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CatholicAnchor.org Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell issued a statement which was read aloud on Jan. 21 by a representative from his office at the 12th Annual Interdenominational Prayer Service for those wounded by abortion. The event marking the 39th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. ...

JUNEAU — Both the Senate and the House passed their first bills of the 2012 legislative session Friday. A measure that would create an advisory board to oversee community and public transportation ... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Nenana man has been convicted of selling smoked chum salmon strips as king salmon strips, a violation of the Lacey Act. A jury convicted Willis Scott Maxon, 52, on Friday following a ... ...

FAIRBANKS — Matt Atkinson and a handful of other employees of Air Arctic acted as a bucket brigade, scooping up dozens of frozen 2012 Yukon Quest food drop bags and loading them on a plane bound fo... ...

FAIRBANKS — Coming soon to televisions across the state: a public service announcement made by North Pole High School students in Matthew Bierer's digital cinema production class. A team of seven s... ...

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks police apparently were dogged in their pursuit of a burgled beagle that went missing Monday from the Fairbanks North Star Borough Animal Shelter. Staff noticed Freddie the be... ...

When Service wrestler Stephen Ellis is preparing for a match, he walks around the gym like a predator stalking his prey, occasionally stopping to bounce on the balls of his…

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For the second day in a row, Gabrielle Markel of the Alyeska Ski Club led a group of Alaska skiers at the Western Region Elite FIS Tech Series in Park…

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Alex Jackstadt scored four goals, three of them in a row, and assisted on two others in East's 9-1 rout of West in Cook Inlet Conference hockey action Friday at…

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Keegan Messing of Girdwood skated to fifth place in the men's short program Friday night at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif.

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Anetelea Opetaia earned a three-round decision over Corderoe Gonzales in the main event at Thursday Night at the Fights.

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The Alaska Quake put their five-game winning streak on the line tonight in a game against the San Diego Sol, the fourth-ranked team in the 90-team American Basketball Association. Tipoff…

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The following are Iditarod highlights from the 1977 race, including winner, Red Lantern winner and other stats. Check back each day leading up to the 2012 Iditarod as we count…

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Sometimes Vivica Genaux loves to sing with the precision and breakneck speed of an athlete -- in "techno rhythm." Other times, the tunes are achingly slow but still bursting with…

Officials with the Alaska Permanent Fund said it ended the second quarter of the 2012 fiscal year with $38.6 billion, a 4.2 percent gain in the quarter. The fund ended…

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Richard MacLean, Ph.D and president of Charter College, announced the opening of the School of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Welding.

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Alaska surrendered a season-high three power-play goals and fell 6-3 to the Stockton Thunder in California.

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Kelly Rypkema knocked down six 3-pointers in the first half en route to a game-high 29 points that lifted Bartlett past Eagle River 59-51 in a Cook Inlet Conference game…

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Five players hit double figures Friday to lead Dimond to a narrow 71-67 victory over Service in a Cook Inlet Conference basketball game at Dimond.

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The Seawolves did not lack scoring chances Friday night, but they lacked scoring. No. 15-ranked Denver, though, showed UAA how to make the most of opportunities and generated a 4-2…

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14 sled dog teams left Willow today, starting at noon, and set out on a race across rivers, frozen wetlands, and forests of a frozen January landscape. The Don Bowers Memorial Sled Dog Race is a tribute to a long-time musher who spent years taking teams up and down the wilds north of Willow and [......

Urges Alaskans to work to pass pro-life laws, support women By JOEL DAVIDSON CatholicAnchor.org Alaska Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell challenged Alaskans to “build a culture of life,” by supporting adoptions, caring for women who find themselves in crisis pregnancy situations and by working...

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Says law would treat Catholics as ‘second class citizens' By JOEL DAVIDSON CatholicAnchor.org A new federal mandate forcing nearly all employers, including Catholic employers to provide health coverage that includes sterilization, abortion inducing drugs and contraception is a “heav...

