07/14/11 Kentz Corp Ltd - Kentz JV awarded US$2.3bn contract on Gorgon LNG
07/01/11 (Seattle - July 1, 2011) Today, EPA released draft air quality permits for Shell Oil Company's exploratory oil drilling operations in Alaska's Arctic Outer Continental Shelf consistent with the work schedule that EPA has been pursuing for several months
06/17/11 Jim Miller, a science teacher at Cleveland Heights High School, always has been interested in field experiences. This summer, Miller will work with scientists from Cornell University in Barrow, Alaska, for two months observing minute life forms in the thawing permafrost.
06/15/11 I live in a very nice section of South Anchorage where the nearest thing I see to someone or something homeless is when a baby bird falls out of its nest too early. I am not so protected though that I can't imagine how uncomfortable it would be to my nice little middle-class life to have a homeless camp nearby.
06/15/11 Entering its third year, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) continues its intention of bringing many of the strongest sleeper hits of the American film festival circuit to appreciative crowds in Brooklyn. The opening night selection Thursday, June 16th is an interesting example: British director Andrew Haigh's gay romance "Weekend" came out of nowhere to become the breakout hit of South by ...
06/14/11 BARROW, Alaska - The federal Environmental Protection Agency is holding two public hearings in Barrow this week over air and water permits the agency is preparing to propose for oil and gas explora...
06/14/11 Kotzebue dental pioneer Robert Lathrop died on June 8, in Anchorage. He was 87 years old. Lathrop worked for the Territorial Department of Health's Mobile Marine Unit on the ship MV Health, during the 1940s, traveling from Kodiak to Point Hope to provide dental care.
06/11/11 On first glance the emails seemed to reveal more about the folksy style of the Tea Party darling as she arranged hair appointments and talked of her love of hunting, rather than any great political scandal.
06/10/11 In July 2008, Sarah Palin was upset when a reporter inquired about state payment for family travel.
06/09/11 Red Tape Over Palin Emails Irks State Legislators, Search Ends for Missing Talkeetna Woman, Federal Government Encourages Shellfish, Finfish Production, Snowy Owl Rehabilitated and Released in Barrow, and more...
06/08/11 Another school is going blue for football. According to the Los Angeles Times, West Hills (Calif.) Chaminade High is in the process of installing a new all-weather football turf for the fall 2012 season, and the Eagles decided to make a statement , following the lead of Boise State and four other high schools around the country by installing a bright blue surface as opposed to the traditional ...
06/07/11 When Alaska Ice coach Doug Boyer constructed his elite girls basketball team he wanted intense, tough and talented players.
06/07/11 First, Sarah Palin makes the term "lamestream media" her own, then she goes and proves they really are. And the lamestream media is right there helping her by acting like a bunch of buffoons. Like summer movies, the coverage being provided of Palin's summer vacation is vacuous and forgettable -- it is, as the Bard would say, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
06/04/11 The fledgling Native Arts and Cultures Foundation held its spring board meeting in Anchorage in late May. Established to assist Native American artists and cultural organizations, the Vancouver, Wash.-based group presented its first grants in 2010.
06/03/11 Atmospheric aerosols may be small, ranging in size from a few nanometers to a few microns, but they have a big impact on climate. At the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, capabilities developed through the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program are delivering new insights into the formation, aging and transport of aerosol particles, whether they are created by nature or human ...
06/03/11 According to a press release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Obama administration is kicking off National Ocean Month by holding a series of public forums and information sessions in order to get input from local communities on or near oceans or depend on them for recreational or economic reasons. The information sessions and public forums throughout National Ocean Month ...
06/03/11 By The Associated Press The 268-145 roll call Friday by which the House adopted a resolution declaring that the president shall not deploy, establish or maintain the presence of units and members of the...
06/03/11 Here is an extended excerpt from the testimony given Thursday to a U.S. House subcommittee by David Lawrence, an executive vice president of Shell, about the company's plans to explore for oil of...
06/03/11 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that will set federal minimum education and certification standards in the Medicare program for the technical personnel providing, planning and delivering all medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments. The Consistency, Accuracy ...
06/02/11 The U.S. Coast Guard practices a Massive Rescue Operation in Barrow, Alaska. | 
