Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://www.libertyreporter.org/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.libertyreporter.org/files.php?file= http://www.libertyreporter.org/ http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_winter_trip_northern_lights_and_much_more_the_salt_lake_t.html Alaska Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:53:57 -0600 FAIRBANKS, Alaska » Last winter, my 10-year-old son and I headed to a destination that had friends and family wondering if we'd lost our minds. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_in_deeper-than-usual_freeze_upi.html Alaska Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:41:24 -0600 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Sprint races for the U.S. Cross Country Ski championships were canceled for a second day as temperatures in Alaska http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_in_three_weeks_san_jose_mercury_news.html Alaska Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:24:14 -0600 After driving the Alaska Highway last summer, I have advice for anyone wishing to follow my tread marks on the last, great road trip left http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_in_three_days_san_jose_mercury_news.html Alaska Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:24:25 -0600 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Hey, let's spend the weekend in Alaska!Sound crazy? Not really. If you've ever blitzed into New York for a long weekend from http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_trooper_says_politics_slowed_drug_arrest_tucson_citizen.html Alaska Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:10:31 -0600 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A drug investigator says authorities delayed the arrest of a woman tied to Gov. Sarah Palin's family until after the November election, http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_trooper_says_politics_slowed_drug_arrest_the_canadian_pre.html Alaska Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:11:00 -0600 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A drug investigator says authorities delayed the arrest of a woman tied to Gov. Sarah Palin's family until after the November election, http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_investigator_says_politics_slowed_drug_arrest_wbtv_charlo.html Alaska Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:15:43 -0600 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A drug investigator says a high-profile arrest in Alaska was delayed until after the November election. The woman who was arrested http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_investigator_says_politics_slowed_drug_arrest_wkyt_lexing.html Alaska Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:49:39 -0600 A drug investigator says a high-profile arrest in Alaska was delayed until after the November election. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_trooper_union_say_politics_stalled_case_of_palin_family_a.html Alaska Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:04:10 -0600 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska drug investigator and the union representing Alaska State Troopers are alleging political meddling in the Sherry Johnston drug case, including http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/flint_hills_alaska_hoping_to_avoid_shutdown_port_arthur_news.html Alaska Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:23:42 -0600 State officials are hoping to avoid a shutdown of the Flint Hills Resources refinery in North Pole. If the refinery, which is struggling financially, was http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/some_promises_of_alaska_statehood_have_yet_to_be_realized_fairba.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:50:28 -0600 Fifty years ago on Jan. 3, Alaska became the 49th state, making official a decision that Congress approved and Alaskans endorsed months earlier. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_trooper_union_politics_stalled_drug_case_of_palin_family_.html Alaska Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:59:15 -0600 An Alaska drug investigator and the union representing Alaska State Troopers are alleging political meddling in the Sherry Johnston drug case, including a delay in http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/palm_springs_wins_alaska_tournament_but_bad_weather_delays_retur.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:23:16 -0600 The Palm Springs High School basketball team's adventure in Alaska ended with victory on the court. And it's not over yet. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/palm_springs_wins_alaska_tournament_but_bad_weather_delays_retur.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:18:50 -0600 The Palm Springs High School basketball team's adventure in Alaska ended with victory on the court. And it's not over yet. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_trooper_union_politics_stalled_drug_case_of_palin_family_.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:38:38 -0600 An Alaska drug investigator and the union representing Alaska State Troopers are alleging political meddling in the Sherry Johnston drug case, including a delay in http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_trooper_union_politics_stalled_drug_case_of_palin_family_.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:28:58 -0600 An Alaska drug investigator and the union representing Alaska State Troopers are alleging political meddling in the Sherry Johnston drug case, including a delay in http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_trooper_union_politics_stalled_drug_case_of_palin_family_.