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| $21 billion Alaska energy plan proposed Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:02:51 ADT State lawmakers here for a special session on the natural gas pipeline are quietly considering another blockbuster energy idea -- plowing nearly $21 billion into "renewable" and "alternative" energy projects. |
| Teacher draws the best out of vulnerable teens Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:03:11 ADT Janice Strickland, a longtime East High college-level English and French teacher, teaches remedial summer school English. Sprinkled among her students are achievers earning credits to get ahead. But most are vulnerable 16- and 17-year-olds. |
| Grounded Alaska cruise ship in for repairs Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:18:38 ADT A cruise ship that ran aground near Glacier Bay this week made its way back to Auke Bay in Juneau tailed by a tugboat and a vessel containing oil response equipment, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. |
| Palin unhurt in fender bender Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:18:57 ADT Gov. Sarah Palin was not injured in a four-car fender bender on the Glenn Highway on Tuesday. |
| Interest develops in wood pellets for heat Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:17:49 ADT A state forestry official says he's fielded several inquiries from companies interested in producing wood pellets to be used for heat. |
| US Senate GOP omits ANWR Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:18:53 ADT Senate Republicans have dropped the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from their energy policy discussions, focusing instead on persuading Democrats to lift a moratorium on offshore drilling. |
| Southcentral fishing forecast Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:52:42 ADT Where they're biting and where they aren't |
| 'Moose whisperer' earns biologist's scorn Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:02:45 ADT State wildlife biologist Rick Sinnott thought locals already knew better than to scratch a moose's ears. |
| Lawmakers tackle energy and gas line Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:19:14 ADT JUNEAU -- State lawmakers are back in Juneau for another 30-day special session. |
| Two hunters on canoe trip drowned Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:18:03 ADT Alaska State Troopers say drowning was the cause of death for two hunters whose bodies were found in Cook Inlet Tuesday. |
| Ailing Alaska miner lifted from remote camp Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:18:12 ADT The National Park Service rescued a 60-year-old gold miner Wednesday from a remote wilderness camp west of Talkeetna after he suffered a possible heart attack, according to emergency responders and a family member. |
| Man convicted after his turkeys waddle off Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:18:27 ADT COOPER LANDING -- A Cooper Landing man whose wild turkeys roamed around a neighboring elementary school playground was convicted Tuesday of releasing wild game without a valid permit. |
| Overdue fisherman found safe and sound Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:15:24 ADT A man reported missing Tuesday night was located by police and found to be all right. |
| Cleaning up Juneau fuel leak could cost $150,000 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:18:48 ADT JUNEAU -- Juneau officials say it will cost up to $150,000 to fix and clean up after a diesel fuel leak was found in a fuel system at the city-owned wastewater treatment plant. |
| State paid tab for Piper Palin flight Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:18:08 ADT When Gov. Sarah Palin's 7-year-old daughter flew to Barrow with her mother recently, the state paid the $402 bill. |
| New visitor center opens inside Denali park Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:39:39 ADT DENALI NATIONAL PARK -- A new Eielson Visitor Center opened in June in Denali National Park on the Denali Park Road, 66 miles from the park entrance. |
| Sen. Stevens set to address Legislature Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:35:45 ADT JUNEAU -- U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens is scheduled to address the special legislative session. |
| Community profile: Halibut Cove Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:19:03 ADT HALIBUT COVE |
| Corrections Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:18:33 ADT This photograph, which appeared on Page B-1 on July 1, was incorrectly described in the original caption. It was first reported to and by the New York Times that the child had suffered broken legs in an episode of state-sponsored violence in Zimbabwe. Subsequent investigation determined that although the boy's home was attacked by governing party militia, his legs were in casts because he has club feet. |
| Today's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:45:54 ADT The price of North Slope oil sold on West Coast open markets closed Wednesday at $135.35 a barrel, up a penny for the day. |
| Vladivostok air starts direct flights to Russia Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:33:54 ADT State officials welcomed a Russian air carrier to Stevens International Airport on Monday. |
| Bargas' pitching leads Bucs to win Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:52:50 ADT Paul Bargas pitched a complete game, one-hit shutout and the Bucs offense scored four runs in the second inning to topple the Goldpanners 6-0 and move out of last place in the Alaska Baseball League at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks on Wednesday. |
| Last of the urban kings Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:52:46 ADT Gripping his boots firmly on the rocky bottom of Ship Creek with eroding shelves of silt surrounding him, Eric Ash positioned himself just right on a cloudy and chilly Wednesday morning for one of the biggest fishing battles of his life. |
| In the area Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:52:48 ADT TODAY |
| West 9, East 7 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:01:15 ADT Jon Harrison went 2 for 4 with two runs scored as West capitalized on East's control issues on the mound to take a tight game at Kosinski Fields on Tuesday. |
| Warm-season crops are struggling Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:41:06 ADT Q. When is it going to get warm enough for squash to grow? |
| What's blooming at the Alaska Botanical Garden Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:41:14 ADT Slowly but surely the season is unfolding into one with smaller plants and later blooms. I am sure everyone is experiencing the late bloomers and cooler weather that the Alaska Botanical Garden is. Watering very deeply will help the plants mature and bloom as they should, but not when they should -- everything is three to four weeks later than normal. |
