07/13/11 T-shirts were soaked with sweat Tuesday at the Team Alaska technique and training camp at South High, where 40 wrestlers honed their freestyle and Greco-Roman skills.
07/12/11 The Alaska Federation of Natives Board of Directors announced today that Alaska Native Iditarod winner John Quniaq Baker will deliver the 2011 AFN Convention keynote address.
07/12/11 A ship expedition is under way to conduct the first modern-day survey of seafloor depths along a vast region of the Arctic Ocean.
07/11/11 Anchorage has long been known as "Alaska's biggest Native village." With new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau , the city can claim the state's largest Yup'ik and Inupiat communities.
07/08/11 The Northern Waters Task Force held a series of meetings in Kotzebue and Nome this week.
07/08/11 Alaska Congressional Delegation Not Included in Budget Talks, Murkowski Voices Concerns over EPA and BOEMRE, Anchorage Files Lawsuit Over Knik Bridge Project, Northern Waters Task Force Meets This Week, and more...
07/07/11 NOAA Ship Fairweather, a 231-foot survey vessel, departed Kodiak, Alaska, today on a mission to conduct hydrographic surveys in remote areas of the Arctic where depths have not been measured since before the U.S. bought Alaska in 1867.
06/21/11 Flags were lowered to half-staff today in honor of longtime Alaska state Rep. Ben Grussendorf, who died Friday at the age of 69. A celebration of life is planned for July 8 in Sitka.
06/21/11 SHANNON HAUGLAND Daily Sitka Sentinel SITKA, Alaska Flags were lowered to half-staff Tuesday in honor of former Rep. Ben Grussendorf, who died Friday at the age of 69. Grussendorf was a three-time Speaker of the House in the Alaska Legislature, and a longtime representative for Sitka. His death comes just a few weeks after the death of fellow Sitka legislator and good friend Sen. Dick Eliason ...
05/31/11 Skywatchers north of the Alaska Range will see a partial solar eclipse in the early afternoon today when the new moon moves in front of the sun. Cities falling within the shadow of the moon include Fairbanks and Barrow, where mostly clear skies are forecast.
05/31/11 Next month, more than a dozen Kenai residents will travel to Missouri seeking a second All-America City designation. The Kenai delegation rehearsed its 10-minute presentation at Wednesday's Chamber of Commerce lunch, complete with singing, bear suits and fishing vests.
05/30/11 SEATTLE - Zipping along the northwestern Alaska coast in a helicopter on a summer day, recent Coast Guard Academy graduate Bob Papp scanned for a route his vessel could take through the ice from No...
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.
05/17/11 World No Tobacco Day is May 31. Quite possibly, it can be a life-changing moment that impacts more than just the person who quits.
05/11/11 JUNEAU - Many Southeast Alaska communities will host "Walk For Life" suicide prevention events on Saturday, May 14. The "Walk For Life program" began two years ago in the Northwest Arctic Borough, when events were held in Kotzebue and other villages in the area.
03/30/11 JUNEAU - Governor Parnell appointed Teressa "Tessa" Baldwin to the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council last week.
03/30/11 Human remains discovered in Northwest Alaska in 2007 have been identified as a man reported missing in 1996, according to the Alaska State Troopers. No foul play is suspected in his death. Troopers think Harry Johnson, 30 years old at the time, was camping by himself near where the Kelly River pours into the Noatak River. Johnson was reported missing in 1996, and searchers from Kotzebue failed ...
03/30/11 McPherson resident Lillian Kaiser Davidson followed one of the more unique sporting events in the world with very special interest earlier this month.
03/30/11 The Daily World Aberdeen's girls wasted little time grooving their batting strokes in notching a big season-opening victory. Kuulei Siolo drove in four runs and Hannah Tometich knocked in three more as the Bobcats began their Evergreen 2A Conference softball season with a 14-8 win over reigning...
03/27/11 SEATTLE -- It was appropriate that the Los Angeles Galaxy, with its cadre of soccer stars, started the season in front of one of the MLS's most rabid fan bases in Seattle on Tuesday. | 
