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08/21/19 03:48 PM
Pentagon cancels billion-dollar missile defense project
The cancellation raises questions about the Pentagon's continued reliance on the existing "kill vehicle" on its interceptor fleet in Alaska.

08/21/19 03:33 PM
Records: 4 lawmakers claim max retroactive allowance
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Four Alaska lawmakers received the maximum allowable daily allowances for the time between the end of the drawn-out regular session in May and passage of a state operating budget nearly a month later, legislative records show.

08/21/19 02:11 PM
The Latest: Alaska Railroad resumes service in burn area
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on Alaska wildfires (all times local):

08/21/19 11:24 AM
Correction: Alaska-Salmon Hatcheries story
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In a story Aug. 11 about Alaska salmon hatcheries, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Alaska salmon hatcheries release 1.8 billion pink salmon fry annually. Total Alaska hatchery releases of all salmon and rainbow trout in…

08/21/19 08:37 AM
Alaska governor cuts $5M in additional ferry service funding
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's governor has vetoed additional funding for the state's ferry service.

08/21/19 07:33 AM
Man faces sentencing in attempted murder of police officer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 30-year-old man convicted of firing a handgun at an Anchorage police officer will be sentenced Wednesday.

08/20/19 03:05 PM
Juneau resident dies in home fire that started in kitchen
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Juneau resident died in a fire that started in a home kitchen.

08/20/19 02:09 PM
Alaska fire officials review cause of wildfire along highway
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wildfire officials are reviewing their initial assessment of the cause of a weekend fire that burned at least 50 structures along the main highway between Anchorage and Fairbanks.

08/20/19 01:32 PM
The Latest: Officials review cause of Parks Highway wildfire
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on Alaska wildfires (all times local):

08/20/19 12:34 PM
Earth's future is being written in fast-melting Greenland
Summer this year is hitting Greenland hard with record-shattering heat and extreme melt. By the end of the summer, about 440 billion tons of ice — maybe more — will have melted or calved off Greenland's giant ice sheet, scientists…

08/20/19 09:41 AM
Here it comes: Snow advisory issued for eastern Interior Alaska
Frost was reported in low-lying areas overnight in the Fairbanks area this morning, while Tok and other communities to the east had temperatures in the 20s Monday morning.

08/20/19 05:56 AM
Alaska community ordered to relocate fuel in school's tanks
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska school district must quickly remove diesel fuel from a school's tanks to prevent harm to the environment, officials said.

08/20/19 05:00 AM
Top EPA official hears a mix of opinions about air quality plan
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is reviewing the draft State Implementation Plan, or SIP, after a public comment period that ended last month.

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.