| A day to set aside politics Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:41:16 ADT HAINES -- It finally warmed up last week and almost got sunny, just in time for the Fourth of July and Sen. Ted Stevens' visit the next day. The mayor got him here by hand-delivering to the senator's Washington office a brochure detailing our festivities honoring the 50th anniversary of statehood and the Alaska military tradition at Haines' hundred-year-old former Army base, Fort Seward. It had a photograph of the guest of honor, the senator himself, on the front. When Senator Stevens noted that there were no dates, the mayor told him that we would hold the event any day that he could come. |
| Local events for gardeners Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:41:08 ADT Citizen Weed Warriors Weed Pull: Combat weeds in the city, 6 p.m. today, Goose Lake Park. Gloves, tools and snacks provided. (245-2373) |
| Ogling the blooms in Girdwood, Indian Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:41:11 ADT A sudden urge overtook me on Saturday to drive to Girdwood and view the flowers at The Bake Shop, tucked into one of the older buildings in town, at the base of the ski slope. The owners have become famous for their floral display (as well as the food they serve) in the outdoor seating area. Planters of dahlias and begonias and hanging baskets of fuchsias, impatiens and begonias surround picnic tables in a cacophony of bright colors. |
| Readers wonder about water and more Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:40:58 ADT It is time to clear the inbox of questions that more people than the askers would like to hear answered. |
| In brief: Family Dates (7/10/08) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:41:04 ADT THURSDAY |
| Nurseryman breeds ornamentals with a goal of Alaska-hardiness Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:40:50 ADT Doug Tryck of Tryck Nursery, a little to the south at 3625 Rabbit Creek Road, is slowly transforming himself into the Luther Burbank of Alaska with his plant breeding, though with ornamentals rather than vegetables. |
| Adapting to Alaska Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:40:57 ADT The Anchorage area has so many ups and downs, so many areas of water, so many channels for winds to nose through to dry and nip, that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Hardiness Zones, based on lowest average temperature, amount to a jigsaw puzzle for us. It's hard to say what will grow and what won't until it's given a chance. |
| Nursery's customers participate in plant tryouts Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:40:48 ADT Lorri Abel of In the Garden Nursery has been giving people plants to try in our climate and asks them to report back on how they do. There is a small charge to cover her costs. |
| The uphill struggle Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Kodiak legislator and Republican candidate for U.S. House Gabrielle LeDoux may be polling well behind incumbent Don Young and Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell, but she has a point when it comes to mathematics: 'Well, I figured the way the primary wou ... |
| Odd couples Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Politics made for some strange bedfellows in the last week or so. First, there was the 'Sarah and Ted show,' (so named by Senator Stevens himself) where the Governor made an announced-at-the-last-minute appearance at Uncle Ted's Wednesday energy p ... |
| Headlamp Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Until recently, I thought of clams as a food that magically appears in restaurants or store-bought cans. I had no way of connecting something that lives inside a sandy beach to what appeared on my dinner plate or went into linguini with clam sauce. N ... |
| Brew review Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sometimes I think we're beer-snobbish here in Anchorage. Certainly, more good beer is available here than elsewhere in the state, but we often forget that good beer can be found and celebrated elsewhere in Alaska. We have the population to support bi ... |
| Why statehood? Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT As Alaska plunges headlong into it's celebration of 50 years of statehood, there's plenty being written about the mechanisms whereby our statehood was achieved, lots of chronicling of the 'how' of statehood. But there's less being written about the ' ... |
| Film review Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT They don't make 'em like they used to because they just don't have to anymore. The technology now available allows special-effects artists to tap and click their way to some spectacular cinematic moments, but there is a cost (besides the ticket ... |
| "Let us end American Colonialism" Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT A speech by Ernest Gruening |
| Blotter Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT On July 3, Alaska State Troopers made an arrest in a five-day-old theft investigation on the Glitter Gulch beat. Troopers arrested a 19-year-old park bunny from Utah. The former Denali Princess employee is accused of swiping $250 worth of merch wh ... |
| An open letter to the Alaska Dream Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Dear Mr. Davis, First, allow us to congratulate you for becoming the newest owner/manager to have a basketball team included on the American Basketball Association roster. The next few months will be busy not too mention headytimes for you so ke ... |
| Savage Love Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT I am a heterosexual male in my 20s, and I need some help putting a label on my kink/fetish. I usually don't care much for labels in any aspect of life, but I'm hoping that knowing what to call this may help me find others who share the same interest: ... |
| Perpetual Motion Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Despite riding on a steady arc from smaller venues to theaters to arenas (not to mention landing the cover of Alternative Press' most-anticipated-album issue for last year's Even If It Kills Me), the members of Motion City Soundtrack still write the ... |
| Good and fast Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Every once in awhile, even the die-hard brown bagger needs a diversion from the office, to fuel up, recharge, or escape. The trouble is, a busy workday requires a speedy meal, and often the choices that meet the time crunch can also mean a gut punch. |
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