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| Police, fire costs soar with fuel bills Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:01:42 ADT Skyrocketing fuel prices will cost Anchorage police and firefighters hundreds of thousands of dollars more than projected this year and are causing the departments to look for ways to pinch pennies to fuel their fleets. |
| Airlines continue baggage scrutiny with bulky carry-ons Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:01:39 ADT Checked bags are now a moneymaker for US Airways, American Airlines and United Airlines, and officials say they're going to keep a closer watch on how much you take on board as they begin their new baggage fees. |
| Pilot trying to land dies in crash Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:43:09 ADT A deadly weekend claimed another victim Sunday when a pilot returning from a brief pleasure flight in the Valley crashed into trees surrounding a private airstrip off Trunk Road and was killed. |
| Cruise control moves from freeway to farm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:01:53 ADT Standing beside a 50-acre field off Bodenburg Loop Road, Paula Giauque watched last week as the tractor slowly ground its heavy treads through loamy soil. The wheels flicked from side to side in the thick, chocolate-colored dirt like a compass needle seeking a point. But the tractor stayed on track without "driver" Carl Farwell ever touching the wheel. |
| Clear slate, conscience to save an interview Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:17:52 ADT Last Monday, I was racing to a 1 p.m. job interview near the Conoco Phillips and Atwood buildings downtown. Although I'd left early and planned to arrive 15 minutes early, I hadn't expected all the road construction because I hadn't been downtown in a while. |
| Commuting to work Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:50:45 ADT Overall, about 20 percent of Alaska jobs are held by non-Alaskans. But the percentage of private-sector jobs held by nonresidents varied widely across the state in 2006. |
| Decision on Wild playoff due today Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:34:56 ADT A conference call among Intense Football League owners and coaches on Sunday failed to resolve where the Alaska Wild will play the first playoff game in franchise history. The Wild would host the CenTex Barracudas of Belton, Texas on Thursday at Sullivan Arena. The Bell County Expo Center, where CenTex plays at home, is booked this week. |
| Heaven at Halibut Cove Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:04:17 ADT Paddling along the shores of Halibut Cove lagoon, Reilly Hall spotted a blip in the glass-smooth surface of the water ahead. |
| Terror on the trail: Bear attacks teen bike racer Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:11:09 ADT A teenage girl riding in an all-night mountain bike race was badly injured early Sunday morning when a bear attacked her on a trail in Far North Bicentennial Park. |
| More wood bison rumble into Alaska Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:19:37 ADT FAIRBANKS -- The state Department of Fish and Game has trucked 53 wood bison into Alaska from a national park in Canada as part of a bid to revive the species for hunting purposes after it died out in the state. |
| Finding opens the way to lease volcano Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:19:19 ADT The state is preparing to lease 16 tracts on the southern flank of the Mount Spurr to companies interested in the volcano's geothermal potential. |
| Rulings keep protection for murrelet Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:19:23 ADT GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Timber industry efforts to get a small sea bird off the threatened-species list have been denied in two court rulings. |
| 'Million-dollar hole' sparks ferry service cuts Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:19:15 ADT KETCHIKAN -- The Inter-Island Ferry Authority is canceling some scheduled trips, citing burgeoning fuel costs and less funding than expected. |
| Weak dollar lures more tourists from German-speaking nations Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:37:27 ADT FAIRBANKS -- Tourism officials monitoring business in Fairbanks are seeing a bright side to high gasoline and grocery prices. |
| Aug. 18 is last day to seek permission to cruise Glacier Bay Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:35:24 ADT JUNEAU -- Cruise ship companies have until Aug. 18 to apply to the National Park Service for the right to bring ships into Glacier Bay. |
| Fatal auto accident results in manslaughter indictment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:33:16 ADT FAIRBANKS -- A 53-year-old Fairbanks man has been indicted for manslaughter after a fatal traffic accident. Theodore W. Wicken was driving a pickup last November when it hit a car driven by 23-year-old Zachary Creek of Fairbanks. |
| Correctional center head retires after 30 years with department Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:31:22 ADT KETCHIKAN -- A man who headed the Ketchikan Correctional Center for 20 years has retired. |
| You too can be a virtual Bering Sea crabber Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:03:31 ADT VIRTUAL DUTCH HARBOR -- Minutes into your new career as a crab boat captain, the crew is already a headache. |
| 'Trust and teamwork' Arctic Thunder rolls Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:04:04 ADT People pointed their cameras and fingers upward toward four red, white and blue Air Force planes flying in a row east toward the mountains Saturday afternoon at Elmendorf. |
| Weak runs of king salmon alarm, puzzle biologists Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:04:17 ADT Even before this fishing season began, Alaska fishery biologists expected they could be in for a funky year. |
| Stampede is on for fuel-efficient autos Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:04:08 ADT Let's make the math here as simple as possible. Say you own a 10-year-old Ford Explorer SUV that gets 15 miles per gallon. It's paid off, but it's not going to live forever. |
| Palmer EOD tech can't afford mistakes Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:32:16 ADT HAMPTON, Va. -- Fifty yards. |
| State reaches settlement with owners of grounded boat Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:33:01 ADT The owners of a commercial fishing vessel that ran aground last summer, spilling 3,500 gallons of diesel fuel into Prince William Sound, have agreed to pay $27,500 in penalties under an agreement with the state. |
| Missing man presumed dead after boat flips on the Kenai Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:32:02 ADT Searchers were looking for a missing man Saturday night after a boat carrying five people flipped on the Kenai River, an Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman said. |
