month.

United Way releases report on Anchorage trends

Mar 11, 2010 5:48 am

Press Release from United Way: Anchorage, AK In Anchorage, graduation rates are on the rise, but so is concern about crime.

Gebhardt jumps out into early lead in Iditarod

Mar 10, 2010 9:09 pm

ALASKAN Paul Gebhardt moved into the Iditarod lead on Monday night, becoming the first musher to leave the Rohn checkpoint, about 438 kilometers beyond Anchorage, Alaska.

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Legislators hear energy alternative possibilities

Mar 15, 2010 6:44 am

With some legislators fuming over the pace of in-state gas development and broadly supporting energy diversification, a special House committee summoned the promoters of six large Railbelt projects la...

Before rural teacher's death, a wild, vivid blog

Mar 14, 2010 7:51 am

For five months, Candice Berner, who was killed Monday in what Alaska State Troopers say was a rare wolf attack, kept a detailed travelogue of her time as a traveling teacher based out of the coastal ...

Addiction, poor diet bedevil Alaskans

Mar 14, 2010 7:46 am

We know what Alaskans are dying from -- mostly diseases such as cancer, heart disease, strokes and respiratory disease, plus injuries and suicide. But why are we dying in those ways?

Alaska Ear

Mar 14, 2010 6:31 am

Alaska politics and political hijinks

Beluga listings create unity among Alaska's D.C. lawmakers

Mar 13, 2010 9:22 am

If there's one thing Alaska's congressional delegation can agree on, it's a distrust of the Endangered Species Act and a belief it could ruin the state's economy.

Houston cop fired after clashes with mayor

Mar 13, 2010 9:18 am

The City Council here voted 4-2 to fire city police Sgt. Charlie Seidl after his second performance evaluation in as many months before the group.

Winter storm keeps legislators in Juneau, cancels local caucus

Mar 13, 2010 8:58 am

The Anchorage Legislative Caucus, set for today at the Z.J. Loussac Public Library, has been canceled.

Man convicted of 9 burglaries ordered to serve 35-year term

Mar 13, 2010 8:57 am

A longtime burglar received a 35-year prison sentence Friday.

Search halted for 2 crewmen swept off container ship Thursday

Mar 13, 2010 8:53 am

The Coast Guard on Friday afternoon suspended the search for two men swept overboard from a Liberian-flagged container ship 850 miles south of Kodiak, said Ray Dwyer, Coast Guard Command Center contro...

Trucking a bitter road and looking good on TV

Mar 13, 2010 8:35 am

Earlier this week, I met Lisa Kelly, one of the stars of The History Channel's reality show "Ice Road Truckers." She came through town on a short break from filming the show's fourth season ...

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Ketchikan teen making his mark in world of watercraft

Mar 11, 2010 7:02 pm

KETCHIKAN Heavy surf pounded an Oregon beach in September as Ketchikan's Tanner Thomas revved his 1990 Yamaha SuperJet through the shorebreak, launching the customized "ski" off the crests ...

Chugiak fire department called out

Mar 11, 2010 7:01 pm

The Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department was called to a structure fire at 18161 Old Glenn Highway at 1:30 p.m. March 8. A detached garage had caught fire.

Workers' compensation bills moving in state House

Mar 11, 2010 7:01 pm

A bill establishing a new procedure for setting rates for medical reimbursements on workers' compensation claims, House Bill 314, was reported out of the House Judiciary Committee Feb. 25 and is now i...

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Use tax refund money wisely

Mar 15, 2010 2:29 am

Are you one of the 107 million Americans receiving an income tax return? Last year, individuals who received a refund got an average of $2,345. What are your plans for your return? Many of us look...

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - The voice of Interior Alaska since 1903

Mar 15, 2010 1:08 am

Amanda Byrd and her dog team push toward the finish line of the eight-dog, 12.1-mile race on the third and final day of the Alaska Dog Mushers Association Limited North American Championships on Sunda...