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:28:58 -0600 An Alaska drug investigator and the union representing Alaska State Troopers are alleging political meddling in the Sherry Johnston drug case, including a delay in http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/did_politics_stall_probe_in_alaska_deseret_morning_news.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:25:32 -0600 An Alaska drug investigator and the union representing Alaska state troopers are alleging political meddling in the Sherry Johnston drug case, including a delay in http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/university_of_alaska_fairbanks_professor_recalls_statehood_day_a.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:50:08 -0600 Now a history professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks, Mary Mangusso remembers the moment she learned of the state’s successful bid to become part of http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_certificate_of_need_debate_boils_over_in_fairbanks_fairba.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:20:08 -0600 Was Alaska Open Imaging a testing center or a doctor’s office? http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/palm_springs_wins_alaska_tournament_but_bad_weather_delays_retur.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:20:24 -0600 The Palm Springs High School basketball team's adventure in Alaska ended with victory on the court. And it's not over yet. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/delay_is_alleged_in_alaska_arrest_new_york_times.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:22:56 -0600 An investigator and the Alaska State Troopers? union are alleging that political interference delayed the drug arrest of the mother of the boyfriend of Gov. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_s_next_leaders_consider_the_state_s_future_ktuu_anchorage.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:15:32 -0600 The Conference of Young Alaskans in Girdwood is aiming to come up with a series of resolutions and courses of action for the state Legislature http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/name-changing_process_costly_in_alaska_upi.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:59:38 -0600 PALMER, Alaska, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- One Alaska resident says people sick and tired of their names and eyeing a legal change should be prepared http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/name-changing_process_costly_in_alaska_moldova_org.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:57:42 -0600 One Alaska resident says people sick and tired of their names and eyeing a legal change should be prepared to open their wallets.Julie Hasquet-Woolston said http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/lobo_ski_team_preps_for_alaska_and_seawolf_invitationals_univers.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:46:25 -0600 • Race Information and Live Results Extreme weather continues to play havoc with the 2009 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships in Anchorage where http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_blasts_michigan_state_3-1_detroit_news.html Alaska Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:37:23 -0600 EAST LANSING -- Derek Klassen scored twice as Alaska (10-6-4, 8-5-3-2 in CCHA) earned a weekend split with Michigan State with a 3-1 victory Saturday http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/mother_son_journey_north_for_adventure_--_alaska_in_february_for.html Alaska Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:10:11 -0600 BY BETH HARPAZ FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Last winter, my 10-year-old son and I headed to a destination that had friends and family wondering if http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/saturday_s_alaska_statehood_celebration_anchorage_daily_news.html Alaska Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:02:33 -0600 Alaska celebrated its 50th anniversary of being the 49th state in the union over the weekend. A day full of musical entertainment, a cauldron lighting http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_marks_50_years_as_us_state_channel_4.html Alaska Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:03:51 -0600 Alaska has celebrated its 50th birthday as one of the United States of America. On January 3, 1959, Alaska became the nation's 49th state and http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/much_of_his_prodigious_reputation_was_carved_in_alaska_mountains.html Alaska Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:17:23 -0600 Conquering forbidding Alaska summits helped Fred Beckey establish his reputation, and the name still reverberates powerfully among climbers here today. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_cruise_and_cycling_trip_st_louis_post-dispatch.html Alaska Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:41:32 -0600 Bike & Cruise Tours has a seven-day escorted trip that cruises to various ports in Alaska then spends the day exploring the area by bike http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/mother_and_son_take_in_alaska_s_winter_wonders_lexington_herald-.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:25:17 -0600 FAIRBANKS, Alaska Last winter, my 10-year-old son and I headed to a destination that had friends and family wondering if we'd lost our minds. We http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/road_trip_alaska_highway_picturesque_beyond_words_inside_bay_are.