Glennallen News

Link: The New York Times A Manhattan immigration jail holding hundreds of men in allegedly filthy conditions without proper access to medical care and legal advice is being operated under a no-bid contract by a subsidiary of the Glennallen-based Alaska Native corporation Ahtna Inc .

Rutter & Wilbanks finally gives up on its attempt to find new gas resource at its Glennallen gas exploration well Alan Bailey Petroleum News Nearly five years after starting its gas exploration drilling project near Glennallen in Alaska's Copper River basin, with something in excess of $20 million now expended, and having made multiple attempts to ...

ANGDA works for our burner tips, not Chicago's, Heinze tells chamber Petroleum News A lot of people are working on getting North Slope natural gas to Chicago and focused on the revenues the state will receive from commercializing Alaska's natural gas, Harold Heinze told the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Sept.

A state-led effort in planning a "bullet line" to bring natural gas from the North Slope is moving forward as a contingency, in case a proposed large gas pipeline falters.

Link: Alaska Magazine You can't get a tourist T-shirt or latte at this Alaska geological oddity, writes correspondent Sherry Simpson.

It's hard to believe it was barely a year ago when the Legislature voted to suspend the state's eight-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline.

Alaska Republicans are taking applications to replace state Sen. Gene Therriault, the veteran North Pole lawmaker who announced his resignation to take a job with the Parnell administration.

DELTA JUNCTION a ' Gov. Sean Parnell made a quick visit to eastern Interior Alaska on Tuesday.

The FAA is considering an Air Force proposal to establish a permanent military operations area complex in Delta Junction, Alaska.

The family of a California couple whose plane took off from Wolf Lake airport northwest of Palmer in June and disappeared is gearing up for an intensive search for the couple next week.

Wired Magazine: The shocking thing about HAARP -- the Air Force's High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program near Glennallen -- isn't that it's a boondoggle or that it was spawned by a military-industrial-petrochemical-political complex .

Fairbanks cyclist Jeff Oatley won the Fireweed 400 by three hours on Saturday - but came up 15 minutes shy of breaking the record he set three years ago.

The first king salmon of the season were caught by subsistence fishermen in Nenana on Tuesday, which means some kings should be poking their noses into Chena and Salcha soon.

Starting Monday, king salmon will be off limits in the Gulkana River. Citing the lowest count of king salmon in the river since biologists started counting fish seven years ago, the Department of Fish and Game this week issued an emergency order closing the Gulkana River to all king salmon fishing - even catch and release - starting on Monday.

Analytica, a large provider of drinking water and wastewater testing in Alaska, has a new service center in Wasilla at 1649 W. Parks Highway.

It's still early, but things are looking good for Chitina dip-netters. The first sonar counts of the season for Copper River salmon at Miles Lake were posted on Monday, and more than 3,500 salmon were reported past the sonar.

Alaska has just been relegated to the back burner where any natural gas pipeline to the Lower 48 is concerned.

Individuals who are suffering from substance abuse can find help at drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities throughout the State of Alaska.

The Alaska Department of Administration has released a report outlining living expenses by region for determining pay rates for state employees, but actual changes in paychecks would have to be done in consultation with unions and the Legislature.