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - The voice of Interior Alaska since 1903

Mar 15, 2010 1:08 am

Dawn Brown crouches down for improved aerodynamics as she and her dog team push toward the finish line of the eight-dog, 12.1-mile race on the third and final day of the Alaska Dog Mushers Association...

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - The voice of Interior Alaska since 1903

Mar 15, 2010 12:59 am

Jennifer Probert and her dog team push toward the finish line of the eight-dog, 12.1-mile race on the third and final day of the Alaska Dog Mushers Association Limited North American Championships on ...

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - The voice of Interior Alaska since 1903

Mar 15, 2010 12:59 am

Christian Taveau and his dog team round a bend at the beginning of the eight-dog, 12.1-mile race on the third and final day of the Alaska Dog Mushers Association Limited North American Championships o...

Ketchikan storm knocks down building under construction

Mar 14, 2010 11:22 pm

KETCHIKAN, Alaska - A contractor was reviewing damage after a storm partially collapsed a warehouse under construction in Ketchikan. Damage to the framing of the U.S. Forest Service warehouse,...

Olympic skier inducted into Alaska hall of fame

Mar 14, 2010 8:52 pm

HOMER, Alaska - Growing up in Homer in the 1950-60s, young skier Larry Martin helped maintain his own cross-country trails. He was often in the dark, in a broad swath of wide open emptiness, traili...

Putting food by

Mar 14, 2010 6:59 pm

We have canned food our entire life. We buy meats on sale and can them. Before we had access to power, we even canned hot dogs, made meat balls and canned them, canned corn beef and ham when the s...

Alaska's Kikkan Randall second at World Cup cross-country ski sprint

Mar 14, 2010 6:23 pm

OSLO - Anders Gloersen of Norway has won a men's 1.5-kilometer cross-country sprint, while countryman Petter Northug secured the overall World Cup victory. Marit Bjoergen of Norway won the 1.3K ...

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - The voice of Interior Alaska since 1903

Mar 14, 2010 6:14 pm

William "Middie" Johnson and Quinn Iten work on their sleds at the Ruby, Alaska checkpoint on Saturday morning March 13, 2010 on during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Checker Raine Hall c...

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Sitka Ranger boat to be taken out of service

Mar 13, 2010 7:14 pm

The historic M/V Sitka Ranger may no longer be a common sight docked in the Sitka Channel, the Assembly was told.

Palin jokes about palm notes, blasts media, Obama

Mar 13, 2010 7:14 pm

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is able to poke fun at herself about the notes she had written on her hand at a recent speech, yet still angrily criticized the...

House Ed Committee passes scholarship measure

Mar 13, 2010 1:29 am

The House Education Committee has passed a bill to create a merit-based scholarship program.

Rossi to head Division of Wildlife Conservation

Mar 13, 2010 1:29 am

Corey Rossi will head the Division of Wildlife Conservation at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, starting Tuesday.

Coast Guard search for 2 men overboard continues

Mar 13, 2010 1:29 am

The Coast Guard is searching for two men reported overboard from a Liberian-flagged container ship in the north Pacific.

Houston City Council fires police sergeant

Mar 13, 2010 1:29 am

Houston Police Sgt. Charlie Seidl was fired after the City Council voted to accept an evaluation calling for his termination.

Wilderness league protests Izembek Regufe road

Mar 13, 2010 1:29 am

Conservation groups call it a "road to nowhere," but King Cove residents say a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge would be a lifeline to medical care during an...

Jeff King leads Iditarod into Ruby

Mar 12, 2010 7:14 pm

Tracking information shows four-time winner Jeff King of Denali Park is the first musher into Ruby early Friday in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Alaska Aces would head to Wasilla for playoffs

Mar 12, 2010 7:14 pm

If the Alaska Aces professional hockey team hosts a first-round playoff game, it won't be in Anchorage.

Roughhouse boxers have ally in Juneau 'cornermen'

Mar 12, 2010 7:14 pm

Albert "Mean Machine" Valentine is arguably one of Juneau's most notable Roughhouse boxers. He also is one of the best cornermen, a fact that often goes unnoticed unless you happen...