| Motorcyclist, ATV driver die in separate crashes Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:32:41 ADT Two men were killed in vehicle accidents in Southcentral Alaska on Saturday, according to Alaska State Troopers. |
| Inside Alaska business Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:17:54 ADT Cook Inlet gets ACS cable |
| Meetings Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:17:51 ADT TODAY |
| Conventions and conferences Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:17:49 ADT • June 29-July 2: Association of Consulting Foresters of America, Inc. ACF National Convention 2008, 350 delegates and 25 exhibits at Hilton Anchorage Hotel. Estimated economic impact: $462,097 |
| Battle over CIRI proxies leads to a countersuit Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:32:20 ADT A new battle over Cook Inlet Region Inc.'s leadership has erupted, raising questions about whether some of the company's newly elected directors will keep their jobs. |
| Competition may spur in-state gas line Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:37:06 ADT On the natural gas fight card this year, the main event is clearly the big pipeline: Denali, created by BP and Conoco Phillips, squaring off against TransCanada, backed by the state and looking for legislative approval. |
| Exxon ruling frustrates Kodiak fishermen Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:37:00 ADT KODIAK -- Kodiak fishermen woke Wednesday to a raining, howling storm outside. Ends up it was the perfect background for the howling storm of anger and frustration that would be expressed over the U.S. Supreme Court's Exxon decision. |
| Speeding up Mount Marathon Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:11:43 ADT Recalling her humbling debut at Mount Marathon in 2000, Elizabeth Hooper of Anchorage can nearly laugh herself to tears. Back then it was hard to measure which she was more full of at the race start, bravado or naivete. By race end, misery snuffed both. |
| Wild back into playoff game at home Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:11:47 ADT The Alaska Wild failed to win on the road for the second straight Intense Football League season, losing 68-66 to the Fairbanks Grizzlies in a regular-season finale on Saturday night. |
| Sandbrink leads Pilots over Bucs Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:11:21 ADT Right-hander Dan Sandbrink allowed one run in six innings in his Anchorage Glacier Pilots debut Saturday night, lifting the Alaska Baseball League club to a 3-2 win over the rival Anchorage Bucs at Mulcahy Stadium. |
| Steady pace carries Taylor to hill climb win Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:26:41 ADT Riding a bicycle almost 11 miles up a steep mountain road is a difficult task physically. But it is perhaps more challenging mentally. |
| Avalanche snags Outlaws' coach Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:26:39 ADT Dave Boitz hemmed and hawed while making his decision to move from Iowa to Alaska to coach the Avalanche junior hockey team in Wasilla. |
| Steady talent with a bow Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:26:36 ADT Shane Barber of Palmer is an avid bow hunter who introduced his family to his passion. |
| Parisien, Barrett top the field in Palmer 5-K Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:11:38 ADT This may be summer vacation, but Palmer's Jake Parisien isn't slowing down. The high school state champion at 3,200 meters, brought his winning ways to the road on Saturday, dominating the 5 kilometer Race for Technology in 15 minutes, 17 seconds. Ryan Cox was second in 16:54. |
| Alaskans complete 460-mile paddle Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:52:26 ADT The canoeing team of Larry Seethaler and Brenda Forsythe finished fourth in the tandem canoe division of the 10-annual Yukon River Quest on Saturday, making the 460-mile nonstop paddle in 2 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes -- about 14 hours behind the division winners. |
| Dimond 12, Fairbanks 4 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:22:18 ADT Colton Lauwers pitched a complete game shorted to eight innings by the mercy rule and stuck out 11 to lead Dimond to a road victory. |
| This week in Mat-Su sports Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:26:47 ADT AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL |
| In the area Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:11:35 ADT TODAY |
| Fatal strain of bird flu fails to land in Alaska Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:39:38 ADT Asian bird flu and its connection to Alaska was big news a few years ago, when dozens of Alaska scientists started checking birds migrating from Asia. |
| Together Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:25:52 ADT APRIL 24, 1948 |
| Teen talent Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:41:04 ADT Earlier this year, the Daily News asked readers to tell us about Alaska teens with a high degree of artistic talent. The nominations that flowed in covered a wide range of disciplines, and the field contained an impressive array of young artists and performers. The judges faced a difficult task, but finally felt that these four stood out. Each received an iPod. |
| Extra fees charged by airlines starting to push the edge Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:39:35 ADT It's tough to keep a good attitude about airlines these days. Hardly a day goes by without the worst airlines hiking fares and adding on more frivolous fees, at the same time reducing services. Everyone knows that fuel prices are up, up, up. But it appears that many carriers are using the gas prices as a "get out of jail free" card to annoy passengers with an array of add-ons and extra charges. Here are some of the highlights: |
| Reading the North Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:40:52 ADT Just Enuf to Get By |
| Distribute energy relief rebate fairly Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:52:00 EST I keep reading that Gov. Sarah Palin is proposing a $1,200 energy relief rebate for people that have been living in Alaska for at least 180 days. |
| Knowledge should guide wildlife policy Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:52:00 EST There has been much discussion in Alaska about the need for sound science in managing wildlife. |
| Kensington case heads to Supreme Court Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:04:00 EST The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday it will take on the Kensington Mine's tailings plan in next year's term. |
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