AVO can no longer seismically monitor Wrangell volcano because of seismic station outages. As a result, AVO is unable to assess seismic activity at this volcano. As at other volcanoes without real-time seismic networks, AVO will continue to use satellite data and reports from pilots and ground obser...

No new activity was detected at Cleveland volcano this week. Clouds obscured views of the volcano by satellite this week. Satellite data indicate that the lava dome that formed throughout the fall-winter of 2011 was largely removed and covered by the explosive activity of late December. It is unce...

Members of the Alaska delegation and others in Congress are vowing to resist a recommendation from the Pentagon to close military bases around the country.

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North Slope oil: $112.76 per barrel, down $0.14…

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/images/stories/mp3/120127.iphc_numbers_fri_vers.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The International Pacific Halibut Commission released its 2012 catch limits Friday morning, and as expected, there were significant cuts in most areas. We'll hav...

Going into Thursday's Eagle Cap Extreme Dog Sled Race, 16 registered teams underwent final vet checks in Joseph and Enterprise, with dogs, mushers and fans alike already eagerly anticipating the trail... ...

A north-east musher has been forced to pull out of husky racings biggest event after his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. Wattie McDonald, of Craiggie Smithy, near Stonehaven, had been due to... ...

AVO can no longer seismically monitor Wrangell volcano because of seismic station outages. As a result, AVO is unable to assess seismic activity at this volcano. As at other volcanoes without real-time seismic networks, AVO will continue to use satellite data and reports from pilots and ground obser...

Commercial fisherman in the Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands and Southwest Alaska will see substantial cuts in the commercial halibut catch this year, though Southeast got an increase.

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It was a difficult decision but it had to be made, says John Birrell of the Bootleg Sled Dog Races. "We are sad to say the Fourth Annual Bootleg Sled Dog Races are officially cancelled for 2012. Th... ...

In its 10th year the organizers of the Winter Games are trying to make this the biggest and best games yet. The 2012 Winter Games features three sled dog races on both Jan. 28 and 29, at Sunrise Park... ...

Some day, someone somewhere is going to open an assisted living facility for aging mushers and their dogs. When that happens, you can bet Ill be among the first to sign up for a room. Read more ... ...

While extreme snow and difficult terrain hampered Grand Fork's annual Rail Trail 200 Dog Sled Race -- Friday, Jan. 20 to Sunday, Jan. 22 -- two mushers came out on top. Steve Mullen of Clearwater, ... ...

A dog sled race considered one of the toughest on the European continent is under way in the northeastern Czech Republic. Almost 100 mushers from eight countries with some 500 dogs are competing in... ...

Running the dogs from Pete Kaisers dog yard, Bethel racer and Bogus 150 rookie Jen Peeks claimed first and a place in history by beating two time champion Lewis Pavila of Kwethluk by about 12 minutes ... ...

The "snow dancers" have evidently done their part. With three feet or more of new snow over these past two weekends, and more on the way, the sixth annual Grand Mesa Summit Challenge (formerly known a... ...

By the time North Slope District Librarian Lisa Sobienak completes her first year in Alaska, she'll have made at least two trips to each village in the district. As the sole librarian for 10 schools — three in Barrow and seven outlying — she has slated every other week for trave...

Kiana high school students earned some bragging rights last semester, with grades that reflect a strong upward swing in student achievement....

The ice road from Kotzebue to Noorvik is a welcome addition to the landscape in the winter months when many folks can find themselves feeling the onset of cabin fever....

Each year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) releases its annual Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) report. The definition of "release" under the inventory is quite broad and is often mischaracterized. I'd like to clarify what the report means for Red Dog and how we fit into it....

There are times when we all find our work challenging. On Mondays, I typically get a little wide-eyed, staring at the approaching newspaper deadline and knowing that no matter what I have accomplished, I could have done more....

For weeks now my wife has been watching these Republican debates on TV. I can't stand them, although I must admit when I am stuck watching one, they do have some entertainment value....

A Friday panel discussion in Anchorage covering potential tsunami debris from Japan put several concerns to rest — for the time being — and shed light on some sensitive issues. But some in the Northwest Alaska region aren't convinced....

