Columbia Return to Service Delayed Additional repairs are needed to propeller system. The vessel is expected to return to service July 26. (JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) announced today that due to ongoing repairs the M/V Columbia will require additional time at Vigor Shipyard in Portland, […]
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State Parks Photo Contest thrugh July 31st
What does everyone do when visiting state parks? They take pictures. If you get some good ones this summer, you can enter them in the 2017 America’s State Parks Photo Contest. Alaska’s state parks have some of the most phenomenal scenery anywhere in the world as well as wildlife […]
Alaska Attorney General & Governor Discuss Shutdown Planning
June 8, 2017 (Juneau, AK) – Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth today sat down with legislative leadership in both the House Majority and Senate Majority to brief them on the executive branch’s preparation for a potential shutdown of state government. If the legislature fails to pass a budget by June […]
Valdez Rock and Flow Fest June 23-25
New! We listened to your input so this year we’ve added a full lineup of yoga to the rock fest which is why we changed the name to the Valdez Rock and Flow Fest June 23 – 25. We have some great climbing clinics, a smorgasbord of yoga classes and a […]
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2017 Copper Valley MS Walk
May 20th, the Sanitation Singers, will once again be walking in the 2017 COPPER VALLEY MS WALK to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. (Not that we sound right, but Sanitation Singers just sounded right for a crew from Copper Basin Sanitation.) As we have since 2001, Sharon […]
Governor Walker Announces Names of Drug Detection K9s
Names selected via Facebook poll from suggestions made by Alaska 6th-graders May 16, 2017 JUNEAU – As a part of the Safer Alaska initiative, Governor Bill Walker today announced the results of his Facebook poll to pick names for the two new Alaska State Trooper drug detection K9s. K9-A […]
Matt Morse Named Copper River Watershed Hero
The Copper River Watershed Project builds partnerships for on-the-ground projects and watershed-scale planning for economically diverse communities and a thriving, intact watershed. The CRWP Watershed Hero Award goes to . . . Congratulations to Matt Morse of Glennallen for winning the Watershed Hero Award! Advertisement Ruth McHenry and Linda Ruthledge nominated […]
2017 Alaska Interagency Crew Boss Academy
Find Great Deals on Outdoor Gear at Montemlife.com! (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) — The BLM Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) and Alaska Division of Forestry (DOF) are hosting the 2017 Alaska Interagency Crew Boss Academy May 8-22 to add leaders to the Emergency Firefighter (EFF) Type 2 village crew structure. A qualified […]