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01/06/2009Bristol Palin's boyfriend Levi Johnston quits job at Alaska oil field - New York Daily News

Rumors had circulated that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin helped the teenage father of her new grandson Tripp score the job, which she denied Monday. ...

01/06/2009Fuel consumption, December traffic down at Alaska Airlines - Bizjournals.com

Sitka, Alaska, high school student Hannah Hamberg won Alaska Airline's "Paint the Plane" competition, which the airline said commemorates Alaska's 50th year ...

01/06/20092 ships delayed loading Alaska oil; winds an issue - Reuters

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation requires that every ship that loads be surrounded by floating barriers called "booms" in case any oil ...

01/06/2009Cold weather delays start of races, again - USA Today

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) â?" Subzero temperatures have twice put the US Cross Country Ski Championships in Anchorage on hold over the weekend. ...

01/06/2009Begich Sworn in and Named to Committees Vital to Alaska - AlaskaReport

As Mark Begich officially became a United States Senator for Alaska today, he secured positions on two Senate committees vital to Alaska â?" the Commerce, ...

01/06/2009Lung Association's Northwest chapter is deflated - The Associated Press

The Northwest chapter carried out the American Lung Association's mission in Alaska, Washington and Idaho with such activities as teen anti-smoking efforts, ...

01/06/2009Alaska publisher dies of pancreatic cancer - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A longtime Alaska publisher has died after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. Vern McCorkle was 73. ...

01/06/2009Alaskan mountains holds a special place for climber - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

"He's one of a kind, a mountaineering legend," said Brian Okonek, founder of Alaska Denali Guiding in Talkeetna. "That was one of the most remarkable ...

01/06/2009Alaska at 50 - On Point Radio

Bartholemew is student body president of the high school representing Alaska Alaska celebrates 50 years of statehood. Weâ?Tll go north, to the land of Palin ...

01/06/2009Washington Co. officials attend conference in Alaska - Hagerstown Morning Herald

By ERIN CUNNINGHAM and HEATHER KEELS HAGERSTOWN â?" Two Washington County officials traveled to Anchorage, Alaska, last fall for a four-day economic ...