Ted Stevens indicted on corruption charges: Sen. Ted Stevens | adn.com
U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens was indicted this morning by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on seven counts of filing false financial disclosures.
$21 billion Alaska energy plan proposed: Legislature | adn.com
The bill, which has not yet been introduced and is labeled “work draft,” has language saying the intent is for lawmakers to contribute $20.75 billion to a renewable and alternative energy grant fund over the next five years.
Energy devours incomes in Bush: Rural Alaska | adn.com
According to university researchers, the poorest families in Alaska’s most remote towns and villages are expected to spend more than 40 cents out of every dollar they make on power and heat in the coming year.
US Coast Guard deploys to Arctic to find answers: Global Warming | adn.com
As the Arctic warms and the ice recedes, its mission in the upper latitudes is becoming more dynamic, requiring a look at new missions it might face in coming years.
Figures detail gas pipeline’s potential: Gas Pipeline | adn.com
The Palin administration Tuesday unveiled figures showing potentially fabulous profits should a Canadian company carry out its proposal to build a natural gas pipeline.
Leaving the village: Rural Alaska | adn.com
Out-migration has been a fact of modern Alaska life for decades. But with young women leading the way, the annual net population loss from rural Alaska has more than doubled since 2006, according to the new study by the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
This was a no-brainer. One days wotrh of oil is what it was all about.
Senate rejects ANWR drilling: Alaska News | adn.com
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate rejected a Republican energy plan that promised to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, an option that was part of an overall package to increase domestic energy development.
DNA links Juneau man to ancient remains at glacier: Southeast | adn.com
DNA links Juneau man to ancient remains at glacier
DESCENDANTS: Study connects 17 people to the long-deceased.
adn.com | Alaska Politics : Six pounds, two ounces
The state just sent this press release:Palin Family Welcomes Fifth Child
April 18, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin and her husband Todd welcomed the arrival of their fifth child this morning. The Palins were thankful that the Governor’s labor began yesterday while she was in Texas at the Governor’s Energy Conference where she gave the keynote luncheon address, but let up enough for her to travel on Alaska Airlines back to Alaska in time to deliver her second son.
Salmon fishing closed for California, Oregon
(04-10) 20:24 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — No commercial or recreational salmon fishing will be allowed off the coast of California and most of Oregon this year.The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted Thursday to cancel the chinook fishing season in an effort to reverse the catastrophic disappearance of California’s fabled run of the pink fish popularly known as king salmon.