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Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
A storm moving in from the Gulf of Alaska will affect the area late Wednesday and Thursday, the National Weather Service reports.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
State legislators are considering spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in public money to support an arts and cultural center in New York City that its founder describes as an embassy devoted to increasing awareness of Alaska.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Gov. Sean Parnell has named the new commander of the Alaska National Guard. Brig.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
FAIRBANKS -- Alaska State Troopers have identified the officer who wounded a man in a shooting in Fairbanks.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alaska lawmakers are moving forward with obtaining cost estimates for a new legislative office building in Anchorage, although a representative with say over state spending is fighting the idea and argues it would be a "monument to legislative vanity."
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Katkus, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, is hosting a Veterans Day ceremony at 10:30 a.m. today at the National Guard armory on Fort Richardson. Lt. Col. Marc Hoffmeister, who was wounded in Iraq in 2007, is scheduled to give the keynote address. Gov. Sean Parnell is on the program to present the 2009 Governor's Veterans Advocacy Award.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The producers of a full-length movie version of Alaska director Andrew Maclean's award-winning film "On the Ice" ("Sikumi") will hold a final round of auditions in Anchorage. Maclean is looking for an all-Inuit cast, ages 17-70, for the film, which will be shot in Barrow. Auditions will take place 4:30-6:30 p.m. today at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art, 427 D St.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A California publicist and two co-authors have terminated a book deal with a former aide of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. San Diego-based Releve Marketing and PR announced Tuesday it will no longer represent or co-author Frank Bailey's upcoming book "Renegade: Sarah Palin's Hatchet Man."
BoleyBlogs! (Free subscription) | yesterday
Edward A. Fitzgerald, The Alaskan Wolf War: The Public Trust Doctrine Missing In Action, 15 Animal Law 193 (2009) Wolf killing in Alaska is authorized by the Board of Game (BOG), which is an agency captured by hunting and trapping interests. The BOG’s wolf killing policies have generally been supported by state legislatures and governors. Alaskan [...]
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Former astronaut Lisa Nowak turned from a courtroom podium Tuesday to face the woman she was accused of attacking two years ago. She stood up straight and her blue eyes focused on Colleen Shipman sitting in the front row of the packed room.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Neal Foster has been appointed to a state House seat to replace his late father, Rep. Richard Foster, who died last month. Gov. Sean Parnell made the announcement in Nome on Tuesday.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
About 6,700 doses of swine flu vaccine were allocated for Anchorage providers, hospitals and pharmacies this week, plus 3,800 doses for the Anchorage School District's vaccination efforts, a city health department official said. Much of the vaccine won't arrive at its destination until late in the week, said Allison Biastock, city health department spokesman.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
FAIRBANKS -- Luke Hopkins has won the race for Fairbanks North Star Borough mayor.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
FAIRBANKS -- An ice jam on the Tanana River has caused some minor flooding in Salcha.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
KENAI -- The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two men whose skiff had mechanical trouble on the way from Kalgin Island to Kenai.
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gadamner | 09/02/2009
What do you get when you combine the most outlandish gaffes of Anne Coulter, the most awkward monologues of Sarah Palin, the senility of the crazy McCain Lady , filter any remaining logic out of it and give it a keyboard in the Bronx? The answer is the looniest blogger ever: Pamela Geller . If you are unaware of who Pamela Geller is then we apologize for bringing her being into your world, but she
ilegend019 | 07/27/2009
New Alaskan Governor, Sean Parnell speaks about the honor of becoming the new governor of Alaska
coloradohints | 03/21/2009
In the late nineteenth century, and even well into the twentieth century, kerosene lamps were the main source of lighting in many households. I lived in Bush Alaska in the early to mid 1960s, where electricity was nonexistent, and at that time, kerosen...
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