Alaska tax proposal would reward in-state hiring
JUNEAU, Alaska - A home committee has agreed to consider revamped an oil and gas measure that would create tax breaks for companies whose work forces are comprised of at least 80 percent Alaskans....
Obama vs. Palin? Former Alaska Gov. Takes Aim at President
President Obama is hoping to resurrect the momentum on health care, just as Republicans grow increasingly confident. Sarah Palin - United States - Health care - Alaska - Government
New airline flights to Alaska may lower fares
Travel industry officials say more airline flights to Alaska this summer may boost competition and result in lower fares to some Lower 48 cities.
New Airline Flights To Alaska May Lower Fares
Travel Industry Officials Say New Airline Flights To Alaska This Summer May Lower Fares
Inuit ancestors crossed Arctic from Alaska in search of iron: book
A top archaeologist argues in a new book that the ancestors of the Inuit migrated rapidly from Alaska clear across the Canadian North in just a few years
Alaska small-town mayor denies recklessly driving police car
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The mayor of a tiny Alaska city denies he drove recklessly in a city police vehicle and used its flashing lights to pass cars on the highway to Fairbanks. Houston Mayor Roger...
US Agency Rejects Conoco Permit For Alaska North Slope Bridges
US Agency Rejects Conoco allow For Alaska North Slope Bridges
Exxon says Alaska development well a success
Exxon Mobil Corp. said Monday that one of its subsidiaries successfully drilled the first development gas well for the Point Thomson project on Alaska's North Slope.
Alaska dentist fixes injured eagle's broken beak
An Alaska dentist has given a bald eagle a unique beak _ using a temporary crown, sticky poster putty and yellow highlighter. The bird was found in December with severe damage to its beak, apparently from fishing line that wrapped around it and started...
1,529 ski for women in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Ala., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Dozens of skiers in costumes, including Disney villain Cruella de Vil and oversized weather-appropriate underpants, joined in the annual "Alaska Ski for Women."
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Alaska is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska(s) 683,478 residents reside within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2009, Alaska remains the least densely populated state of the U.S. The U.S. Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million at about two cents per acre ($4.74/km2). The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. The name Alaska was already introduced in the Russian colonial time, when it was used only for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning the mainland or more literally, the object towards which the action of the sea is directed. It is also known as Alyeska, the great land, an Aleut word derived from the same root.
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