Barrow resident Zoran Antoski, 60, was arrested at his home last Wednesday on narcotics charges. The arrest warrant stemmed from an incident on July 29, 2011, when a box Antoski had shipped to himself from Fairbanks was found to contain 410 grams of cocaine, 258 grams of marijuana and two bottles o...

Two missing snowmachiners were safely found by Kivalina Search and Rescue crews in separate searches last week....

Those who have for years attempted to unlock the riddle of high suicide rates in northern rural Alaska say their approach is holistic — looking at all aspects of each person, family and community and working to heal the wounds therein....

Alaska congressional members and Gov. Sean Parnell say they will oppose any U.S. Department of Defense plans to seek military base closures in the state.

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/images/stories/mp3/120127.roller_girls_jotr.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) Members of Kodiak's roller derby league began practices recently. Their first get together on skates was at the National Guard Armory, but they have since moved to the school gymn...

/images/stories/mp3/120127.stevens_legis_update.mp3 Jay Barrett/KMXT (mailto:jay.barrett@kmxt.org) The second session of the 27th Alaska Legislature kicked off last week. Senate President Gary Stevens of Kodiak said the top issues will be the items that caused so many problems in...

It was a bit of a blur the Mail Run weekend that is for organizers, volunteers, participants and competitors it was four days of virtually non-stop activity. But it was activity of the good-natured... ...

In Alaska, you don't have to be big city to be a big story. At least, not when you're Zaz Staheli. The National Geographic Show "Alaska Wing Men" is in its second season now, and features the 24-year-old Kiana pilot, along with a number of other wing men from around the state....

Things are looking up for Alaska's fund to share oil wealth.

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The University of Alaska Fairbanks says an engineering company has made a $1.6 million software donation to the school's petroleum engineering department.

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The U.S. economy grew late last year at a pace that in normal times would suggest it's healthy. But investors aren't necessarily cheering.

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Alaska Energy Authority officials updated the House Energy Committee Thursday on the status of the proposed Susitna Watana Dam. AEA's Executive Director Sara Fisher-Goad and Susitna Hydropower Lead Project Manager Wayne Dyok laid out the timeline leading up to their licensing application with t...

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The following are Iditarod highlights from the DATE race, including winner, Red Lantern winner and other stats. Check back each day leading up to the 2012 Iditarod as we count…

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FAIRBANKS — Lawmakers are developing a way to restore a guaranteed monthly pension for state employees that won't cost the state more money, according to financial experts who testified in Juneau o... ...

FAIRBANKS — A second theft of thousands of dollars in construction materials was reported Tuesday on the site of the Chief Andrew Isaac Heath Center. Some $3,750 in tools were reported stolen in th... ...

FAIRBANKS — A North Pole area woman is accused of trying to kick down the door and firing a pistol into the air outside her former boyfriend's house Wednesday night. Diana M. Andre, 25, faces misde... ...

FAIRBANKS — Ice Alaska won a victory of sorts Thursday when the borough assembly voted to approve a rezoning request for a portion of the new ice park the organization hopes to open near University... ...

FAIRBANKS — A controversial borough ordinance that would have required soil reports, road inspections and longer warranties for road construction in subdivisions failed Thursday after Assemblyman J... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 27, 2002 — The good times in Alaska began two decades ago. Flush with oil money after the opening of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline in 1977, Alaska abolished its state income tax a... ...

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Alexa Lindamood's 256 game led all bowlers and lifted the East girls to victory Thursday night during Cook Inlet Conference competition at Eagle River Bowl.

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Gabrielle Markel of the Alyeska Ski Club led a group of Alaska skiers on the first day of racing in the Western Region elite FIS tech series in Utah on…

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Tyler Thompson and Aaron Dunlap scored back-to-back goals in each of the first two periods Thursday to power Dimond past Service 8-4 in a Cook Inlet Conference hockey game at…

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Hanna Johansson dominated the boards to help the UAA women's basketball team dominate Northwest Nazarene 79-39 Thursday in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.

