Alaska's unemployment rate hit 8.8 percent in December, up 2 percent since December 2008 and the highest since September 1992. It's still well below the national rate.
Audit faults state spending on Ketchikan road to unbuilt bridge
A legislative audit requested by a supporter of the belittled "Bridge to Nowhere" in Ketchikan concludes the state should not have begun work on a new highway until knowing if the span would be built.
SLED DOG RACING
A lesson that Lance Mackey taught Jeff King two years ago at the end of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race may have helped the 54-year-old Denali Park veteran capture his second Copper Basin 300 title -- 15 years after his first.
Forecast says loss of Alaska jobs is slowing down
The size of Anchorage's work force will probably shrink this year but not by as much as it did last year, according to a state economic forecast.
Scientists go to extremes for Arctic research
If you want to know how polar bears are doing, it's not enough to spy on them with satellite telemetry and other technology. You have to go where they live.
Wanted, dead or alive: Frogs riding north on Christmas trees
Pacific chorus frogs have shown up in the Anchorage area, hitchhiking in on imported Christmas trees, and state wildlife officials want them turned in -- dead or alive.
Haines eagle foundation gets healthy donation
Before the Haines Bald Eagle Festival ended last month, problems seemed to stack one atop another.
REVIEW
Russian musical kicks off film fest
The Anchorage International Film Festival bills itself as "North America's northernmost independent film festival." But the movie kicking off this year's incarnation is the product of a studio effort with big bucks behind it.
UAF suspends cash-strapped Susan Butcher Institute
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has halted work at the Susan Butcher Institute. The university says the leadership program didn't have the funding to continue.
Severe weather and extreme avalanche conditions are hammering Alaska Railroad service this week, and the agency has canceled Saturday's Holiday Train trip to Seward.
Group sues to protect polar bears from pesticides
An environmental group filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency today in Seattle, claiming it does not protect polar bears and their habitat from pesticides.
Jamaican to train for Iditarod with Lance Mackey
Jamaican dog musher Newton Marshall arrived in Alaska on Sunday to begin a kind of three-month Iditarod boot camp with reigning champ Lance Mackey.
Alyeska opening a few lifts on schedule Wednesday
Alaska's biggest ski resort plans to open four of its nine lifts to skiers -- Chair 3, Chair 4 as well as both magic carpets -- at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Often Alaska's coldest spot, Bettles is setting records
It's been bitter cold in Bettles, 200 miles north of Fairbanks. The village in the foothills of the Brooks Range recorded a new record low temperature of 47 degrees below zero on Saturday.
Iron Dog winners to claim $50,000
The top prize in the world's longest and toughest snowmachine race will double to a record $50,000, Iron Dog organizers said Wednesday.
Help wanted: Denali needs a dog musher
In the world of dog mushing, there aren't many jobs with a steady paycheck. Professional mushers live off the bounty of their race earnings, dog breeding skills and marketing savvy. And within a federal government that employs 19.7 million people, there is one -- exactly one -- dog mushing job.
Bears strand hunters by destroying their raft
State says it's keeping close eye on gas line project
Two-wheeled light for days of darkness
Fairbanks marathoner tops among Alaskans in New York
AFN convention to touch on village issues
Long autumn means more choices
Barrow 9-year-old may be youngest to harvest a whale
ANWR debate will heat up as caribou herds dwindle
Dead beluga aground on Inlet mud near downtown Anchorage
Heavy flatfish nets hefty purse
City unveils plan to reduce winter natural gas use
New Yakutat gold claims raise concern for rivers
Juneau gets protection for slide-threatened power lines
Redoubt volcano will continue to be calm, scientists say
Alaska Samoans unite to aid tsunami victims
Cleveland Volcano in Aleutian Islands spews ash plume
Red, blue king crab fishing in Southeastern closed
Warm winter weather diminished much of the ice and snow south of Anchorage. But what remained gleamed in the sunshine on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, along Turnagain Arm, in Girdwood and on Portage Lake.
Follow along as Star the reindeer walks through downtown Anchorage and attends a party at the Hilton Hotel.
Extended periods of fog add a frosty beauty to Anchorage scenery.
Alaska has a public university system, with three main campuses and 15 local branches across the state, and a vo-tech school.
Alaska.com's users have asked many good questions about life and vacations on the Last Frontier. Here are some of them.
What's a vacation without a good book to read? When vacationing in Alaska, it might be a good idea to do some reading before arriving in the Great Land.
Alaska is legendary for its winters -- but most visitors come in the summer, when the days are long and the temperatures are moderate.
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