Archive for February 18th, 2010
Avalanche closes Seward Highway
An avalanche on Thursday has closed the only highway between Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula.
Posted: February 18th, 2010 under Juneau Empire.
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JDHS boys’ game canceled
Due to the fog, tonight’s 7 p.m. Juneau-Douglas-Sitka boys’ basketball matchup has been canceled. There is no word yet whether it will be rescheduled.
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Palin seeks Johnston’s financial records
The lawyer representing Sarah Palin’s daughter in a child support battle is seeking financial statements from Playgirl magazine, CNN and other media companies.
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Alaska lawmaker wants 1 legislative chamber
Rep. Scott Kawasaki has wants to eliminate Alaska’s House of Representatives.
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Foggy weather prompts advisory
Dense fog this morning has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a fog advisory for the Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island area.
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Rockin’ geology
Ray Troll and Russell Wodehouse accomplished a unique feat last fall after holing themselves up for a week in Ketchikan to write music – the world’s first bluegrass song about trilobites.
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Industry loses lawsuit over Tongass logging
WASHINGTON – A federal judge threw out an industry lawsuit Wednesday that could have led to more logging and road building in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the nation’s largest federal forest.
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Wade sentenced to life for killing neighbor in 2007
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man avoided the death penalty Wednesday but was sentenced to life in prison for killing his neighbor – after getting into a heated exchange with a judge who called him a coward.
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Morris bankruptcy plan OK’d
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A federal judge Wednesday cleared the way for newspaper owner Morris Publishing Group to emerge from bankruptcy protection less than a month after it filed under Chapter 11.
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Veterans complain about VA office in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE – Getting benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs is a slow and overly complex process, Alaska vets told a U.S. Senate committee hearing.
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