Latest news about Alaska
Alaska's winter brings cold, darkness -- and SAD (Anchorage Daily News)
"A place of violent extremes -- the longest and shortest days, the harshest winters and most dazzling summers -- Alaska is a giant living laboratory for the study of light and temperature, the two greatest environmental influences on living things."
21 Nov 2008, 6:56 am | click here for more
Can Alaska believe the forecast? (Anchorage Daily News)
WASHINGTON -- Winter looks likely to be mild in the Midwest, dry in the Southeast and warmer than normal in Alaska, the government said Thursday.
21 Nov 2008, 6:49 am | click here for more
Kin in Croatia claim winning Alaska cousin (Anchorage Daily News)
ZAGREB, CROATIA -- Mark Begich's victory in the U.S. Senate race in Alaska is being celebrated in a Croatian village where his grandfather once lived.
21 Nov 2008, 6:33 am | click here for more
Alaska icon leaves Senate (Miami Herald)
Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska ended his four-decade congressional career Thursday, ushered out by his Senate colleagues with a dignity not shown by jurors in his corruption trial or by the voters in his home state, who declined to return him to Washington for an eighth term.
21 Nov 2008, 3:19 am | click here for more
Alaska Sen. Stevens bids Senate colleagues farewell (San Jose Mercury News)
Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska ended his four-decade congressional career Thursday, ushered out by his Senate colleagues with a dignity not shown by jurors in his corruption trial or by the voters in his home state, who declined to return him to Washington for an eight term.
21 Nov 2008, 1:35 am | click here for more
Longtime Alaska senator Stevens bids colleagues farewell (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By ERIKA BOLSTAD WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska ended his four-decade congressional career Thursday, ushered out by his Senate colleagues with a dignity not shown by jurors in his corruption trial or by the voters in his home state, who declined to return him to Washington for an eighth term. His colleagues offered a 90-minute tribute to the Republican senator, whose mark on Alaska ...
21 Nov 2008, 1:03 am | click here for more
Big oil gets help leaving footprints in Alaska (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
We every have a stake in "un-fixing" Bush administration fixes in Alaska.
20 Nov 2008, 9:05 pm | click here for more
Alaska Republican Sen. Stevens concedes defeat (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, convicted last month of corruption charges, conceded defeat on Wednesday in his bid for an eighth term, a day after his Democratic opponent claimed victory.
20 Nov 2008, 6:06 am | click here for more
Justice Department denies mishandling Alaska spill probe (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday denied allegations by a former EPA investigator that it prematurely called off a criminal probe into pipeline spills at a BP Plc oilfield in Alaska in 2006.
20 Nov 2008, 12:49 pm | click here for more
Corruption-tainted Alaska senator concedes defeat (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in US Senate history, conceded defeat in his re-election bid when voters turned against him after a graft scandal.
20 Nov 2008, 11:45 am | click here for more