New books of interest to Alaskans
New books of interest to Alaskans
New books of interest to Alaskans
New books of interest to Alaskans
SETH KANTNER
Right cup improves coffee and friendships
My first Internet date was with a guy named Mike. (I assume that got your attention.) I received an email from this stranger, asking how to build plastic sleds. I responded, told how I did it. A few weeks later another note came, asking how to make the hitch.
New books of interest to Alaskans
Old 557 engine returns, but not under its own steam
The world was at war when a coal-powered steam locomotive, Alaska Railroad No. 557, arrived in Alaska in December 1944. The engine moved troops and military equipment before shifting to civilian service during peacetime. Tuesday, it returned to Anchorage.
New books of interest to Alaskans
New books of interest to Alaskans
New books of interest to Alaskans
Anchorage Museum acquires WWII POW mementos
The Anchorage Museum has acquired the mementos of an Alaskan who spent more than three years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.
New books of interest to Alaskans
New books of interest to Alaskans
New books of interest to Alaskans
New books of interest to Alaskans
In researching Wednesday's article on the Juneteenth Alaska Alcan Highway Celebration, I came across this picture of men who worked on the road.
New books of interest to Alaskans
Juneteenth Alaska Alcan Highway celebration events
Statewide events marking the highway project.
Black soldiers' work on Alaska Highway commemorated
Oct. 28, 1942, is the date crews finished the road that connects Alaska to the rest of North America. This week's Juneteenth Alaska Alcan Highway Celebration notes the contributions of African-American soldiers to building the Alaska Highway.
New books of interest to Alaskans
New books of interest to Alaskans
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Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in Febuary, 2012.
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Flip through galleries featuring the Daily News' picks for best images from 2011.
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Archive photos of the rescue of 3 California gray whales from the ice in Barrow.
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From more than 4,000 reader photos posted to adn.com in 2011, we picked 100 of our favorites.
PHOTOS
Alaska Railroad steam locomotive, Engine #557,arrived in Anchorage on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. The locomotive first came to Alaska in Dec. 1944 and was sold to a private museum in Moses Lake, Wash. in 1964. The Alaska Railroad hopes to restore it for excursions.
PHOTOS
The Reindeer Farm hosted a holiday celebration on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2011, in Butte.
PHOTOS
The Alaska Jewish Historical Museum & Cultural Center's annual Hanukkah celebration at the Egan Center on Tuesday, December 20, 2011. The event featured the "African Acrobats" in their performance of "The Macrobats" a play on words referencing the Maccabees, the historic heroes of Hanukkah.
PHOTOS
Local dancers rehearse the Nutcracker Ballet Tuesday November 22, 2011 at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.
Girdwood art center wants to put a brush in your hand
Historic Anchorage home reopens to the public
Portugal. The Man: From Alaska to rock stardom
Historic Juneau house gets makeover
Professor studies mammoths, early Alaskans
Sonar may have found sunken WWII sub
Navy confirms lost WWII sub has been found
Statehood fight seen through prism of publisher
Civil War's last shots were fired in the Bering Sea
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