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06/18/18 02:46 PM
Murkowski calls immigration separations 'cruel, tragic'
FAIRBANKS - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is calling on the Trump administration to immediately halt what she called the "cruel" practice of separating children from their parents who have entered the United States illegally at the nation's southern border.

06/18/18 01:05 PM
Warned 30 years ago, global warming 'is in our living room'
SALIDA, Colo. (AP) — We were warned.

06/18/18 12:51 PM
Anchorage police seek information on fatal hit-and-run truck
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police are again asking for help identifying a pickup that struck and killed a woman in a weekend crash.

06/18/18 12:35 PM
Supreme Court to hear appeal from Alaska hovercraft owner
FAIRBANKS - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced it would again hear the case of an Alaska resident who challenged National Park Service authority to ban his use of a hovercraft on the Nation River in the Yukon-Charley Rivers…

06/18/18 12:13 PM
GOP, Dem governors back benefits for pre-existing conditions
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bipartisan group of governors is speaking out against a Trump administration decision that could narrow access to health insurance benefits for those with pre-existing conditions.

06/18/18 11:19 AM
Alaska officials hope to avoid confusion over voting
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Officials with the state and with Alaska's largest city, Anchorage, hope to avoid any confusion about voting in this year's primary and general elections.

06/18/18 08:48 AM
Smoke inhalation sends Juneau state senator to hospital
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Juneau's state senator was treated at a hospital after attempting to put out a fire in his garage.

06/18/18 05:30 AM
Alaska regional theater company furloughs employees
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A regional theater company in Alaska has furloughed its employees after experiencing multiple years of financial problems, officials said.

06/18/18 12:33 AM
Body of man whose ATV crashed into Chatanika River found after 20-day search
FAIRBANKS — Searchers found the body of Junior Leota on Saturday morning about three-quarters of a mile downstream from where his all-terrain vehicle went into the Chatanika River, said Leota’s brother-in-law Kendall Wilson.

06/18/18 12:34 AM
Rain moderates fires south of Manley Hot Springs
FAIRBANKS — Fire activity has moderated on the two fires burning south of Manley Hot Springs, the Alaska Division of Forestry reported Sunday.

06/18/18 12:36 AM
Retired teacher works to save Salcha’s scattered history
SALCHA, Alaska — The Salcha community of about 1,000 people in the middle of the Fairbanks North Star Borough has a richer history than you might think, and retired teacher Amy Viltrakis is on a mission to document it.

06/18/18 12:29 AM
M. ovi bacteria found in Alaska moose, caribou for first time
FAIRBANKS — A harmful bacteria previously thought to live only in sheep and goats as been found in additional animals, including Alaska caribou and moose, according to a new study announced last week by the Alaska Department of Fish and…

06/17/18 11:19 PM
James Hansen wishes he wasn't so right about global warming
NEW YORK (AP) — James Hansen wishes he was wrong. He wasn't.

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.