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09/18/20 06:36 PM
Alaska Supreme Court sides with state in election ballot change
Candidate Alyse Galvin challenged the ballots, saying the change in design may confuse voters about her political affiliation.

09/18/20 03:04 PM
Shell files plans to return to the Slope; ConocoPhillips awaits initiative outcome
A supermajor is looking to advance its position on the North Slope and ConocoPhillips says it will likely wait until the results of the oil tax initiative are known before planning next year's work.

09/18/20 09:00 AM
Cleanup from rocket mishap expected to take months
After Astra’s rocket launch from Kodiak on Sept. 11 ended in a fiery explosion, the California-based company said the cleanup process could take a couple of months.

09/16/20 09:00 AM
GoPro found after a decade in ocean — and it works
The GoPro is known for being tough, a camera that can withstand just about anything, including being submerged for more than a decade in the unforgiving waters off Alaska’s coastline.

09/16/20 05:00 AM
Five more Fairbanks borough residents test positive for COVID-19
These new cases were part of a total 42 new resident cases reported Tuesday, 22 of which were confirmed in Anchorage residents.

09/15/20 10:42 AM
Alaska Air suspends all Portland flights, citing wildfire smoke
Alaska Airlines has suspended all flights in and out of Portland until Tuesday afternoon, as wildfire smoke inundates the region. It’s also shutting down operations in Spokane, Eugene, Medford, Redmond, Pasco and Walla Walla.

09/14/20 03:19 PM
Climax steam locomotive is on its way home from Alaska to Corry
CORRY, Penn. — A steam locomotive made in Corry more than a century ago is on its way home from Alaska.

09/14/20 09:00 AM
Astra rocket lifts off, then falls to ground in fiery explosion
A rocket launched by Astra from Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska on Sept. 11 managed to leave the pad but never reached orbit as intended. Instead, after a few seconds of flight, the rocket plummeted back to Earth, causing a…

09/11/20 04:11 PM
Trilogy: Copper prospect still profitable at higher costs
Costs have grown but expectations remain high for what developers hope will be the first in a series of hard rock mines in Interior Alaska.

09/10/20 05:00 AM
Gwich’in tribal councils, Lower 48 states file lawsuits over ANWR drilling
Last month the Trump administration announced that it planned to open the entire 1.56 million acre coastal plain for oil exploration and development.

09/09/20 05:31 PM
Washington AG sues to prevent oil and gas development on Arctic Refuge coastal plain
Washington state is joining 14 other states in suing to block exploration and prevent oil and gas development in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Wednesday.

09/07/20 07:02 PM
Three juveniles escape from McLaughlin Youth Center
“The staff member was able to get away from the youth and called for assistance from other staff,” the news release states. “MYC staff searched the campus but were unable to locate the youth.”

09/02/20 11:50 AM
Snow way out: No escaping winter weather prognostications
WATERLOO, Iowa — If a cow has thick hair growing on the nape of its neck, if pigs are gathering sticks, spiders spinning larger-than-normal webs and corn husks are thicker than normal, then the coming winter is likely to be…

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.