07/08/11 I recently had the opportunity to drive the 2011 Chevy Volt through Alaska. Our group began the trip in Anchorage, making our way to Girdwood, Hope, and Seward before heading back again. And while Digital Trends has already fully reviewed the vehicle and offered several thorough insights about the car, the mini road-trip through Alaska meant some extended and intimate one-on-one time behind the ...
06/23/11 A four-day Alaska visit by 37 foreign diplomats is part vacation, part field trip. Many of them brought spouses. They'll travel from Anchorage to Barrow to the Kenai Fjords, meeting with political and business leaders along the way.
06/22/11 The Associated Press Here is a sampling of editorial opinions from Alaska newspapers: June 21, 2011 Anchorage Daily News: Arctic frontier Not many years ago, the late Wally Hickel, former Alaska governor and Interior secretary, was writing about an Arctic future that read like speculative fiction. Climate change could give us a new Northwest Passage, changing the economics of world shipping ...
06/21/11 Dozens of diplomats are in Alaska this week as part of a State Department-sponsored effort to showcase unique areas of the United States.
06/21/11 Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska and Mark Begich, D-Alaska, told participants in an Arctic conference in Washington D.C. today that the federal government needs to take a greater role in the area's development and pass the Law of the Sea Treaty.
06/21/11 North Slope Borough mayor Edward Itta addressed the Arctic Imperative Summit in Girdwood Tuesday, in a speech that criticized the state of Alaska for not stepping up to a leadership role in Arctic resource development.
06/20/11 The Arctic Imperative Summit, now meeting in Girdwood, is a gathering of political and civil interests, all of whom are interested in how to best deal with the fast changing Arctic environment.
06/20/11 House Rejects Special Session for Coastal Management Program, Alaska Dispatch Hosts Arctic Imperative Summit, Navy Officials Meet to Plan for Diminished Arctic Ice, Roadless Rule Exemptions Still Unclear, and more...
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05/25/11 In September 1971, Girl Scout Troop 83 was fresh out of adventures. The Senior Scouts had hiked and camped along just about all of the trails near Anchorage and had even traveled to Sutton for a long-distance horseback trip through the Talkeetna Mountains.
04/21/11 Forward into the past. That's how draft Alaska Redistricting Board proposals could be described that reset boundaries for Kenai Peninsula House of Representative and Senate districts.
04/20/11 Forward into the past. That's how draft Alaska Redistricting Board proposals could be described that reset boundaries for Kenai Peninsula House of Representative and Senate districts.
04/07/11 Wildlife experts are urging Eagle River chicken owners to safeguard their backyard coops against bears now instead of shooting marauding bruins later.
04/07/11 Snowboarders go up the Grandview Express chair lift at Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort. A new book by South Lake Tahoe author Jeremy Evans makes a compelling case that the ski bum is a dying breed.
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04/03/11 On the final day of the cross-country ski season, Anchorage's Holly Brooks and Lars Flora earned the right to kick off next season on the World Cup circuit.
04/01/11 AlaskaDispatch.com, the State's leading source of news and commentary, is convening business decision-makers interested in participating in the first-ever domestic investment and policy summit focused on the American Arctic.
03/31/11 With the country's best cross-country skier setting the pace, Alaska women continued to dominate the SuperTour finals in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kikkan Randall of Anchorage won Wednesday's 10-kilometer classic race, leading a parade of seven Alaskans who crossed the finish line in the top 10.
03/31/11 Spring snow that hit Southcentral Alaska on Thursday morning wreaked havoc on commuters in and near Anchorage.
03/28/11 Fresh off the finest World Cup season of her career, three-time Olympian Kikkan Randall of Anchorage on Sunday asserted her dominance of American nordic skiing. |