07/01/11 The Alaska Railroad responded to calls that it use American steel for girders on the $188 million Tanana River bridge project with a statement saying that domestic steel would cost 22 percent more...
06/26/11 EUGENE, Ore. -- Two former University of Colorado athletes took to the track at Hayward Field on Saturday with hopes of making it to South Korea.
06/24/11 The Alaska Democratic Party is trying to decide whether to sue over the state's new redistricting plan. But Sen. Hollis French says he's already about to start campaigning in his new district to get ready for the legislative elections in the fall of 2012.
06/23/11 The Alaska Democratic Party is trying to decide whether to sue over the state's new redistricting plan. But Sen. Hollis French says he's already about to start campaigning in his new district to get ready for the legislative elections in the fall of 2012.
06/21/11 Alaska legislators have a busy summer of international state-paid travel coming up, with Sen. Lesil McGuire and Rep. Bob Lynn headed to Greece this week for the Special Olympics and other lawmakers planning a Norway trip in August.
06/17/11 How long will the pipeline last? Since 1977 the trans-Alaska pipeline has carried the economic lifeblood of Alaska from the North Slope to Valdez, where it is loaded on tankers and taken to market. The future of the pipeline is in a real sense the future of the state. How bright is that future?
06/15/11 The days of independent logging camps are a thing of the past. Known as a "gippo" logger, a hard-working man with a small crew and the proper equipment could obtain a U.S. Forest Service timber sale. After men fell and limbed the timber, the logs were dragged into the bay.
05/26/11 In Alaska's Southeast Island School District there's no bullying and an average teacher to student ratio is 1:3. The Weekly Standard's Willy Stern shares the story of the one-room school house in remote Alaska.
05/25/11 Two months after being named Michigan State's new hockey coach, Tom Anastos is even more excited about his new job than on the day he formally hired.
04/27/11 JUNEAU - A free drivers training program is being offered in Juneau in April and May for youth from rural Southeast Alaska communities, according to a press release from SERRC, Alaska's Educational Resource Center.
04/26/11 Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell is not ruling out the possibility of lawsuits being filed against him as he plans to test the bounds of contingency language the Senate is looking at including in the capital budget.
04/26/11 JUNEAU, Alaska - Gov. Sean Parnell is not ruling out the possibility of lawsuits being filed against him as he plans to test the bounds of contingency language the Senate is looking at including in...
04/26/11 The Legislature is entering the 10th day of its special session with no sign the capital budget deadlock will be broken soon and lawmakers arguing over who is responsible for the impasse.
04/18/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska The Alaska Legislature has passed a bill aimed at giving a funding boost to high school vocational education programs. The House approved the bill after adding in another project, allowing for tax credits for contributions to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward. The Senate agreed with the House change Monday, the first day of the special ...
04/16/11 A New England farm boy who left home to risk everything in an uncertain land, Adams Hollis Twitchell came to Alaska with the gold rush and never left. In his lifetime he became a foremost collecter of Yup'ik masks and perhaps more importantly, documented them extensively.
04/06/11 PENCALONAN/NOMINATION - SARAWAKN027: SIMANGGANG: SARAWAK: 10,4881. Leon Jimat Donald (DAP)2. Datuk Francis Harden ak Hollis (BN-SUPP)Penyandang/Incumbent: Datuk Francis Harden ak Hollis (BN-SUPP)Undi diperolehi/Votes polled: 5,144Majoriti/Majority: 4,258 -- BERNAMAKHY MOK KHY
04/03/11 KUCHING: All the four leaders of the component parties of Sarawak Barisan Nasional will be defending their respective seats in the upcoming April 16 state election.
03/30/11 JUNEAU, Alaska - A new report ranking Alaska No. 2 nationally for a business-friendly climate prompted some state business leaders to question it, saying there are other factors that change the pic...
03/28/11 CHRIS STEIN Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska Lawmakers scrutinized Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell's approach to establishing a health care exchange Monday, with a leader of the powerful Senate Finance Committee questioning whether Parnell intended to consult with the Legislature on the "major public policy question." Jon Sherwood, medical assistance administrator for the state health department, told ...
06/24/10 Thursday At Drake Stadium Des Moines, Iowa All race distances in meters MEN 100 First Round (Top three in each heat plus next seven best times advance) Heat 1-- 1, q-Travis Padgett, adidas, 10.23. 2, q-Trell Kimmons, adidas, 10.24. 3, q-Teddy Williams, Texas-San Antonio, 10.33, 4, q-Joshua Norman, unattached, 10.50. 5, q-Calesio Newman, North Carolina A&T, 10.51. 6, Desmond Jackson, Abilene ... |