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Coast Guard icebreaker escorts tanker through Bering Sea ice

The Russian-flagged tanker Renda steams toward Nome, Alaska, through a path in the Bering Sea ice broken up by the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Jan. 6, 2012.

A Russian tanker carrying fuel for an iced-in Nome that without a delivery could run out of crucial supplies before winter's end encountered ice early Friday in the eastern Bering Sea and was escorted by the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. Read more

Bering Sea Storm

A fishing boat that sank in a boat harbor is shown in Nome Nov. 10, 2011. A massive storm that battered Alaska's western coast with hurricane-strength winds and towering sea surges has passed out of the region in a much weaker state, leaving behind widespread damage and a missing man who may have been swept out to a churning sea.

A powerful, dangerous storm is moving across the Bering Sea toward the western Alaska coast Tuesday, November 8, 2011.

AFN conference

An audience member listens to a panel discussion called Strengthening our Relationship with the Federal Government during the Alaska Federation of Natives conference on Saturday, October 22, 2011.

The annual convention of the Alaska Federation of Natives in October 2011, at the Dena'ina Convention Center in Anchorage.

Quyana Alaska I

One-year-old Emma Nashookpuk took to the stage as the Wainwright Dancers performed on Wednesday evening, Oct. 19, 2011, during Quyana Alaska I, which is  part of the annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention being held at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage.

Singers and Dancers from around the state performed Wednesday evening, Oct. 19, 2011, during Quyana Alaska I which is part of the annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention being held at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage.

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Life in Rural Alaska (PT 2)

Post your photos from the Bush and check out what others are sending in.

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Policing Selawik

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

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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.

2011/12 Alaska winter

Location: Alyeska, 10/9/11

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.

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.

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

Location: Valdez, AK 01/06/2012

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.

Alaska-based soldiers headed for Afghanistan

Brigade Deployment Ceremony

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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Operation Bulldog Bite

Photo courtesy MSgt. Roger Sparks

Master Sgt. Roger Sparks talks about the experience of Operation Bulldog Bite in Afghanistan.



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