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:49:56 -0600 The 1,422 mile stretch from Canada through Alaska is filled with mountains, forests, wild animals and more side trips than you realistically can take in http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/strong_third_period_enough_to_lead_no_18_alaska_past_msu_the_sta.html Alaska Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:20:19 -0600 For the second time this season, the MSU hockey team had a chance to earn a weekend sweep. But on Saturday night, a two-goal third http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/cold_forces_delay_in_alaska_festival_upi.html Alaska Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:14:28 -0600 WASILLA, Alaska, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Plans for a big celebration of 50 years of Alaska statehood scheduled for Saturday in Wasilla were postponed due http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/strong_third_period_enough_to_lead_no_18_alaska_past_msu_the_sta.html Alaska Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:20:07 -0600 For the second time this season, the MSU hockey team had a chance to earn a weekend sweep. But on Saturday night, a two-goal third http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/college_hockey_spartans_late_goals_overtake_alaska_2-1_detroit_f.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:14:15 -0600 Michigan State scored twice in the final four minutes of regulation to post a big 2-1 victory Friday night over visiting Alaska. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/game_preview_stockton_thunder_at_alaska_aces_oursports_central.html Alaska Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:03:45 -0600 2008-09 HEAD TO HEAD SERIES 11/28/08 Alaska 3 at Stockton 4 12/31/08 Stockton 2 at Alaska 3 (OT) 1/2/09 Stockton 4 at Alaska 1 1/3/09 http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_statehood_stamp_features_iditarod_musher_pr_newswire_via_.html Alaska Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:30:00 -0600 The spirit of Alaska and its colorful past were celebrated today when the U.S. Postal Service issued the 50th Anniversary Alaska Statehood commemorative stamp in http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/college_hockey_spartans_late_goals_overtake_alaska_2-1_detroit_f.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:18:42 -0600 Michigan State scored twice in the final four minutes of regulation to post a big 2-1 victory Friday night over visiting Alaska. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/warriors_finish_fourth_in_alaska_corvallis_gazette-times.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:52:29 -0600 Gazette-Times KETCHIKAN, Alaska — Dan Haynes and Cody Thomas combined for 36 points as Philomath claimed the fourth-place trophy at the Ketchikan High boys basketball http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/if_alaska_never_became_a_state_anchorage_daily_news.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:59:28 -0600 Nine distinguished Alaskans -- among them two delegates to the 1955-56 Alaska constitutional convention, the last territorial governor, a Native leader, a top economist, an http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/no_end_in_sight_to_interior_alaska_cold_spell_fairbanks_daily_ne.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:12:28 -0600 FAIRBANKS — Friday marked day six of the worst cold snap to hit Fairbanks in several years and there is no relief in sight for http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/book_traces_alaska_s_path_to_statehood_fairbanks_daily_news-mine.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:12:38 -0600 FAIRBANKS — Sixteen days after William A. Egan took office as Alaska’s first elected governor, medics strapped him to a stretcher and rushed him from http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_s_arctic_valley_ski_area_goes_into_high_gear_reno_gazette.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:37:51 -0600 ANCHORAGE, Alaska--If a ski area had just nine lives, Arctic Valley would have used them up long ago. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/icers_sneak_by_no_18_alaska_2-1_the_state_news.html Alaska Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:20:09 -0600 For the second time in three games, the MSU hockey team upset a team ranked No. 18 in the country. Last Saturday, the Spartans beat http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_float_claims_rose_parade_prize_ktva_anchorage.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:43:10 -0600 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's Tournament of Roses parade float claimed one of 24 prizes awarded. The Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau field the winning http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/census_bureau_daily_feature_for_saturday_january_3_alaska_s_50th.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:13:25 -0600 Profile America — Saturday, January 3rd. After an unaccustomed place in the political spotlight during the recent national elections, Alaska turns its attention today http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_turns_50_what_s_still_to_come_ktuu_anchorage.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:14:42 -0600 As Alaska prepares to celebrate its birthday with events this weekend, Channel 2 is wrapping up its series on Statehood: Alaska at 50, by taking http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/palin_extends_invitation_to_visit_alaska_-_yes_cold_alaska_the_f.