Rural Alaska Photos

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Richard Foster

Rep. Richard Foster, D-Nome, flips through his Black's Law Dictionary during debate on the House floor at the Capitol Friday, May 1, 1998 in Juneau, Alaska.

Richard Foster represented Nome in the state House for 21 years. He was one of the longest serving legislators. He died in Seattle on October 13 while undergoing dialysis.

Bethel booze

Responding to a call at a Bethel steam house, police officer Jerry Herrod arrives to defuse an argument between people he said had been drinking - a common situation, he says.

Bethel, a city of 5,700 people is the biggest of 19 so-called "damp" communities in Alaska.

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Rural Tour

From left, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are seen during a visit to a housing project in Hooper Bay, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, as part of the administration's rural tour. President Barack Obama promised to pay attention to problems of rural America, and four of his cabinet secretaries traveled Wednesday to parts of Alaska that couldn't get much more rural.

Four secretaries from President Obama's cabinet are doing a tour of a part of western Alaska beginning in Bethel.

Yukon flooding destruction in Eagle

Damage from the spring flooding on the Yukon River. Photos made June 7 and 8, 2009. The spring flood and ice jam crushed cars and other property near the Eagle boat landing.

Eagle was hit very hard by the spring Yukon River flooding. Early in June, the destruction was evident, even as cleanup continues and reconstruction begins.

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Life in Rural Alaska

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Coping with suicide

Willie Ballot, of Selawik, describes life after his daughter's suicide.

Photos: Remembering the Suicides

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Policing Selawik

Selawik VPO Clarence Snyder gives a tour of the City of Selawik, Alaska Jail.

Photos: Policing Selawik

Photos: Selawik, Alaska

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Car Registration in Kotzebue

Chris Madison of Kotzebue, Alaska talks about the upcoming state ruling that will require vehicles to be registered and insured in Kotzebue, Alaska.

Photos: Vehicles of Kotzebue

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Snow fall 2009

Now that the ground's covered in the cold white stuff, it's time to get out the cameras and capture the beauty behind the otherwise bummer of a turn in the weather.

Holiday Lights Map

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2008 Holiday Lights

Halloween costumes

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Halloween costumes: Kids

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