http://www.mail.com/organizations/1906586-alaska-government.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/1906586-alaska-government.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2047124-advocates-eye-legalizing-marijuana-alaska.html JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — 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. The state has a complicated history with the drug, with its highest court ruling nearly 40 years ago that adults have a constitutional right to possess and smoke marijuana for persona... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:50:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2047124-advocates-eye-legalizing-marijuana-alaska.html 2013-04-26T16:50:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026710-army-climbers-help-recover-body-alaska-glacier.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 recover the body of a 9-year-old Fairbanks boy killed when he drove his snowmobile into the opening. The dangerous extraction about 125 miles southeast of Fairbanks went off without a hit... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:05:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026710-army-climbers-help-recover-body-alaska-glacier.html 2013-04-18T02:05:04Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1989918-3-feared-dead-alaska-troopers-copter-crashes.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 state, leaving all three aboard feared dead, a spokeswoman said Sunday night. Trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters said the aircraft went down Saturday night, the wreckage spotted Sunday, and... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:42:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1989918-3-feared-dead-alaska-troopers-copter-crashes.html 2013-04-01T07:42:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1987464-alaska-lawmaker-apologizes-racial-slur.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Don Young, the gruff Republican veteran who represents the entire state of Alaska, apologized Friday for referring to Hispanic migrant workers as "wetbacks" in a radio interview. "I apologize for the insensitive term I used during an interview in Ketchikan, Alaska," Young said in a statement after lawmakers from both political parti... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:54:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1987464-alaska-lawmaker-apologizes-racial-slur.html 2013-03-29T21:54:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1906578-alaska-senator-proposes-bounty-sea-otters.html JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — 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 cruise ships, sometimes munching on a fresh crab or clams. Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, sees the furry-faced critters as a growing threat to shellfish beds, particularly in southeast Alaska... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:26:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1906578-alaska-senator-proposes-bounty-sea-otters.html 2013-02-21T20:26:40Z