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08/16/18 05:02 PM
Marijuana board OKs license for Fairbanks testing business
FAIRBANKS—The first cannabis testing facility is expected to open in Interior Alaska in about a month after the marijuana control board approved its license Thursday.

08/16/18 01:41 PM
NTSB report offers little insight into Alaska plane crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska sightseeing airplane was flying toward its home base when it crashed earlier this month on a mountainside in Denali National Park, killing all five people aboard, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by…

08/16/18 01:33 PM
Fairbanks musician, singer Sarah Mitchell found dead
FAIRBANKS—A popular local musician and singer was found dead Thursday morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

08/16/18 09:24 AM
Wasilla police shoot, kill domestic violence suspect in home
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A domestic violence suspect was shot and killed by Wasilla police.

08/16/18 09:07 AM
Interior Department eyes protected Arctic land for drilling
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Trump administration is aiming to open millions of acres (hectares) of Alaska Arctic land for drilling that was protected under the Obama administration.

08/16/18 08:48 AM
Politics to play part in jury selection for murder trial
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Politics are expected to play a role in jury selection for the trial of one of the four young men charged with murder in the 2016 death of their high school classmate.

08/16/18 12:00 AM
Ceremony marks choice of site for Fairbanks veterans cemetery
FAIRBANKS — As soon 2022 there may be a final resting place for veterans along the Parks Highway just outside of Fairbanks.

08/15/18 07:27 PM
WWII POWs buried as unknowns in Hawaii get memorial marker
HONOLULU (AP) — Nancy Kragh grew up without her father, who was among 400 prisoners of war killed when a ship taking them from the Philippines to Japan was bombed.

08/15/18 06:42 PM
Alaska marijuana board seeks public comment on proposed on-site consumption rules
FAIRBANKS—A new set of regulations allowing marijuana stores to offer sampling rooms is going out for public comment.

08/15/18 05:06 PM
Shipwreck from only WWII battle in America found off Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Daryl Weathers remembers trying to pull men from the sea off Alaska's Aleutian Islands after a U.S. Navy destroyer hit a mine left by the Japanese following the only World War II battle fought on North…

08/15/18 05:00 PM
Second Alaska cannabis event fined over public consumption
FAIRBANKS—The Alaska Marijuana Control Board penalized Alaska Hempfest for allowing public consumption at its June festival in Wasilla.

08/15/18 04:04 PM
Strong earthquake rocks remote western Aleutian Islands
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Earthquake Center says a strong earthquake rocked an area of the remote Aleutian Islands.

08/15/18 01:55 PM
Troopers identify man who died off south Kodiak Island
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a man who drowned off the south side of Kodiak island was from the city of Kodiak.

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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.

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