Valdez News

This editorial first appeared in the Anchorage Daily News: Alaskans are well aware of something the rest of the country generally overlooks: We are an Arctic nation.

Twenty summers ago as 11 million gallons of Exxon Valdez crude fouled Alaska beaches and bays, a band of Homer-based volunteers took it on themselves to clean a lower Kenai Peninsula beach Exxon had written off.

At the age of 65, most veterans might retire -- particularly after service in three wars.

Longtime Juneau resident Rosalind Elizabeth Howard died June 18, 2009, in Juneau.

United States: Supreme Court Decision Alert - June 15, 2009 17 June 2009 Article by Andrew E. Tauber Originally published June 15, 2009 Keywords: Polar Tankers, Inc.

On Monday, the Supreme Court:-Struck down as unconstitutional a tax that Valdez, Alaska, imposed on oil tankers that use its port at the southern end of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.-Stepped into a property-rights dispute between beachfront homeowners and local authorities over plans to rebuild eroded beaches on Florida's Gulf Coast.-Resolved a ...

The Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional a tax that a city in Alaska has imposed on oil tankers using its port.

The blurb: Garland chronicles the path of the famed 45th Infantry Division in 1943-44 on its brave and bloody travelogue through Italy and France.

An oil tanker struck an endangered humpback whale and carried it on its bow into Port Valdez.

The carcass of a dead humpback whale that was brought into Alaska's Port of Valdez on the bulbous bow of an oil tanker has been towed out to sea.

A mooring station for oil tankers at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine Terminal in Valdez, Alaska.

Extensive collection of images of Alaska animals roaming the wilderness and, in many cases, our own backyard.

Gov. Sarah Palin's May 17th Compass response to recent criticisms regarding AGIA was all too familiar.

Declining throughput on the pipeline has led one owner to seek to offer discounts to shippers willing to commit to move 5,000 barrels per day.

Physicians racing to rescue patients exhibiting signs of stroke from long-term disabilities or death now have a new telemedicine weapon in their arsenal to stop the fourth leading cause of death in Alaska.

Ensuring that Alaskans have affordable energy for decades to come is one of the most important jobs on my desk right now.

Based on national averages, Alaskans could save somewhere between 10 to 30 percent on their energy bills through energy efficiency building codes.

Alaska's U.S. Senators are sponsoring a bill that would require every oil tanker leaving the Valdez to be escorted out of Prince William Sound by two response tugboats.

Relations are strained between Gov. Sarah Palin and the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, an independent state corporation formed under a voter initiative in 2002 to bring new gas supplies to Alaska communities.

This is a perfect time of year to be enjoying the outdoors. The sun is out and the days are longer.