President Obama will speak to military personnel at Elemendorf Air Force Base on Thursday afternoon, the White House announced today.
Gold production highest since 1916
Miners are digging gold out of the ground in Alaska at a faster clip than they have in almost a century. Last year's gold production tipped the scales at 800,000 ounces.
Aces blanked by Ontario to end their road trip
What could have been a fabulous road trip ended in a bit of a funk for the Alaska Aces on Sunday, when they were shut out for the first time this hockey season.
Murkowski plans town hall meeting on health care
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has scheduled a town hall meeting on health care reform from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mirror Lake Middle School in the Chugiak area.
Coast Guard searches for man who fell off cargo ship
The Coast Guard is searching for a 21-year-old Filipino man who reportedly fell off a cargo ship 40 miles north of Dutch Harbor on Sunday
2 Kenai residents die in Nebraska accident
Two people from Alaska died in a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 80 in Nebraska.
PHOTO GALLERY
Tina Halcomb shovels snow at her East Anchorage home this morning.
First measureable snow of the season hits town
Anchorage got it's first measurable snow of the season beginning on Sunday evening with around 1.3" - 5.5" of the fluffy stuff falling around town according to the National Weather Service.
In the world of dog mushing, there aren't many jobs with a steady paycheck. Professional mushers live off the bounty of their race earnings, dog breeding skills and marketing savvy. And within a federal government that employs 19.7 million people, there is one -- exactly one -- dog mushing job.
EDITORIAL
The bullet line isn't looking so great as a Southcentral gas supply option.
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At halftime of UAA's Sunday morning exhibition game against powerhouse Duke University, Seawolves coach Tim Moser told a radio broadcaster he had a simple reason for taking his team cross-country to face one of the premier women's basketball teams in the nation.
REVIEW
The most entertaining moment in Anchorage Opera's double-bill of "Sister Angelica" and "I Pagliacci" comes right at the opening of the latter and doesn't involve singing. Jane Park Drebert does a cartwheel on the edge of the stage and, with comic intent, flubs it, falling on her patoot.
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Economist: Alaska purchase hasn't paid off for US
The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million in gold for Alaska in 1867 -- less than 2 cents an acre. Screamin' deal, right? Wrong, says a University of Iowa economist who suggests the high-maintenance territory should have been dumped on Canada.
The Good, bad and ugly of Anchorage
Location: Point Woronzof, 11/2009 Golden Sunset over the water at Point Woronzof
Location: Studio, Auburn, CA, 11/09/09 18 x 24 acrylic. Reflections.
The original hit puzzle from Tim Parker set the standard for all online crosswords that followed.
What is Sudoku? It's a global sensation! Sudoku is a number-placement puzzle that is mentally challenging, easy to learn and highly addictive.
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