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Owner of disabled tug releases spill estimate
A tugboat operator says as much as 6,410 gallons of diesel fuel spilled in Alaska's Prince William Sound when a tugboat ran aground on the same reef as the Exxon Valdez 20 years ago.
Auditions winding down for an Alaskan film
It's an Alaskan film, by an Alaskan, starring, Alaskans. Award-winning director and Barrow Native, Andrew MacLean', concludes the hunt for Alaska Natives to star in his next movie, "On the Ice". MacLean wrapped up the last audition Jan.
Alaska workers cheer minimum wage boost
Some Alaskans got a welcome raise on New Year's Day, when the state's minimum wage went up to $7.75 an hour.
Report: 66 percent of Alaska adults overweight
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services report says the number of Alaskans who are overweight or obese has increased about 1 percent a year since 1991.
Anchorage Museum sets new 2010 rates
The Anchorage Museum's admission rates increase Jan. 1. The new rates are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors, college students and members of the military.
State senator calls for regulation of gas prices
A state senator says Alaska oil refineries have been gouging Alaskans at the gas pump for more than a year, reaping profit margins unparalleled to ones in the Lower 48, and he is once again calling for government to step in.
'Alaska Native Reader' offers a welcome change in perspective
I n the past 40 years, there has been a Native cultural revival in Alaska in art, music, language, oral history and celebrations.
Census sets rural Alaska count
Census Bureau Director Robert Groves has said he will personally fly to Noorvik, 45 miles east of Kotzebue, to get the national census count under way on Jan.
Tug that hit Alaska's Bligh Reef reaches port
A crippled tugboat that spilled fuel into Alaska's Prince William Sound after hitting the same reef that caused the Exxon Valdez oil disaster 20 years ago has reached port.
Alaska State Troopers looking for 72-year old
Alaska State Troopers are searching for a missing 72-year old Palmer woman. Alaska State Troopers are asking the public for assistance in locating a missing and possibly endangered 72-year-old Palmer woman.
Mile-long sheen spreads near disabled tugboat in Alaska's Prince William Sound
The tug Pathfinder is surrounded by a spill containment boom Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
Small-scale turbines get praise in Alaska villages
"I'm still amazed at what they're doing," said Gerald Kosbruk, president of the tribal government in Perryville on the southern Alaska Peninsula.
Work starts on high-speed Internet project
"I wouldn't say we were surprised, but we were pleased that the government saw the economical viability of our solution," said Desiree Pfeffer, chief executive of Anchorage-based Sea Lion International, a subsidiary of Sea Lion Corp.
Fuel spill at same Alaska reef as Exxon Valdez
A tugboat struck the same reef as the Exxon Valdez tanker 20 years ago, spilling diesel into Alaska's Prince William Sound and creating a three-mile-long slick, the US Coast Guard said on Friday.
2009 in review: State's economy downshifting
Alaska's economy is slowly downshifting. Some of this is being driven by real reductions in dollars coming into Alaska -- fewer tourists, fewer oil wells being drilled, lower payments to fish harvesters this year -- but some of the slowdown is also being driven by psychology -- weak consumer confidence, and more caution by investors and borrowers.
Glacier melt adds ancient edibles to marine buffet
Glaciers along the Gulf of Alaska are enriching stream and near shore marine ecosystems from a surprising source -- ancient carbon contained in glacial runoff, researchers from four universities and the U.S. Forest Service report in the December 24, 2009, issue of the journal Nature *. In spring 2008, Eran Hood, associate professor of hydrology ...
Alaska senators hit with calls, concerns about health care reform
The holidays are normally a dead period for staffers in a U.S. Senate office, thanks to constituents distracted by festivities back home.
Levi Johnston's mother serving home confinement
The mother of the man who fathered former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's grandson is set to serve out most of her three-year drug sentence under home confinement.
Alaska cracks down on drunk driving during the holidays
In an effort to combat one of the nation's deadliest preventable crimes, the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities' Alaska Highway Safety Office is joining forces with the Alaska State Troopers and local law enforcement agencies to crack down on drunk drivers during the holidays.
Suit seeks to overturn Tongass roadless exemption
An Alaska Native village joined in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that aims to protect some of the Tongass National Forest's remaining stands of old growth trees.
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