Coast Guard cutter visits Juneau
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
JUNEAU, Alaska -- The Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Sea is en route back to its homeport in Seattle after a 101-day mission in the Arctic.
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Case closed after fugitive sex offender, ex-BYU coach, found dead
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Juneau, Alaska » The state of Alaska has closed the case of a 64-year-old convicted sex offender who fled before sentencing. Southeast Alaska lodge owner Larry W.
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Alaska closes case on fugitive sex offender
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
JUNEAU -- Alaska prosecutors have closed the case of a 64-year-old convicted sex offender who fled before sentencing. Southeast Alaska lodge owner Larry W. Berryhill was found dead Aug. 24 in Tunuyan, Argentina. He was a former pole vault coach at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
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4 Alaska fishermen rescued after mayday call
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Four Alaska fishermen forced to abandon ship after their Juneau-based vessel the Carly Renee began taking on water have been rescued.
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Juneau gets protection for slide-threatened power lines
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
JUNEAU -- Alaska Electric Light & Power is building a $1.5 million to $2 million avalanche "diverter" to protect its most vulnerable transmission tower.
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State lottery delayed due to low ticket sales
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
JUNEAU -- The Alaska Department of Revenue said the second six-figure statewide lottery in Alaska history was postponed by two months because sponsors did not sell enough tickets.
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15th Annual Search Under Way for Alaska's Top Youth Volunteers
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
JUNEAU, Alaska--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Over the past 14 years, Prudential Spirit of Community Awards have been given to nearly 500 middle and high school students across Alaska for helping the less fortunate, promoting health and safety, protecting the environment, and serving their communities through many other volunteer activities. This week the search begins to identify more young Alaskans who have made...
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Climate report devotes chapter to Alaska
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/20/2009
JUNEAU -- Alaska merits a chapter in a new White House report on climate change that says temperatures in the state have climbed at twice the rate of the rest of the nation over the last half-century.
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Cutter officer relieved of duties temporarily
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/20/2009
JUNEAU -- Alaska's Coast Guard commander has ordered a temporary relief of command for the officer in charge of the cutter Elderberry.
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Washington man dies in logging accident
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 05/26/2009
JUNEAU -- Alaska State Troopers say a Washington State man was killed in logging accident on Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska.
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Palin Fish Board nominee rejected
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 04/17/2009
JUNEAU -- Alaska sportfishing groups flexed their muscle and successfully blocked a commercial fisherman from taking a seat on the Board of Fisheries.
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Lawmakers reject Palin nominee for Fish Board
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 04/17/2009
JUNEAU -- Alaska sportfishing groups flexed their muscle and successfully blocked a commercial fisherman from taking a seat on the Board of Fisheries.
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Legislators refuse Palin's appointment demand
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 04/03/2009
JUNEAU -- Alaska lawmakers have no intention of agreeing to Gov. Sarah Palin's demand for all senators to vote in public on her appointment of Tim Grussendorf to the state Senate. That's set up a showdown with no clear resolution, and talk of a potential court battle between the Legislature and the governor.
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Legislators refuse Palin's demand for public vote
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 04/03/2009
JUNEAU -- Alaska lawmakers have no intention of agreeing to Gov. Sarah Palin's demand for all senators to vote in public on her appointment of Tim Grussendorf to the state Senate. That's set up a showdown with no clear resolution, and talk of a potential court battle between the Legislature and the governor.
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Native groups oppose attorney general pick
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
JUNEAU -- Alaska Native leaders are angry at Gov. Sarah Palin's appointment of Wayne Anthony Ross to be the state's next attorney general, but it's unlikely that will stop the Legislature from confirming him to the job in two weeks.