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BREAKING NEWS - posted @ 10:24AM, August 28, 2008
Governor signs AGIA
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signed legislation Wednesday authorizing a special license granting gas pipeline incentives to TransCanadaCorp., but the license itself won’t be issued to the company for 90 days, Palin spokeswoman Sharon Leighow said.
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Gasoline supply tightens in Anchorage
Fuel distributors in Southcentral and Interior Alaska are scrambling to shift gasoline supplies north to the state’s Interior after Flint Hills Resources shut down a gasoline production unit at its refinery in North Pole, near Fairbanks, earlier this week.
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Alaska Air opens remodeled cargo facility in Anchorage
Alaska Airlines Cargo has completed a nearly $1 million remodel of its cargo facility at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. During an open house earlier this month, Jack Husby, from the Seattle Alaska Air Cargo operation, cooked hotdogs for guests while tours were offered to show the updated facilities.
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Denali driver knows wildlife
DENALI NATIONAL PARK - Rain drizzled down at Wonder Lake and the Alaska Range was shrouded in fog as Gary Borenstein pulled the green park bus up to a small group of sleepy campers, ready to stow their backpacks and climb aboard.
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PHOTO: Heavy on the oil
Eric West, heavy oil project manager for BP's CoHo team examines heavy oil recovered from a well drilled by Nabors 3A Workover Rig at Milne Point's Pad S west of Prudhoe Bay on Aug.18.
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DEC: Cruise ships offer rangers better access
State environmental officials said Aug. 15 that independent observers are now getting sufficient access to cruise ships they must monitor for adherence to state and federal environmental and marine discharge requirements.
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PHOTO: Agrium's last run
The final 20 tons of fertilizer left the now-closed Agrium Kenai Nitrogen Operations Aug. 13, ending a 40-year operation that provided $22 million of direct economic impact to Alaska, including 264 jobs.
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Stevens says state must invest more money in energy
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, says Alaska needs to change its attitude toward development of renewable energy resources, by considering money spent on such efforts an investment rather than a raid of savings.
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August DMV registrations mailed late; put on fast track
State officials say they don't know why an Anchorage firm failed to get thousands of motor vehicle registration renewal notices out on time, but that they are working to ensure registrations for vehicles with August 2008 expirations are handled quickly.
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PHOTOS: Travel Alaska
Tourists walk through the Denali Visitor Center, which opened in July 2005 at the entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve. Most of the more than 400,000 visitors who come to Denali each year pass through the center.
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Chevron, water groups spar over permits
A federal court appeal notwithstanding, a national organization promoting clean waterways is asking Chevron Corp. to re-inject into its wells discharges from its Cook Inlet oil and gas platforms for the benefit of Cook Inlet residents and fisheries.
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PHOTO: Heavy on the oil
Eric West, heavy oil project manager for BP's CoHo team examines heavy oil recovered from a well drilled by Nabors 3A Workover Rig at Milne Point's Pad S west of Prudhoe Bay on Aug.18.
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Mine, environmentalists hail Idaho cobalt mine deal
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Environmentalists, a former governor and officials from a company planning to mine cobalt from the belly of a central Idaho mountain have joined forces to praise a deal they say guarantees long-term protection of the environment.
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PHOTO: Red Dog docks
The Red Dog Mine dock just south of Kivalina is shown in an aerial photograph taken during an over flight of the Arctic by the U.S. Coast Guard during its Arctic Awareness exercise on Aug.8.
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Europe's latest craze: electric bikes
PARIS (AP) - My electric bike is no batmobile, but it makes me feel like a superhero. The motor is so quiet it's easy to forget it's there when I'm pedaling through the streets of Paris - only I move much faster than a regular bike and I don't sweat. When I ride uphill, it feels like someone is giving me a push.<
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PHOTO: Building Barrow
A Barrow construction worker screws strips of wood in place from a man lift on Aug. 8 to secure Visqueen on a new building.
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Alaska highway fatalities at all-time low
State transportation officials say fewer people are dying in accidents on state roads. A total of 33 fatalities were recorded through Aug. 11, well below the decade average of 46 fatalities at this point in the calendar year.
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Updated 8:53 PM ET
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