Wasilla's powerhouse girls basketball team trounced Bartlett 68-19 behind a 16-point, 11-rebound performance by Alysha Devine and a 16-point effort by Alyssa Hutchins.

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In a barnburner between the state's two top-ranked boys basketball teams, Bartlett escaped from Wasilla with a 78-72 overtime victory Thursday night in Wasilla.

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The start of the high school football season may seem a long way off, but Jason Brewer and Daniel Esparza are have already started preparing for next fall. Both men…

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On an otherwise unrewarding road trip to start the second half of the season -- four games, four losses -- one thing UAA did splendidly was kill penalties.

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UAA's Hanna Johansson and Haley Holmstead both claim there is plenty of room for the women's basketball team to improve, but it was tough to find much fault in Thursday…

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Sure, winning the Cook Inlet Conference regular-season championship was mildly fulfilling -- and going 14-0-0 in league added to the modest hockey happiness -- but the Dimond boys seek the…

Lights-out shooting by sophomore Kyle Fossman carried the UAA men's basketball team to its third straight victory Thursday night, an 81-64 win in Nampa, Idaho, over Northwest Nazarene.

Representatives from the Alaska Energy Authority appeared before a hearing of the House Energy Committee Thursday to report on the status of the proposed Susitna Watana Dam. AEA's Executive Director Sara Fisher-Goad and Susitna Hydropower Lead Project Manager Wayne Dyok presented the current st...

The rig owner involved in drilling the Gulf of Mexico well that spewed more than 200 million gallons of oil will not have to pay many of the pollution claims…

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n aggressive Mitt Romney repeatedly challenged Republican presidential rival Newt Gingrich in a fast-paced campaign debate tonight, ridiculing the former House speaker's call to build costly projects in key primary…

Iditarod highlights from the 1973 race, including winner, Red Lantern winner and other stats. Check back each day leading up to the 2012 Iditarod as we count down the last…

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Iditarod highlights from the 1974 race, including winner, Red Lantern winner and other stats. Check back each day leading up to the 2012 Iditarod as we count down the last…

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Iditarod highlights from the 1975 race, including winner, Red Lantern winner and other stats. Check back each day leading up to the 2012 Iditarod as we count down the last…

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If you fly Alaska Airlines today you can still find one of Christian prayer cards, but only in the first class cabin where there is still meal service.

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Remarks of the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on the Announcement of offshore oil and gas exploration and development strategy:

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Charlie Vandergaw, the "Bear Man" of the Mat-Su, was fined $20,000 today but will serve no jail time after pleading guilty to eight charges of illegally feeding game.

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Police say a handcuffed 29-year-old man wormed his way into the front seat of a state cruiser in Fairbanks and tried to escape arrest, but a state trooper managed to…

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An avalanche slid down onto the Klondike Highway this afternoon, shutting down traffic but causing no injuries, according to the state Department of Transportation.

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The House passed a bill today to allow dead Alaskans to qualify for a final Permanent Fund dividend check. The deceased would need to have been otherwise eligible for a…

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Sport and commercial shrimpers steamed out of Whittier, Valdez and Cordova early Thursday, aiming to claim a share of a newly expanded Prince William Sound catch of tasty spot and…

The volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier continues to erupt Friday, April 16, 2010. Thick drifts of volcanic ash blanketed parts of rural Iceland on Friday as a vast plume…

The Valley may have more glaciers, better salmon fishing and faster access to wilderness than most bedroom communities in the nation, but basically Mat-Su is Anysuburb, USA.

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Anchorage public school teachers are voting Thursday on whether to approve a labor contract their union reached with the School District last month.

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Eagle River Republican Rep. Nancy Dahlstrom is resigning from the Legislature to take a job as military affairs advisor to Gov. Sean Parnell.

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A five-acre brush fire broke out in Butte on Friday afternoon and burned one outbuilding before being brought under control, according to the state Division of Forestry.

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President Barack Obama is expected to announce Monday that he will nominate U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.

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Gov. Sean Parnell has appointed a Nenana man who has made a living by trapping, hunting, fishing and guiding to the Alaska Board of Game.

