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Historic Railroad Track Maintenance Cars

The Motorcar Operators West club put their track speeders onto the rails of the Alaska Railroad on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at the Ship Creek Railroad yard. The 29 obsolete and restored railroad work cars will travel the the rails from Anchorage to Fairbanks, back to Anchorage then to Seward and Whittier in the next two weeks.

Restored Track Speeders ride the Alaska Rails.

Anchorage July 4th 2011

Throngs of people turn out at the Anchorage July 4th Celebration Monday July 4, 2011 on the Delaney Park Strip.

The Anchorage July 4th Celebration draws throngs of participants and spectators.

Winds Scour Anchorage

Gusts of wind blast shingles atop a home on Scalero Drive Thursday morning April 7, 2011 in south Anchorage.

Gusting winds scour Anchorage.

Fur Rondy 2011

People walk past a giant phoenix snow sculpture on Tuesday night, Mar. 1, 2011, that was carved by Team AK Awesome who won first place in the 3-member team competition at Fur Rondy.

Anchorage Fur Rondy 2011.

Fur Rondy Fur Bikini Contest

FIRST LEGO Robotics Competition

Rogers Park Elementary Cheese Ninjas team members Eric Tyskiewicz, Ryan Stiles, Kaden Caldarera, Zack Steinberg, Alex Daskalos and Simon Mahns. Teams from across the state competed with their LEGO robot on the course on Saturday January 15, 2011 at Dimond High School. Teams build and program their robots built with LEGO parts to perform tasks on a standard course. They compete head to head in the FIRST LEGO League state wide competition.

The FIRST LEGO League Robotics state wide competition.

Oscar Lajoie Sentencing

Sentencing hearing for Oscar Lajoie.

New Years Eve 2010

New Years Eve celebration in downtown Anchorage.

Special Olympics Polar Plunge

Special Olympics Alaska's 2nd annual Polar Plunge at Goose Lake on Saturday December 18, 2010. Over 700 jumpers raised more then $275,000 by jumping into the near freezing water with air temperatures in the single digits.

Special Olympics Alaska Polar Plunge at Goose Lake.

Alaska Native Cultural School Concert

Students from the Alaska Native Cultural Charter School gave a performance for elders at the Kenaitze Pointe Cook Inlet Housing Authority Complex on Thursday December 16, 2010. The first through 7th graders sang songs in English and Yupik and performed a skit featuring rabbits among other wild creatures.

Alaska Native Cultural Charter School elders concert.

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