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06/15/19 06:45 PM
Authorities: Man offered money to 'rape and murder' Alaskan
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Indiana man implicated in the murder of an Alaska teenager had allegedly promised millions of dollars to the teens who killed her in exchange for images of the killing, the Anchorage Daily News reported Saturday.

06/14/19 01:20 PM
New Alaska park bridge aimed at limiting bear encounters
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The National Park Service has completed a project to relieve an Alaska traffic jam.

06/14/19 11:21 AM
Alaska legislators face pressure for dividend decision
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska legislators face mounting pressure to decide the annual dividend paid to residents from Alaska's oil-wealth fund, with Gov. Mike Dunleavy threatening additional special sessions for anything but a full payout.

06/14/19 09:00 AM
66-year-old man stranded for three days on island rescued
The man was stranded for three days after his vessel struck a rock and sank near Montague Island, according to the release.

06/14/19 07:59 AM
Anchorage police arrest 3 in January apartment homicide
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three men have been charged with second-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of an Anchorage man in January.

06/14/19 06:25 AM
Alaska earthquake revealed need for extensive church repairs
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's big earthquake last year revealed previous damage requiring extensive repairs to an Anchorage church, officials said.

06/14/19 12:04 AM
Dunleavy releases $20M for schools
The funding was slated to be released early in the year but, in a battle with the Legislature over education funding, Dunleavy withheld the funding until the last minute.

06/13/19 05:37 PM
Alaska governor calls special session for Wasilla
Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy called for the next special session to start July 8 in his hometown of Wasilla.

06/13/19 04:06 PM
US lawmakers push Canadian province on mining pollution
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers from four U.S. states bordering British Columbia say the Canadian province needs to do a better job preventing mining pollution from fouling downstream rivers in the U.S.

06/13/19 12:38 PM
Environmental group sues over ice seal habitat decision
The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Department of Commerce and the National Marine Fisheries Service for not designating critical habitat for threatened ringed and bearded seals.

06/13/19 07:06 AM
New network for first responders raises concern among media
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The police chief of Alaska's largest city hurried out of the department's glass building after the ground began to shake. Phone lines jammed and even police radios were spotty after a major earthquake, but his cellphone…

06/12/19 08:47 PM
Military begins work on site to become new Alaska village
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. military has begun construction work on a site expected to become the new location of an Alaska village.

06/12/19 04:08 PM
At least 60 ice seals found dead along west Alaska coast
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says bearded, ringed and spotted seals were reported dead Monday in Norton Sound south of Nome.

The Vacation Country TRAVEL GUIDE is your best resource for current travel information on Alaska, Western Canada and the Northwest U.S. Our coverage of Alaska's six regions, the Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana features location editorial and history, scenic images, highway and regional maps, Alaska Ferry schedules, hotel and motel lodging, RV locations and complete information on travel services.

TRAVEL GUIDE covers the entire length of the Alaska Highway, from "Mile 0" in Dawson Creek, BC through the Yukon to Whitehorse and on into Alaska's Interior and the Far North. An invaluable resource for traveling the North, Travel Guide provides engaging travel information on major urban centers, unique out-of-the-way places, National Parks and the paradise of fjords and glaciers of Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage, with special fishing and wildlife viewing adventure editorial about Valdez, Homer and the Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island and Katmai.

Stretching from Prudhoe Bay on the Beaufort Sea and Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska to the Ice Roads of the Northwest Territories, through Western Canada to Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks in Montana and the beautiful Oregon and Washington coasts, Travel Guide is an excellent, exciting vacation planning guide that is the only one of its kind with such extensive coverage in one publication.