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Strikers picketing at Denali National Park

Published July 2

| 8 comments

ANCHORAGE - Visitors to Denali National Park are being greeted by strikers on a picket line at the park entrance.

Two top Alaska health officials leave posts

Published July 2 | 5 comments

JUNEAU - A second state health official has left her job.

More Alaska villages eligible for federal flood aid

Published July 2 | 3 comments

ANCHORAGE - Additional villages have been added to the list of flood-damaged communities receiving aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Will Howard wins Salcha moose calling contest

Published July 2

After finishing in second place for five straight years, Salcha resident Will Howard took top honors at the sixth annual Salcha Fair Moose Calling Contest on Saturday in Salcha.

Cruise West suspends Ketchikan stops in 2010 July 2 | 1 comment
Newspaper columnists give Palin dubious honor July 2 | 11 comments
Small earthquake felt in Wasilla July 2 | 1 comment
Escaped dog captured at Anchorage airport July 2 | 9 comments
Bus mechanics union strikes at Denali July 2 | 19 comments
Forest Service creates experimental forest in Southeast Alaska July 2
Boy, 16, found dead on Alaska's Mount McGinnis July 2
Two Alaskans appointed to federal fisheries council July 2
Anchorage man convicted of stabbing friend July 2 | 3 comments
Anchorage rape suspect surrenders July 2

Opinion

Welcome addition

Published July 2 | 4 comments

The effort to expand fire protection off Chena Hot Springs Road is encouraging. This has been a difficult area for fire departments and residents alike for many years.

Letters to the Editor

Health care clunkers July 2 | 50 comments
Poor behavior July 2 | 28 comments
Back renewables July 2 | 15 comments
What a plan July 1 | 26 comments
Tasteless ads July 1 | 110 comments

Community Perspectives

Permanent Fund regroups June 28 | 6 comments
Feds still push energy code June 28 | 14 comments
Healthy skepticism June 24 | 40 comments

Sonia Timmreck, right, wipes her tears as she and her children see their father Chief Warrant Officer Tyler Timmreck as he arrives at Fort Wainwright ...

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Wildfire threatens North Pole homes June 4 | 113 comments
Nuclear escalation June 17 | 75 comments
'Car surfing' suspected in Fairbanks man's death June 17
Pot bust yields more than 600 plants near Manley June 24 | 208 comments
25 Santa Clauses converge on North Pole June 3 | 9 comments
UAF student kills polar bear during first field experience June 12 | 38 comments

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Alaskan Independence Party and Palins

Published July 2 | 12 comments

CBS News has a story about e-mails exchanged during the last few weeks of the McCain-Palin campaign and dueling interpretations of Todd Palin's membership in the Alaskan Independence Party and whether the party supports secession.