Sunday 20th May, 2012
Historic Copper Center Lodge burns down
GLENNALLEN, Alaska - A historic hotel in Copper Center has burned down.KCAM Radio reports that the Copper Center Lodge caught fire at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, and it's a total loss. Glenn-Rich ...
EPA warns Alaska mine could devastate rivers
S EATTLE - The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that plans for a massive mine in the hills above Bristol Bay in Alaska - home of the biggest sockeye salmon fishery in the world - could ...
Swampyville's - "Time to Sweep"
Swampyville's - Nursery Rhymes "Time to Sweep"!You're the Poet!Fill in the below blanks with the following words oruse your own words!Howl, delight, right, sheep, sleep, sweep, ...
Rain or Shine defeats Alaska 107-100 in PBA opener
InquirerNO STEADY-EDDIE Ronnie Matias of Rain or Shine loses the ball off Semague Emman of Alaska in Sunday's action of 2012 PBA Governors' Cup at the Ynares Sports Complex in Antipolo. Photo by ...
Oregon Coast Scientists Work on Future of Alaska King Crab Newport
Beach Connection(Newport, Oregon) – A group of scientists from the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport are working on ensuring the future of Alaska king crab by trying to raise larval crabs to juveniles ...
The sky is the limit for kids on Fairbanks Aviation Day
Daily News-MinerFAIRBANKS -- An up and coming crop of future pilots took to the air under sunny blue skies Saturday during Fairbanks Aviation Day at Fairbanks International Airport.An enthusiastic Ryan Schmidt, 12, ...
Moving Wall sponsors need more volunteers to read casualty names
Daily News-MinerFAIRBANKS -- The local sponsors of the appearance of the Moving Wall in Fairbanks say they could use more volunteers to read the names of 58,272 Vietnam casualties from 3 p.m. May 31 to noon June ...
Your top 10 list of ways to get even with customers who do you wrong
Daily News-MinerFAIRBANKS -- Life at work would be so much easier if we were not constantly interrupted by self-absorbed customers, both internal (supervisors, supervisees, and coworkers), and external (shoppers), ...
Contractor sues Fred Meyer for failed remodel
Daily News-MinerFAIRBANKS -- A general contractor that was fired from a disastrous remodeling project at the West Fairbanks Fred Meyer store has sued the company for more than $5 million, claiming it was victimized ...
Learn the rules before harvesting timber in Alaska
Daily News-MinerDELTA, Alaska - After, I would guess, about four hours of work, I finished my kuksa this week. As you may recall from my last column, I discovered these wooden cups on a fluke while surfing the ...
‘Hardening off’ prepares transplants for outdoor growing
Daily News-MinerFAIRBANKS - The last couple of years have been so warm that many, myself included, have been experimenting with setting transplants into the garden earlier than June 1. I only do it with a ...
The language link between central Siberia and Alaska
Daily News-MinerPhoto courtesy Edward Vajda Edward Vajda in the village of Kellog in Siberia, a place where some people older than 50 still speak the Ket language, which is related to Athabascan and other North ...
Federal spending in Alaska has leveled off, report says
McClatchyWASHINGTON - The explosive growth of federal spending in Alaska has flattened, according to a new analysis, but the stateÂ’s per-capita haul is still more than 40 percent above the national average, ...
Mount McKinley Climber Dies After Falling In Alaska
Huffington PostDENALI NATIONAL PARK and PRESERVE, Alaska -- National Park officials say a climber has died of injuries after falling during a climb of Alaska's Mount McKinley. A park release Saturday says ...
Woman gives birth following Anchorage car crash
Associated PressANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A pregnant woman delivered her baby Saturday morning, after she was rushed to the hospital following a car collision in ...
Park report: bad decisions in McKinley fatal climb
Associated PressANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A report by the National Park Service says a fatal climb on Mount McKinley in May 2011 started with a fall and was compounded by severe weather and a series of flawed ...
Guide pleads guilty to stealing mammoth tusk
Associated PressFAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) -- An Alaska river guide and former National Parks Service ranger has pleaded guilty to helping a client smuggle a 10,000-year-old mammoth fossil out of ...
Medicare Study Shows Costs Lowest In Alaska, Highest In Nevada
RTT News5/19/2012 1:10 PM ET (RTTNews) - A new national study of Medicare costs shows Alaska with the lowest health care expenses of any state in the nation, although coming changes to how those costs are ...
Juneau man presumed missing at sea
Associated PressJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- A 65-year-old Juneau man is presumed missing at sea after his unmanned skiff was discovered in the waters of southeast ...
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