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Alaska State Fair, 2011

Julian Kristek, 7, of Palmer holds his Pekin duck at left and Caleb Glasser, 8, of Palmer holds his Brahma chicken during the 4-H Small Fry Showmanship competition in the barn at the Alaska State Fair. The Alaska State Fair was well attended on its final day, Labor Day, September 5, 2011.

The Alaska State Fair.

Fair-ly Great Pumpkins

Giant pumpkins are delivered for the weigh-off Wednesday August 31, 2011 at the Alaska State Fair.

PHOTO GALLERY

State fair rodeo

Alaska State Fair Prep

Wayne Vandre of Anchorage examines an entry while judging honey for the Alaska State Fair Wednesday morning August 24, 2011 in Palmer. If you see bee legs, then you know it hasn't been filtered, he joked. Taste, appearance, sugar and water content were among the criteria he used for awarding ribbons. It's a sweet job!, he concluded. The fair opens Thursday and runs through September 5, Labor Day.

Final preparations are made for opening day of the Alaska State Fair Wednesday, August 24, 2011 in Palmer.

Giant Cabbage Weigh Off

The 2010 Alaska State Fair Cabbage Weigh Off.

2010 Alaska State Fair

2010 Alaska State Fair Rodeo

A bull leaves a junior bull rider in the dirt. The Alaska State Fair rodeo began Saturday, August 28 and continues Sunday at 2 p.m.

2010 Faces of the Alaska State Fair

Dale Marshall of Anchorage set a new state record for his giant pumpkin entry at the Alaska State Fair on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. His weighed in at 1,101 pounds.

2010 Alaska State Fair's final weekend

Hamilton Norris, of Wasilla, gets rest in a stall next to Miss Piggy at the Alaska State Fair barn on Saturday, September 5, 2009. Miss Piggy had given birth to eleven piglets in the middle of the night prior. Norris kept watch over the scene which was busy with curious fair-goers.

Clear summer weather drew thousands to the Alaska State Fair in its final weekend.

2009 Alaska State Fair

A gerbil is ready to dash to the edge of the wheel and dive into a colored hole at the Elks Rat Race booth at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Saturday August 29, 2009. The fair runs through September 7th.

Reader-submitted

2011/12 Alaska winter

From low sunlight, plunging temperatures and massive snow fall, Alaska's winter are an extreme mix of beauty and danger. Post a photo of you how you live through it.

Reader submitted: 2012 Aurora Borealis

Location: Point Woronzof Park Anchorage, AK, 01/24/12

RSVP: January - 2012

Location: Sheraton Anchorage, 01/14/12 The Chenega Commercial Holdings, LLC team poses for a group photo at the 2011 Stars of the Industry event at the Sheraton Anchorage. The Alaska Hotel & Lodging Association hosts this annual event to recognize and celebrate excellence in the hospitality industry.

Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in January, 2012.

Post an RSVP photo

Cordova snowstorm

Location: Cordova, AlaskaThis was even before the final part of the storm!

Cordova residents are tunneling out after several snow storms moved through Prince William Sound.

January Valdez snowstorm

Heavy snow pounded Valdez and Cordova on January 6, 2012, after the town received 19.2 inches Thursday from the Prince William Sound blizzard, making for a season total of more than 20 feet. Meanwhile, Nome is having its worst cold spell since 1989.

Frosty Alaskans

Best of 2011: Reader-submitted

Skiing and snowboarding

2011 Howwwwl-oween dog costume contest

Aurora Borealis: September, 2011

My Aces

2011 Halloween: Kids

Crafts on sale at 2011 holiday bazaars

Denali National Park road lottery

Reader photos: Big Hunt

Reader photos: 2011 Fall colors

Reader photos: 2011 Alaska State Fair

Slideshows

Alaska-based soldiers headed for Afghanistan

Brigade commander Col. Morris Goins addresses his troops and guests at a U.S. Army Alaska deployment ceremony for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Tuesday morning November 29, 2011 at Sullivan Arena. The 3,500-soldier brigade will be departing for Afghanistan on a series of flights in November and December.

AUDIO SLIDE SHOW

Food Bank of Alaska Thanksgiving Blessing

The Food Bank of Alaska Thanksgiving Blessing project is a community-wide effort to provide turkeys and all the fixings to everyone in need on one day, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, from seven locations and is expected to provide enough food to feed around 7,000 families.

AUDIO SLIDE SHOW

Southcentral Power Project

Project manager Dustin Highers discusses the Southcentral Power Project located at the Chugach Electric Association headquarters off International Airport Road in Anchorage.

Touring the Goose Creek Correctional Center

Corrections commissioner Joe Schmidt describes the new Goose Creek Correctional Center slated to begin accepting prisoners in March of 2012 at Point MacKenzie.

AUDIO SLIDE SHOW

Operation Bulldog Bite