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A crab boat deckhand who appeared on the "Deadliest Catch" reality show pleaded guilty today to three bank robbery charges in Eugene, Ore., and was sentenced to nine years in…

A spirited and self-deprecating Sarah Palin fired up 9,000 members of the National Rifle Association in Charlotte, N.C., on Friday, bashing Hollywood, the media and animal-rights groups while warning that…

A law clerk for a federal judge in Anchorage is accused of shooting video of his co-workers using the bathroom and undressing at his home and a family cabin, according…

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An Anchorage woman who police say acquired nearly 3,500 Oxycodone pills from Southcentral pharmacies since the beginning of the year has been hit with nearly three dozen felony drug charges,

BP stockholders are suing top company officials, claiming in a lawsuit filed in Alaska that "gross mismanagement" has tarnished the company's reputation and hurt its value.

The Valley indoor football team, the Arctic Predators, will face the undefeated Wyoming Cavalry in a home game at Menard Sports Center in Wasilla on Saturday.

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Four people were picked up safely after the airplane they were in lost power and was forced to make an emergency landing, according to Alaska State Troopers.

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A rare copy of Batman No. 1, the character's first solo spinoff, sold at auction Thursday for more than $50,000. The earlier issue in which Batman made his debut fetched…

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The last of the Chilean miners, the foreman who held them together when they were feared lost, was raised from the depths of the earth Wednesday night ? a joyous…

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Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission today, charging that several of the Native corporations donating to a pro-Murkowski PAC are federal contractors…

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The state's Democratic and Republican parties are planning to sue over the decision by Alaska elections officials to provide voters who ask with a list of write-in candidates.

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After nearly two weeks of silence and a vow not to talk about his personal life, Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller has acknowledged he was disciplined and lost three…

For Alaskan voters, this year's Senate election is venturing into unexplored territory.

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A conservative group hopes to tap into the frustrations of the tea party movement with an ad supporting Alaska Senate hopeful Joe Miller.

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In the final days leading up to the election, Sen. Lisa Murkowski is walking a fine line. To snatch votes from Joe Miller, she'll have to persuade Republicans she's conservative…

Alaska Senate hopeful Joe Miller focused on GOP rival Sen. Lisa Murkowski during the last debate before next week's election, as he seeks to shore up his conservative base and…

A day after urging Alaskans to sign up as write-in candidates in the U.S. Senate race as an act of ?civil disobedience,? a popular Anchorage talk show host was pulled…

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A Bethel grand jury indicted three men this week on new charges stemming from the torture and slaying of a teenager in the Southwest Alaska community, according to court records.

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The Alaska Fugitive Task Force is asking for help in locating two people who have felony warrants out for their arrest.

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A Bethel jury has awarded more than $23 million to a Kwethluk man who was paralyzed when his neck was broken during an arrest by two village police officers.

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A Somali-born teenager plotted "a spectacular show" of terrorism for months, saying he didn't mind that children would die if he bombed a crowded Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, according to a…

A state ferry carrying 40 people planned to spend the night tonight in a remote bay to ride out a storm hitting Prince William Sound and the Southcentral coast.

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JUNEAU -- A broken water pipe has soaked some historical documents at the state archives building in Juneau.

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The long quest by journalists and a citizen activist for release of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's official e-mails may reach its end by late spring.

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LONDON - Fireworks and celebratory gunfire rang out in Tunisia and Lebanon, South Africans recalled Nelson Mandela's euphoric release from prison, and two words - "Congrats Egypt" - dominated social…

One Egyptian kissed the ground. Another rolled in ecstasy in the grass outside a presidential palace. People wept, jumped, screamed and hugged each other with a shared joy they had…

Welcoming the fall of Egypt's authoritarian regime, President Obama on Friday celebrated the protesters who succeeded in driving Hosni Mubarak from power and cast their struggle as one of the…

CAIRO -- Before dawn on Feb. 4, Ramy Salah, a 33-year-old writer and poet, was stopped by a civilian patrol, one of many that sprang up during the popular revolt…

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Police are looking for an Anchorage woman missing for two days, and they're asking for help from the public.

