Anti-missile radar installation headed to Juneau
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency will install a radar facility in Juneau this fall as it continues to test its Fort Greely-based anti-missile system.
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French fish fans find Alaskan catch irresistible
As healthy water and fish populations diminish around the world, Alaska's wild fish are a highly sought-after commodity. Four French journalists recently visited Southeast...
Copper River sockeye run up, and so are the catch limits
A continued strong sockeye run on the Copper River is providing dip netters another shot at taking 10 extra salmon over the normal seasonal...
Land appraisal notwithstanding, Sheldon Jackson remains closed for 2007-2008
There's no turning back the academic closure of Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka. Despite a recent land appraisal showing that the school offered collateral...
Hoonah entrepreneurs beat business odds
Who would have thought that a couple of women with no business experience living in a tiny community (Hoonah) with high power costs, distribution...
Marine Highway's Taku back on the water
The state ferry Taku is back at work. The 44-year-old mainline ferry has been out of service for about seven months. It underwent a...
Talkeetna resident drawn — magnetically — to Antarctica
This past winter a Talkeetna resident headed to the Antarctic summer to assist on an expedition. The 4-man expedition spent 35 days a few...
Exploratory drilling in Beaufort sea temporarily blocked by federal court
Late yesterday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals placed a temporary injunction against Shell Offshore's plans for exploratory drilling in the Beaufort sea this...
NMFS takes public comment on listing beluga whales as endangered
The National Marine Fisheries Service is taking testimony this evening in Anchorage on a proposal to list Cook Inlet beluga whales under the federal...
Construction accident at Rock Creek mine takes two lives
Two young men are dead following an industrial accident yesterday at the Rock Creek mine site, about 8 miles north of Nome. Tyler Kahle,...
Proposed tax in Fairbanks shot down by Assembly
The Fairbanks Borough Assembly voted down a proposed gross receipts tax last night. Ordinance co-sponsor Tim Beck says the tax failed to move forward...
Advisory board prepping recommendations for Marine Highway schedule
The state's Marine Transportation Advisory Board plans to take its recommendations for changes in the Marine Highway schedule directly to the Governor. Following three...
BLM (finally) issues land titles to Vietnam vets and a Native corporation
At a ceremony in Nome this week, four Alaska Natives became some of the first Vietnam veterans in the state to receive Native land...
MCI dropping calling card recharges for Alaskans
After September 4, 2007 people with MCI prepaid long distance phone cards will no longer be able to add minutes for calls out of...
Ultra Challenge racing field includes hard-core professionals
In today's stage of the Sadler's Ultra Challenge handcycle and wheelchair race (between Fairbanks and Anchorage), South African Ernst Van Dyk tied for first...
Kenai land deal between friends puts Murkowski on defense
Senator Lisa Murkowski and her husband have come under fire from bloggers, talk radio and conventional news media for a Kenai River land purchase...
Melting glaciers expected to feed faster, higher sea level rise
The massive polar ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica contain the vast majority of frozen water on the planet. But a new study shows...
Legislators ask Governor's team to collaborate in expanding children's health insurance
The sponsors of House and Senate bills that would provide affordable health care coverage to all the state's children have asked the Palin administration...
McGrath fuel costs nearly double, gas now $7.15/gallon
Low water levels on the upper Kuskokwim have made it impossible to barge fuel into McGrath this year. The region's fuel delivery company --...
New state law will develop alcohol shipping database alongside new transport rules
A new state law is intended to help curb the bootlegging of alcohol in rural Alaska.
Angela Denning-Barns, KYUK - Bethel