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Strikers picketing at Denali National Park
Published July 2
| 8 commentsANCHORAGE - 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
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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.
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- 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
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- Permanent Fund regroups June 28 | 6 comments
- Feds still push energy code June 28 | 14 comments
- Healthy skepticism June 24 | 40 comments
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Health care clunkers July 2 | 50 comments
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Strikers picketing at Denali National Park July 2 | 8 comments
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Two top Alaska health officials leave posts July 2 | 5 comments
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Dermot Cole
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.
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Sports
Postseason on the horizon for Fairbanks Grizzlies
Published July 2 | 5 comments
Professional playoff football will come to Alaska for the first time on July 19.
Outdoors
Gulkana River teaches novice rafter a rapid lesson
Published July 2 | 2 comments
FAIRBANKS — The roar of the water around me was like a freight train as I stood in my raft, watching water pour into it. It was just a matter of time, I was sure, before the raft flipped and I was tossed into the Gulkana River.
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