Alaska

Columbia Return to Service Delayed

Columbia Return to Service Delayed

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, […]

State Parks Photo Contest thrugh July 31st

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

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 […]

2017 Copper Valley MS Walk

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 […]

Matt Morse Named Copper River Watershed Hero

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 […]