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ALASKA POLITICS BLOG

Aid for Emmonak, other villages?

The price of North Slope oil sold on West Coast open markets closed Monday at $38.51 a barrel, up $2.90 for the day.

Wall Street extends big rally to 2nd session

NEW YORK - A stock market gaining in confidence shot higher for a second straight session today as investors bet that President-elect Barack Obama's plans to increase infrastructure spending will help lift the economy back to health. The major market indexes jumped more than 3 percent, and the Dow Jones industrials' 299-point advance gave the blue chips their highest close in a month.

Denali wolf pack caught between tourism and trappers

Master hunting guide Coke Wallace says he'll happily continue killing wolves that wander outside the Denali National Park buffer zone until someone pays him to stop. Also: > Borough mayor proposes wood-stove trade-in to battle air pollution > Mike Gravel may get federal campaign funds > Houston police force back in action

Game Board leaves wolf buffer intact (March 11, 2004)

A controversial wolf protection area on state land near Denali National Park and Preserve will be retained, the Alaska Board of Game has ruled.

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Denali wolf pack caught between tourism and trappers

Healy hunting guide Coke Wallace says he'll happily continue killing wolves that wander outside the Denali National Park buffer zone until someone pays him to stop.

Dec. 8: Battle over Denali wolf pack; Jeff King fined for illegal moose kill; Nikiski wind power; wood stove trade-in; Gravel seeks campaign matching funds

DOGS OF WAR: THE ALASKA WOLF DEBATE (Backpacker magazine): The most important group of wolves in the country, Denali National Park's Toklat pack, is caught in the crosshairs of opposing passions. On one side: a hunter who once trapped and shot the pack's alpha female. On the other: a biologist who might just hold the key to the Toklat's protection. This video and photo report (viewer discretion advised) includes a link to a Q&A with the author of the full article, which is available only in the magazine's print edition.

Wolf kill stirs old debate (March 4, 2005)

A female wolf was legally trapped and then killed with a pistol shot to the head a few weeks ago just outside a protected zone on the northeast border of Denali National Park.

Dec. 5: Permanent Fund strategy shift; ghost bike of C Street; cell phones all the rage in villages; final Palin campaign fashion bills;

Anchorage gas prices nation's highest

A national survey of gasoline prices in cities nationwide has found that Anchorage, among bigger cities, has the highest average price.

Man slain trying to protect woman

An Anchorage man was shot dead after intervening in a domestic-violence dispute Saturday night in Spenard, Anchorage police said.

One injured in East Anchorage house fire

One person was injured and three dogs died in an East Anchorage fire Friday night.

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Condors trump Aces

The Alaska Aces have a slump on their hands.

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Fallout continues over Palin campaign clothes, expenses

New disclosures from the Republican National Committee report additional money spent on clothing, accessories and stylists during Gov. Sarah Palin's campaign for vice president.

Palin won't release Troopergate deposition

Nordic Ski Club may lose $150,000 in donations

The Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage may lose $150,000 in membership fees because the online company hired to take the payments hasn't turned over the money and has clammed up.

Jeff King fined $4,750 for poaching

A Fairbanks judge fined longtime musher and four-time Iditarod winner Jeff King $4,750 Friday for poaching a moose inside Denali National Park and Preserve in 2007.

Friday's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices

The price of North Slope oil sold on West Coast open markets closed Friday at $35.61 a barrel, down $3.56 for the day.

Stevens asks for new trial in Alaska

Defense lawyers today cited 17 reasons that U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' monthlong trial was unfair, flawed or prejudiced against him and asked that he be tried anew, this time in Alaska.

Appeals court orders review of Southeast murder charge

A judge must reconsider her decision to dismiss an indictment against a Craig teenager accused of plotting with two former boyfriends to kill her mother, the Alaska Appellate Court says.

Missile shoot-down test a success, Pentagon says

The Defense Department said today it shot down a missile launched from a military base on Kodiak Island in a simulated attack designed to test a proposed missile shield.

Congressmen seek pardon for Fort Rich soldier

Two Idaho congressional leaders have sent letters to President Bush asking him to pardon an Idaho soldier convicted this year of unpremeditated murder while on a mission in Iraq.