Galena News

A Fairbanks man is trying to bring nuclear-powered electricity to the area. John Reeves, a special assistant to the state transportation commissioner, hopes to build a small nuclear power generation facility in Ester south of Fairbanks.

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Police in Galena have arrested two teenagers accused of holding down a 5-year-old boy and shoving gravel and dirt in his mouth.

The ice on the Tanana River in Alaska has broken, and two lucky winners will split a jackpot of nearly $284,000. "My reaction was disbelief," Claudia Russell said Saturday about learning she was a winner of the Nenana Ice Classic.

"I met this man at Bean's Cafe, sitting in a darkened corner with back to the wall.

Five candidates are squaring off for two seats on the Matanuska Electric Association board this month.

In a Feb. 26 story about several women rescuing dogs in rural Alaska, The Associated Press reported some dogs are sent to shelters that might eventually euthanize them.

An Alaska Digest item on Page A-4 Wednesday gave the wrong age for a suspected thief arrested at Merrill Field.

Finding half-dead puppies lying on the floor of a shed at 40 below with no food, water or bedding did not go over well with Kathy Sweeney of Aniak.

Great Falls Central Catholic has received $50,000 from a Colorado foundation. The donation from the Galena Foundation of Denver will go toward the school's capital campaign fund to pay off its new building.

Boaters adrift at sea, wayward hikers and stranded pilots take note: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is taking steps to speed up rescues.

Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor/ December 29, 2008 edition Source: Hyperion Power Generation Hundreds of miles from the nearest power plant, the roughly 700 residents of Galena, Alaska, depend on ...