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05/25/20 02:55 PM
Former Stryker commander recalls losing troops during Iraq war
Freitag led soldiers from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, to Iraq in 2005-06. He commanded a Stryker cavalry squadron — about 550 troops — with the 14th Cavalry Regiment.

05/15/20 03:23 PM
New Hilcorp-Enstar gas deal adds up to rate savings
Southcentral natural gas customers could collectively save $53.6 million under the latest contract between Enstar Natural Gas Co. and Hilcorp Alaska.

05/15/20 03:21 PM
Decades before the coronavirus claimed her, she lived the frontier life in Alaska
BELFAST, Maine — She ran sled dogs, spent summers mining for gold and silver in the remote mountain ranges of Alaska and raised a family of boys on the wild edge of civilization.

05/13/20 04:01 PM
Researchers discover harbor porpoises may eat salmon
The ongoing study of harbor porpoises from bluffs overlooking Burrows Bay in Anacortes contributed recently to new findings regarding the species along the West Coast.

05/13/20 03:56 PM
To combat coronavirus, Sea-Tac Airport is stretching lines, blocking seats — but some ask what took so long
Alaska Airlines didn't seem to live up to its masking requirements. On her flight from Honolulu, "passengers were getting on the plane not wearing their masks. Crew were removing one side of their mask to talk to passengers, or wearing…

05/13/20 03:55 PM
Princess cancels all summer cruises to Alaska and the Caribbean
Princess Cruises has scrapped its 2020 summer season because of closed ports and disrupted air travel related to the global coronavirus pandemic, a recent company announcement said. Summer sailings to Alaska and the Caribbean as well as remaining European, trans-Atlantic…

05/11/20 02:09 PM
'Clearly it wasn't fast enough,' a Port commissioner says of new, murky Sea-Tac coronavirus mask policy
Customers say they feel unsafe. A commissioner says it's incredible. But as the coronavirus pandemic continues the Port of Seattle still has no policy in place requiring people to wear masks at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

05/11/20 01:31 PM
For first time, Fairbanks, Alaska, hits 80 before Philadelphia
It was a hard winter, and snow is still on the ground up that way, but the official temperature in Fairbanks reached 82 on Sunday, marking the first time that it had reached 80 before Philadelphia in the periods of…

05/08/20 11:33 AM
Feds will send $50 million in coronavirus relief to Washington seafood firms, fishermen, tribes, charter boat operators
Washington state will receive about $50 million in federal-relief dollars to assist both the commercial-seafood and sport-fishing-charter industries stung by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement released Thursday by the federal Commerce Department.

05/08/20 11:30 AM
Millions stuck at home with no plumbing, kitchen or space to stay safe
In nearly half a million American homes, washing hands to prevent COVID-19 isn't as simple as soaping up and singing "Happy Birthday" twice while scrubbing.

05/07/20 09:00 AM
Scandies Rose families in limbo as judge orders jury trial
The families of five fishermen missing from the F/V Scandies Rose, which sank last New Year’s Eve, will have to wait at least one more month before the missing are officially declared dead, as many hearings and jury services continue…

05/06/20 04:13 PM
Cash crunch from coronavirus crisis will force Alaska Air to shrink
Alaska Airlines President Ben Minicucci said the prospect is for "a smaller industry and a potentially smaller company."

05/06/20 04:11 PM
Princess Cruises and Holland America cancel remaining cruises to Alaska
Princess Cruises and Holland America Lines have canceled all Alaska itineraries for the rest of the year, leaving less than a third of the cruises originally planned to call in Seattle this summer.

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.