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Alaska wildfire season heats up
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s fire season is escalating, primarily in the state’s hot and dry interior, where lightning storms are sparking new blazes, including one that struck close to riverside
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Alaska lawmaker: Coastal zone program ‘dead’
JUNEAU, Alaska – Alaska’s coastal management program appears to be “effectively dead,” a leading state lawmaker said Tuesday, with neither the House nor Senate showing a willingness to budge on the…
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Alaska State Fair Announces Final Performers in 2011 ATamp;T Concert Series
The Alaska State Fair is pleased to announce the final entertainers confirmed for the 2011 ATT Concert Series. All shows take place at the Borealis Theatre on the fairgrounds, and are presented by ATT. The newly added performers include:Sunday, August 28: Garrison Keillors A Prairie Home Companion Summer Love TourCelebrated author, storyteller, humorist and radio personality Garrison Keillor…
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