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03/19/19 11:57 AM
Searchers recover black box recorder of missing Alaska plane
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Searchers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder of an air ambulance that disappeared in Alaska with three people on board in January, the owners of the aircraft said Tuesday.

03/19/19 11:45 AM
The Latest: Crash investigators examine options in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest recovery of black box recorder from missing Alaska plane (all times local):

03/19/19 05:36 AM
Alaska House establishes tribal affairs committee
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska House of Representatives has established a committee to focus on tribal affairs across a variety of issues.

03/19/19 05:29 AM
Anchorage airport expects summer passenger increase
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's largest airport is expecting a big increase in passenger capacity during the summer tourist season.

03/19/19 12:00 AM
City of Nenana begins demolition of hazardous property
FAIRBANKS — The city of Nenana on Monday began abatement of a property due to health and safety concerns. The property is on First Street in the small town 55 miles southwest of Fairbanks.

03/18/19 05:31 PM
Fairbanks woman charged with shooting at fiancée
“Shooting from the vehicle in a densely populated area created a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another person,” officer Sydney Rosenbalm wrote in criminal complaint against Alika Lakuia Purnell filed Monday.

03/18/19 02:10 PM
Rookie brings in red lantern to close out 2019 Iditarod
FAIRBANKS - Victoria Hardwick, a rookie from Washington state who now lives in Bethel, is the 39th and final musher to cross under the burled arch marking the end of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome.

03/18/19 01:33 PM
Students, others rally for University of Alaska system
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Students and others gathered in front of the state Capitol Monday in support of the University of Alaska system amid ongoing debate over the state budget.

03/18/19 01:21 PM
Forest service plans large sale of Alaskan old growth timber
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is planning the largest sale of Alaska old growth timber in years.

03/18/19 05:27 AM
Alaska school district buys hotel for student housing
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rural Alaska school district has purchased a former hotel to allow students to take classes in the state's largest city.

03/18/19 01:48 AM
Man charged in Alaska cold case due in Maine court this week
AUBURN, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who is fighting extradition to Alaska for a murder charge is due back in court for his case.

03/18/19 12:00 AM
Fairbanks sets record for warmest St. Patrick’s Day
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks had record breaking heat Sunday afternoon with temperatures reaching 47 degrees, a single degree above the previous 1981 record.

03/17/19 07:14 PM
Dog that completed Iditarod sled race dies of pneumonia
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Iditarod race officials say a dog on a racer's team has died of pneumonia, and the musher has been withdrawn from the event.

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.