Jan 9, 2012 | Anchorage Daily News
Noatak and Kobuk have just about run out of fuel oil
As the world watches a Russian tanker crawl toward Nome, its belly full of gasoline and diesel fuel, two northwest Alaska villages faced a more immediate need this week.
Alaska: High on Toxic Releases
The U-S Environmental Protection Agency today reports that Alaska mining operations account for ninety percent of the toxic chemical releases in the four-state Pacific Northwest Region.
China Buying More Alaska Goods
The State of Alaska expects China to be its top export customer in 2011, overtaking Japan, which until recently had been purchasing more of the state's goods than any other country.