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Two snowmachiners riding in the Petersville area near Talkeetna were killed early Sunday after their machine went over a steep embankment and they flew off it into trees.

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Japan's government revealed a series of missteps by the operator of a radiation-leaking nuclear plant on Saturday, including sending workers in without protective footwear in its faltering efforts to control…

Former Anchorage developer Robert Kubick, now serving time for bankruptcy and tax fraud in a federal prison in California, may have to pay up to half a million dollars in…

Robert Kubick knew time was running out when he buried $450,000 beneath homes of relatives in Oregon, asked his wife to hide his vast collection of big game trophies and…

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A 92-year-old Fairbanks woman struck on one of her daily walks downtown has died of her injuries.

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A deal that would allow Cook Inlet Region Inc. to build an electricity-generating wind turbine farm on Fire Island is in the final stages.

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The Chugach Electric Association board of directors Wednesday approved a contract to buy wind power from Cook Inlet Region Inc.

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New York lawmakers narrowly voted to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born.

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Check out a short list of events commemorating Ted Stevens Day today around the state. Be sure to share your memories of Sen. Stevens in the comments.

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Counterterrorism officials are chasing a credible but unconfirmed tip that al-Qaida has plans to set off a car bomb in New York City or Washington around the Sept. 11 anniversary.

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Alaska State Troopers say signs have been posted on all four of the state's highway safety corridors notifying drivers that headlights must be on at all times.

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Two men walked away from a plane crash about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage near Rainy Pass late Tuesday after the plane took off, then smashed into the ground, one…

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A 68-year-old Fairbanks woman remains in jail after a judge said he could not release her to a third-party custodian.

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A car crash and fire early Sunday morning injured three people and knocked out power to a service district of midtown Anchorage.

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Gov. Sean Parnell announced Tuesday that Alaska residents eligible for this year's Permanent Fund dividend will receive $1,174.

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Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born Muslim preacher who became among the world's most wanted terrorist figures, was killed today in a U.S. air strike in Yemen. President Obama, seeking to justify…

A bicyclist that witnesses saw riding the wrong way in traffic on Ingra Street near 15th Avenue was struck and severely injured early Saturday, according to Anchorage police.

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A giant Bering Sea storm with hurricane-force winds roared up the Western Alaska coastline Wednesday, sending waves over storm barriers, knocking out electricity, flooding parts of some villages and leading…

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KTNA and Members present: The Decadent Dessert Auction Sunday, February 12th to Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 In support of KTNA and the Upper Susitna Food Pantry With contributors Matanuska Valley Federal Credit Union and Cubby’s Marketplace         &nb...

In the home games against Anchorage Christian School Jan. 18 Seahawk varsity boys lost 78-68, while the varsity girls beat ACS at 52-47 in overtime. At the Alaska Prep Shootout basketball tournament at Dimond Jan. 20 Seward beat Houston 52-43. In the weekend Lady T-Bird Classic girls basketball tour...

Jan. 11 00:01 - Several fire alarm sounded from Spring Creek Correctional Center. Master Control was called each time and stated that all was OK. It appeared to be a maintenance problem. 01:26 - Individual requested an ambulance to the 500 block of Sixth. 10:02 - Alarms were tested at the Edgewater ...

Did you know that Roseville, California was an All-American City in 1963 and that they created and implemented a program to help their “sister All-American City Seward, Alaska” after the 1964 earthquake? Did you know that if you store photo albums horizontally instead of vertically, you ...

Fourth Grade - 4.0 GPA Madison Athey, Ian Beals, Spencer Brown, Sophie Dow, Hunter Hollingsworth, Justin McMurray, John Moriarty, Joshua Park, Connor Spanos and Jaden Vandyke. Fourth Grade Yana Camm, Olivia Carney, Lincoln Farris, Ethan Forbis, Jack Gunter, Naomi Ifflander, Jazmine Jarnig, Krysten J...

