Skagway News

NOWHERE TO GO.... Sarah Palin is getting props in the media for her decision last year to cancel the notorious "bridge to nowhere," but it's worth pointing out that this was hardly a brave decision.

From left, Ed Rasmuson talks about his family's history in Skagway; local residents look at the new Edward A. and Jenny Rasmuson Community Health Center designs; and Lance Twitchell leads the First Nation ...

Search and Rescue's Dan Fangmeier unties a raft pinned against the pilings of the Pat Moore footbridge.

With the long winters and rainy summers they endure, Alaskans sometimes forget how truly majestic this state is.

Buck Evans always liked old songs. He liked watching Westerns back in the '50s growing up, not because of the action, but because of the music.

The mobile mammogram van will visit Skagway on Sept. 16-18. The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium would like to encourage the Alaska Native women living in Skagway to take the time to get a mobile ...

They're slimy, creepy and the scourge of gardeners. But they're also fascinating in kind of an icky way, and - like the robin - herald the arrival of spring in Southeast Alaska.

This administration inherited an Alaska Marine Highway System spiraling out of financial control and lacking operational stability.

SKAGWAY, Alaska - What's the matter with Alaska? That's the question John McCain should be asking.

The White Pass & Yukon Route is one of the world's most scenic railways. Tracing the path of the Klondike Gold Rush stampeders, the excursion train runs from Skagway, Alaska through the White Pass in the Coast ...

Edgemont Regional Medical Clinic will be having some scheduling and staffing changes in the upcoming weeks.

A couple wanted to know what kind of berries can be found around here, so hey were told we have blueberry, high and low bush cranberry, currants, moss berry watermelon berry, wild strawberries and ...

You know you've thought of taking an Alaskan cruise before, but let's face facts: It may not be the ideal vacation for the under-50 crowd.

On May 10 of this year, close to 70 excited people left Seattle aboard the Norwegian Star on a cruise to Alaska.

Most fairs across the country seem similar at first glace. Families come to ride a Ferris wheel, eat corn-on-the-cob, pet some farm animals and listen to music.

MOSCOW, July 28.-The Siberian newspaper, Pacific Ocean Star, tells of a "great purge" in the Soviet Russian Far East to frustrate what the newspaper terms Japan's efforts "to destroy our strength from the ...

L.A.B Flying Service, a local airline that flies to several smaller communities in Southeast Alaska, was shut down Thursday morning by the Federal Aviation Administration over safety concerns.

BAD FOR BUSINESS: Longer stays may not be practical. Published: July 21st, 2008 02:11 PM Last Modified: July 21st, 2008 03:12 PM KETCHIKAN -- Ketchikan city officials are hoping to convince the various cruise ...

The new network, covering two time zones and spanning the entire 500 miles of Southeast Alaska , will dramatically improve access in the region to desperately needed transport capacity for voice, data and ...

Alaska or Bust By Stanley Greenberg When I last left my readers, I was belly-up against the bar in The Red Dog Saloon.