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:23:26 -0600 I was excited to receive a letter from Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin a few weeks ago. She sent "warm regards" and an offer http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/icers_sneak_by_no_18_alaska_2-1_the_state_news.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:50:08 -0600 For the second time in three games, the MSU hockey team upset a team ranked No. 18 in the country. Last Saturday, the Spartans beat http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/road_trip_alaska_highway_picturesque_beyond_words_inside_bay_are.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:19:25 -0600 The 1,422 mile stretch from Canada through Alaska is filled with mountains, forests, wild animals and more side trips than you realistically can take in http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/more_states_mandating_fire-safe_cigarettes_like_alaska_other_sta.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:56:43 -0600 Associated Press - January 2, 2009 3:44 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Five states have joined Alaska and other states in http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/more_states_mandating_fire-safe_cigarettes_like_alaska_other_sta.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:13:35 -0600 FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Five states have joined Alaska and other states in enacting laws mandating that stores sell only cigarettes that are slow-burning http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/game_preview_stockton_thunder_at_alaska_aces_oursports_central.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:33:35 -0600 2008-09 HEAD TO HEAD SERIES 11/28/08 Alaska 3 at Stockton 4 12/31/08 Stockton 2 at Alaska 3 (OT) 1/2/09 @ Alaska 8:15 p.m. 1/3/09 @ http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_town_abuzz_over_mystery_sky_explosion_fox_news.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:40:31 -0600 Residents of an Alaska town are in shock after witnessing a tremendous explosion, like a sonic boom, and irregular contrails scribe a path in a http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_float_claims_rose_parade_prize_ktva_anchorage.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:59:04 -0600 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's Tournament of Roses parade float claimed one of 24 prizes awarded. The Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau field the winning http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/witness_who_didn_t_testify_at_stevens_trial_has_died_in_alaska_m.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:06:01 -0600 Rocky Williams was a longtime employee of Veco CEO Bill Allen and a potential witness at the trial last year of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/lady_gulls_beat_alaska_s_west_eagles_at_home_seaside_signal.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:51:48 -0600 The Lady Gulls played a tough basketball game against Alaska’s West Eagles on Saturday, beating the visitors at home 46-to-34 in what started out as http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_float_claims_rose_parade_prize_ktva_anchorage.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:58:35 -0600 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's Tournament of Roses parade float claimed one of 24 prizes awarded. The Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau field the winning http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_float_claims_rose_parade_prize_ktvf_fairbanks.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:54:11 -0600 Alaska's Tournament of Roses parade float claimed one of 24 prizes awarded. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_celebrates_50_years_of_statehood_and_seafood_sustainabili.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:00:00 -0600 On January 3rd Alaska will celebrate its 50th anniversary of statehood and sustainable fisheries management. Before statehood in 1959, Alaska's fishing industry was the territory's http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_float_claims_rose_parade_prize_fairbanks_daily_news-miner.html Alaska Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:57:28 -0600 Alaska's Tournament of Roses parade float claimed one of 24 prizes awarded. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/bear_attack_documentary_portrays_captive_alaska_animals_as_if_th.html Alaska Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:25:25 -0600 BC-TV-BEARCONTROVERSY:AC -- national (1250 words) Bear attack documentary' portrays captive Alaska animals as if they were in wild MCT NEWSFEATURES (HAS TRIM) By Craig Medred http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_lottery_fundraiser_hits_the_jackpot_lottery_post.html Alaska Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:50:20 -0600 With a half-million-dollar payoff as the lure, a lottery of unprecedented scale in Alaska has proven immensely popular, with tickets selling out in shops across http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_parade_float_wins_award_ktuu_anchorage.html Alaska Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:44:32 -0600 After making its big debut Thursday morning in the Tournament of Roses Parade, the float called "Celebrating Alaska -- Spirit of the Wild," won the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/statehood_changed_wildlife_management_for_alaska_fairbanks_daily.html Alaska Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:12:58 -0600 FAIRBANKS — The arrival of statehood in Alaska marked the start of a different era in fish and game management for the 49th state. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_women_boost_record_with_big_win_against_kuyper_fairbanks_.html Alaska Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:32:40 -0600 FAIRBANSK — The Alaska Nanooks women’s basketball team completed a two-game sweep of the overmatched Kuyper College Cougars on New Year’s Eve at the Patty Center. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/an_alaska_ferry_tale_strange_but_true_the_oregonian.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:03:57 -0600 Alaska TourismAn Alaska ferry cruises the Inside Passage. Alaska celebrates 50 years of statehood Jan. 3. We were 24 hours north of Bellingham, so spotting http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/mantra_finalizes_agreement_to_acquire_alaska_properties_ccnmatth.html Alaska Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:00:14 -0600 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Mantra Mining Inc. announces that it has entered into an amended agreement with NovaGold Resources Inc. and an affiliate of NovaGold http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_float_claims_rose_parade_prize_ktuu_anchorage.html Alaska Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:14:52 -0600 Associated Press - January 1, 2009 8:04 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's Tournament of Roses parade float claimed 1 of 24 http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/dairy_farmers_find_not_everything_turns_to_gold_in_alaska_post-b.html Alaska Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:13:37 -0600   MABEL -- Craig and Vicki Trytten were lured to Alaska by the promise of $21 milk, but the couple soon discovered that all wasn't http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/the_changing_face_of_agriculture_in_alaska_alaska_public_radio_n.html Alaska Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:31:11 -0600 Until recent years, farming has been an economic mainstay in the Matanuska Valley.  But changing times, and climate, have been both a curse and a http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/legislators_want_to_know_why_alaska_gasoline_is_so_expensive_ala.html Alaska Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:31:42 -0600 Alaska gas prices remain the highest in the nation, and some legislators say they want to do something about it. A legislative research report commissioned http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_float_debuts_thursday_at_tournament_of_roses_parade_ktuu_.html Alaska Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:56:46 -0600 A float in the parade celebrates the 50th anniversary of statehood. The parade starts Thursday at 7 a.m. Alaska time, and will be broadcast on http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/mabel-area_couple_gives_alaska_a_good_try_post-bulletin.html Alaska Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:13:44 -0600 MABEL -- Craig and Vicki Trytten were lured to Alaska by the promise of $21 milk, but the couple soon discovered that all wasn't gold http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_lottery_fundraiser_hits_the_jackpot_anchorage_daily_news.html Alaska Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:33:54 -0600 With a half-million-dollar payoff as the lure, a lottery of unprecedented scale in Alaska has proven immensely popular, with tickets selling out in shops across http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_celebrates_50_years_of_statehood_the_oregonian.html Alaska Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:53:43 -0600 Terry Richard/The OregonianA 50th anniversary Alaska license plate on a vehicle parked on the streets of Portland. When Alaskans found out that the U.S. Senate http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/here_is_the_latest_alaska_news_from_the_associated_press_ktvf_fa.html Alaska Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:38:59 -0600 Inclement weather forced the Alaska Marine Highway System to cancel its New Year's Day roundtrip excursion between Juneau and Sitka on the vessel ferry Chenega. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/airline_stocks_jetblue_alaska_air_end_2008_with_stock_gains_mark.html Alaska Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:51:56 -0600 JetBlue Airways and Alaska Air Group ended 2008 with something in common: They were the only U.S. airlines to finish on higher ground. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/spartans_host_alaska_for_ccha_set_michigan_state_spartans.html Alaska Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:46:41 -0600 Michigan State has a rare home weekend series, hosting Alaska in a CCHA set. This kicks off the second half of the season for the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/bitter_cold_moves_into_alaska_can_you_say_-36_degrees_abc_15_pho.html Alaska Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:58:20 -0600 Bitterly cold weather slid over from Canada and settled into Interior Alaska with forecasters saying temperatures could continue to slide to nearly 50 degrees below http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/team_heads_to_alaska_desert_trail.html Alaska Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:18:43 -0600 TWENTYNINE PALMS — The Twentynine Palms High School boys’ varsity basketball team flew out of Palm Springs International Airport to Ketchikan, Alaska, on Tuesday, Dec. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_gov_palin_slams_reports_that_her_daughter_future_son-in-l.html Alaska Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:17:08 -0600 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says her future son-in-law is not a high school dropout as the press is reporting. http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/ice_delays_cleanup_at_alaska_refinery_fire_upi.html Alaska Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:31:51 -0600 VALDEZ, Alaska, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Investigators are assessing the damage and trying to find the cause of a fire at a refinery at the http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/military_presence_was_integral_to_alaska_statehood_ktuu_anchorag.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:27:16 -0600 The strategic importance of Alaska during World War II and the ensuing Cold War meant billions in federal money was poured into the territory, which http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/trans-alaska_oil_pipeline_loading_oil_on_tankers_ktva_anchorage.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:58:47 -0600 VALDEZ, Alaska (AP) - The trans-Alaska oil pipeline has reopened after an overnight shutdown and tankers began taking on oil at the Valdez tanker dock http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/admission_to_union_was_a_long_time_in_the_making_for_alaska_fair.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:05:25 -0600 FAIRBANKS — By the time Alaska formally achieved statehood in January of 1959, the topic of whether or not the United States’ vast northern territory http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_nanooks_women_s_basketball_rolls_past_kuyper_college_fair.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:06:38 -0600 Jasmine Marshall played like she had been with the Alaska Nanooks for five years rather than five days and fellow point guard Caitlin Hamsley showed http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_tribal_health_consortium_uses_innovative_technology_to_an.html Alaska Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:14:49 -0600 The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium will publish a study in January 2009 which utilizes Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyze incidents of disease and http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/trans-alaska_pipeline_starts_tankers_begin_loading_update3_bloom.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:25:40 -0600 Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The 800-mile Trans-Alaska pipeline, which carries oil to Port Valdez, was started at 2:11 a.m. local time today and workers began http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_family_cruises_bellaonline.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:07:19 -0600 Bears and whales, soaring eagles, dogsled rides, thrilling zipline adventures, hiking on glaciers, scenic flightseeing, panning for gold - oh my! Abundant wildlife and a http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/trans-alaska_pipeline_starts_tankers_begin_loading_update3_bloom.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:31:27 -0600 Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The 800-mile Trans-Alaska pipeline, which carries oil to Port Valdez, was started at 2:11 a.m. local time today and workers began http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/trans-alaska_oil_pipeline_loading_oil_on_tankers_ktva_anchorage.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:57:42 -0600 VALDEZ, Alaska (AP) - The trans-Alaska oil pipeline has reopened after an overnight shutdown and tankers began taking on oil at the Valdez tanker dock http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/trans-alaska_oil_pipeline_loading_oil_on_tankers_ktuu_anchorage.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:59:42 -0600 Associated Press - December 30, 2008 2:54 PM ET VALDEZ, Alaska (AP) - The trans-Alaska oil pipeline has reopened after an overnight shutdown http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/trans-alaska_oil_pipeline_reopened_after_shutdown_ktuu_anchorage.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:59:52 -0600 The trans-Alaska oil pipeline reopened after a shutdown Monday night. But weather was still preventing tankers from taking on oil at the Valdez tanker dock http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/alaska_pipeline_reopens_after_weather_forced_closure_mcclatchy_w.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:16:52 -0600 The trans-Alaska oil pipeline has reopened after an overnight shutdown, but bad weather is still preventing tankers from taking on oil at the Valdez tanker http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/trans-alaska_pipeline_starts_after_closure_yesterday_update2_blo.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:38:51 -0600 Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The 800-mile Trans-Alaska pipeline, which carries oil to Port Valdez, was started at 2:11 a.m. local time today after being shut http://www.libertyreporter.org/Local-US-News/alaskanews/oil_flows_again_in_trans-alaska_pipeline_anchorage_daily_news.html Alaska Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:54:29 -0600 The trans-Alaska oil pipeline has reopened after an overnight shutdown, but bad weather is still preventing tankers from taking on oil at the Valdez tanker The Liberty Reporter