Laura Boykin-Beck Laura Boykin-Beck of Seward earned a Master of Science in Education degree from Wilkes University in December. Wilkes University is an independent institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence through mentoring in the liberal arts, sciences and p...

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The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Jan. 17 enacted Ordinance 2011-10-25, accepting and appropriating cruise ship passenger taxes of $797,217.50, and allocating $761,705 of that amount to the city of Seward, according to Assembly Member Sue McClures's report on sewardcitynews.com Tabled was...

Wells Fargo holds Kids' Day Finding out about money basics can be a fun learning experience and at the Wells Fargo Kids' Day event from 10 a.m. to noon on Jan. 28 at 908 Third Ave. families can enjoy refreshments and learn about money management tools for kids that can help them form good ...

James “Jamie” Stanyar Rose, 59, long-time resident of Seward passed away Dec. 27, 2011, after a long battle with lung cancer. Born and raised in Seward, Jamie worked as a longshoreman for the I.L.W.U. Local 60 and was a member of the Laborers Union, Local 341. In early 1990, while servin...

Long time and beloved resident of Moose Pass, Linda Marie Sherrill died Dec. 12, 2011 at her home in Moose Pass. She was surrounded by her family. Linda was born in Belleville, Ill. on June 30, 1951 to Wayne and Betty Thompson. The family then moved to Portland, Ore. before settling down in Anchorag...

An array of 19 new seafood products will compete for top honors at the annual Symphony of Seafood contest, and the crowd will choose the popular People's Choice award. The Symphony began nearly two decades ago as a way to celebrate innovation and introduce new Alaska seafood products. The event...

As the temperature dips to tip-of-the-nose-stinging lows, and northern gusts benumb defenseless cheeks and fingertips there is one piece of warming good news on the horizon for all Sewardites. Come Friday night Sewardites will experience a new kind of heat — Salsa. So leave the bag of corn chi...

The 2012 Alaska legislative session started Jan. 17 and following are some ways to follow the legislature. The Seward Legislative Information Office (LIO) is open daily from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in SeaView Plaza at 302 Railway Ave. The LIO makes teleconferences with legislators available to local cit...

Alaska's National Parks are inviting comment through Feb. 15, on each park's annual compendium. The compendium is a compilation of all designations, closures and restrictions imposed under discretionary authority within the regulations covering national parks. Compendiums are a tool to hel...

There is a culture war going on. And the epicenter of that culture war is right here in Alaska. It is outrageous in its brazenness and tragic in its effect. It is political in its tactic and economic in its objective. It is a classic tale of western frontier conquest. I am speaking, of course, of th...

Last weekend was another great Polar Bear Jumpoff Festival. Since the event was created over 27 years ago, volunteers have raised over $2 million to fight cancer, a most worthy cause. What was once an idea back in the 1980s has become a well known, well supported tradition spawning other similar win...

Seward Iditarod Trail Blazers holds it's 17th Annual Mayor's Cup Sled Dog Race with Mayor David Seaward is this weekend. The fundraiser and community get-together starts at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at First National Bank Alaska. The public is invited to the get-together and sponsor, musther drawi...

The Alaska Journal of Commerce selected Christy Terry of Seward as one of Alaska's best 40 up-and-coming leaders who are under 40 years old. The selected recipients demonstrate professional excellence and a commitment to community. A selection committee chose the 40 individuals from nearly 200 ...

http://tinyurl.com/72j43ju The Seward Polar Bear Jumpoff Festival raised over $173,000 for the American Cancer Society on Saturday when 150 brave souls leaped into Resurrection Bay at the Seward Small Boat Harbor. Supporters lined the docks at the harbor to watch the craziness and went on to enjoy a...

The chamber of commerce and the convention and visitors bureau in Kenai are becoming one organization.

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Alaska Air Group Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income dipped, to below analyst expectations, as fuel costs soared 31 percent.

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/images/stories/mp3/120126.junior_achievement_award.mp3 Jennifer Canfield/KMXT (mailto:jennifer.canfield@kmxt.org) Two Kodiak residents will be honored tonight in Anchorage for their contributions to the Junior Achievement program, which works to develop financially literate yout...

