Alaska state government

Alaska state government

• Alaska unveils plan to assess gas, oil in ANWR

  The state of Alaska on Monday proposed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan aimed at determining the true oil and gas potential in the Arctic ... 

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  Advocates eye legalizing marijuana in Alaska

  Alaska, known for its live-and-let-live lifestyle, is poised to become the next battleground in the push to legalize the recreational use of marijuana 

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  Army climbers help recover body on Alaska glacier

  A pair of Army mountaineering experts spent six hours down a 140-foot hole in an Alaska glacier and helped shovel out more than a ton of snow to ... 

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  3 feared dead as Alaska Troopers copter crashes

  An Alaska State Trooper helicopter carrying a trooper, a pilot for the agency and a rescued snowmobiler crashed in the south-central part of the ... 

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  Alaska lawmaker apologizes for racial slur

  Rep. Don Young, the gruff Republican veteran who represents the entire state of Alaska, apologized Friday for referring to Hispanic migrant workers ... 

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  Alaska state senator proposes bounty on sea otters

  An Alaska state senator is proposing a bounty on sea otters, the cute little marine mammals often seen by tourists swimming on their backs between ...