06/01/11 Will they or won't they? No, this is not about whether the Palins are running. This is about whether the Alaska Legislature will spend even more of our money to meet yet again on an issue they couldn't resolve during their regular session.
06/01/11 KHQ.COM - Wednesday brings a partial solar eclipse to parts of Asia and North America, but it comes with an odd twist.
05/22/11 The North Dakotan who owns the most world records is also the person born in the state who has the most structures and geographic landmarks named in his honor. Talk about this topic
05/21/11 Shell Oil recently filed an exploration plan for the Chukchi Sea with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement. The company said it expects to drill up to six wells in the Chukchi Sea, starting in the summer open water season of 2012.
05/21/11 As House representatives from among the largest coastal regions in the state, we are compelled to urge Gov. Parnell to call the Legislature into a two-day special session before the Alaska Coastal Management Program (ACMP) is allowed to expire on June 30.
05/19/11 Global warming has fascinated Boulder Creek author Jacob Sackin since he studied it in graduate school in during the early 2000s. His response is to write about possible worst-case scenarios.
05/18/11 They're just three artists from a list of 31 who took home a piece of Rasmuson Foundation generosity on Wednesday totaling almost a quarter of a million dollars.
05/18/11 Artist Ray Troll of Ketchikan, widely known for his quirky, colorful, fish-themed T-shirts and posters, received the 2011 Rasmuson Distinguished Artist Award at ceremonies in Anchorage today.
05/18/11 He may be best known for his fishy images on T-shirts, and popular books and publications on aquatic life, but Ketchikan Artist Ray Troll joined an elite group of Alaska artists today by receiving the 2011 Rasmuson Foundation Distinguished Artist Award. Troll is the eighth Alaskan artist to receive the award, which was announced at a morning ceremony in Anchorage. The Distinguished Artist Award ...
05/03/11 Namakwa Diamonds Ltd - Employee Benefit Trust - Acquisition of Shares
04/30/11 As charter pilot Dave Lorring taxis a twin-engine Piper PA-31 Navajo through a dogleg in the Kivalina airstrip, he sees resident Perry Hawley waiting on top of a snowdrift with a snowmachine and a sled.
04/28/11 The 16th Annual Nantucket Film Festival has announced its lineup of 55 films. It will open with John Lasseter's "Cars 2" and the documentary "Buck" and close with Vera Farmiga's directorial debut "Higher Ground." It will also feature a screenwriting tribute to Paul Haggis as well as a screenwriting award for "Cars 2" scribe Ben Queen. Additional highlights will include the Late Night ...
04/27/11 BARROW, Alaska - Alaska's only tribal college has sent off its largest graduating class in history. Ilisagvik College on Friday held its spring commencement ceremony in Barrow. KBRW reports that...
04/26/11 There are some who think that America's federal tax rate is so onerous it has to be lowered or corporations will simply not invest here. The fact that you can do business cheaper in Third World countries because their standard of living suffers as much as their pay is never mentioned as a possible reason. No, it's our darn excessive tax rate.
04/25/11 CHAMPAIGN -- In the hit Coen brothers' movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", actor Tim Blake Nelson makes an indelible impression as Delmar O'Donnell, a major doofus and an escapee from a chain gang. In fact, he's so convincing you might think Nelson is, well, intellectually challenged. Not so. read more
04/25/11 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Former British Royal Air Force pilot Douglas Cairns succeeded in flying his light plane to the North Pole and landing it there this week, overcoming strong headwinds, the failure of his satellite-based navigation system and his diabetes to earn a place in aviation record books.
04/23/11 The U.S. troops found the broken monument amid the debris and the mud outside Minato Elementary School. This happened after the tsunami swept through Ishinomaki along the Japanese ...
03/28/11 On a hunting trip to the Brooks Range a few years ago, I was flown back to Kotzebue by a bush pilot known for specializing in another form of wilderness transportation.
03/27/11 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Thousands of years have passed since the last mastodon nibbled on alders in Alaska. But one is standing at the Anchorage Museum right now. Or rather, its bones are. The immense...
03/26/11 Speaking of Eskimo stars -- Andrew Okpeaha MacLean's Barrow drama "On the Ice," which features an Inupiat cast, continues to rake in worldwide attention and major awards. | 