/images/stories/mp3/120126.alaska_fisheries_report_26-28_jan.mp3 Coming up this week, plenty of news from the Fish Board meeting last week in Petersburg, and on the other side of the Gulf, snow crab is on hold because of advancing sea ice, which is also causing problems for the Pollo...

FAIRBANKS — The University of Alaska Museum of the North is the proud owner of a new pipeline pig, which will replace an older model the museum has displayed since 1984. A pig is a device used to c... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Galena man is facing child pornography charges for allegedly videotaping his sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl in Anchorage and showing the video to a friend. Brenden Sweetsir, ... ...

FAIRBANKS — A group of Fairbanks-based tour companies has reached an agreement to purchase Warbelow's Air Ventures, a move the new owners hope will stabilize year-round revenues while complementing... ...

FAIRBANKS — A good thing has been a long time coming for Kathy Robinson. She feels 39 at heart, but the 59-year-old has had to fight for that attitude. Three years ago in Utah, her husband passed a... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 26, 2002 — Normally when Lee Harper looks out his window at this time of year, he is greeted with a sea of white. This winter, there are brown dots bobbing in the sea. The bulk of... ...

"Big Miracle," the first major production subsidized by a state of Alaska film incentive program among the most generous in the nation, premiered in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as debate…

What's happening in sports and recreation around Anchorage…

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Three players reached double figures in points for the Service girls basketball team Wednesday, and the Cougars defeated host South 51-41 in a Cook Inlet Conference game.

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Eagle River's Chris Parker hit a shot at the buzzer Wednesday, but the Wolves fell one point short in a 45-44 loss to visiting Palmer in a nonconference boys basketball…

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UAA's basketball teams will try to expand on recent success as they embark on the second half of Great Northwest Athletic Conference play this week, facing opponents they've already beaten…

Chugiak's Josh Smith notched a goal and three assists Wednesday, helping the Mustangs to a 6-1 Cook Inlet Conference win over West in a boys hockey game at Ben Boeke…

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Sea ice is encroaching unusually early on the central Bering Sea, threatening to grind Alaska's economically important snow crab fishery to a halt at the peak of the season, leaving…

Alaska Airlines is ending decades of giving passengers prayer cards with their meals, saying today it heard from customers who preferred not to mix religion with transportation.

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This weekend promises up-close views of the fast-paced, howling excitement of sled dog racing. The Tustumena 200, a 200-mile race beginning and ending in Kasilof, has been altered so the 50-mile ma... ...

Volunteers are the staple for dog mushing check points along the trail, which includes Homer at McNeil Canyon School this weekend for the first time. For Kasilof resident James Banks, being a volun... ...

Wednesday night in Bakersfield, Calif., Alaska Aces goaltender Adam Courchaine gave up a six-spot. Still, that wasn't enough for the last-place Bakersfield Condors to overcome the first-place Aces, who pulled…

Some catalogs are just plain clever. This is always a reflection of their owners' sense of humor or dedication to the subject matter at hand. It means not only great…

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Jason Caldarera says it's just coincidence that he is retiring as Service High's football coach on such a good note, just months after guiding the Cougars to their second state…

North Slope oil: $111.68 per barrel, up $0.38…

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Download this announcement as a PDF. CLOSURE OF PAVLOF BAY AND JUDE ISLAND IN THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE SOUTH PENINSULA DISTRICT TANNER CRAB FISHERY EMERGENCY ORDER NO. 4-8-4-12 All waters between 161° W. longitude and 162° W. longitude in the Eastern Section of the South Peninsula District...

Click the picture to download as a PDF. Qagan Tayagungin Tribe Environmental Department Earth Day Theme Contest The 5th Annual Earth Day Fair is almost here and we are holding a contest for best drawing and theme. All local artists are invited to join. Submit you drawings at the Qagan Tayagungin Tri...

Federal regulators have rescheduled to Feb. 13 a meeting in Anchorage on TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Alaska natural gas pipeline project.

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