DOT Flattens The Bumps On Lake Louise Road

Lake Louise Road With New Gravel. (Photo, August 5th, Country Journal) It's A Good Time To Head Out To Lake Louise As DOT Fixes T...

Canada Threatens $750,000 Fine For Travelers Who Stop At Their National Parks

Mush You Huskies. Stay Moving Along The ALCAN! Canada's Banff National Park Is One Detour Canadian Authorities Are Not Tolerating Th...

What You Need For A Covid-19 Stay-At-Home Emergency Kit

 Keeping Things On Hand In Case You Have Coronavirus   The Country Journal asked CRNA for some help in figuring out what people need hand...

On The Grid: Talk Of New Railroad Line Linking Alaska To Lower 48

  Proposed New Railroad Line to Alberta from Fairbanks-North Pole. Finally. A proposed railroad, funded by private investors, has the ...

How Larry Sine Pulled An Entire Family Out Of Lake Louise At Trigg Island

Lake Louise. (Photo, Lake Louise Lodge) One-Man Rescue Squad  In the summer of 1996, an entire family was rescued from frigid J...

From Russia, With Love: Roll Out Those Lazy, Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer!

SIBERIAN WILDFIRES SEND HAZE & SMOKE TO THE COPPER VALLEY A relatively cool and rainy summer has seemingly left much of roadside Ala...

Hauling Water: Part Of Everyday Life In The Copper Valley

Tazlina Has Good Water. Hundreds Of People Have Come There Over The Years To Haul It Back Home In Their Trucks & Cars  Kevin Mondor ...

Fred Rungee: Firefighter, Cabin Builder, Friend & Giver Of Ice Cream

Respected, Hard Working, Funny, Talented... Fred Rungee Was One Of A Kind July 29th, 2020:  Several days ago, State Forestry workers...

Local Correspondence Study Program Is Seeing Increase In Students

Upstream Learning Expects Up To 150 Homeschool Students, Around 40 More Than Last Fall Homeschooling is increasingly popular. (Photo, Wi...

Essay: No, Alaska Isn't Safe From Disease Due To Our Isolation

Alaska Has A Grim & Brutal History Of Disease. But Still, Life Goes On Alaska's modern history isn't that lengthy. But epide...

Monday, July 27th: Free Firewood At Tazlina River Pulloff

If You Want It, Here It Is. Come & Get It. But You'd Better Hurry 'Cause It's Going Fast! Alby Paz and John Cox of State...

Martha Major Formerly Of Glennallen Died July 10th, 2020; Owned Gateway Lodge & Glennallen Laundromat

Martha Major & Her Husband Bill Met In 1948 Martha Jorgensen Major was born in Haycock on Sept. 4, 1925, to Ole and Jessie Jorgensen. ...

New Procedure For Getting Unit 13 Moose & Caribou Permits In U.S. Mail Only

Call Or Email BLM For Your Moose Or Caribou Permits. You Can't Pick Them Up In Person. They'll Be Mailed To You  Nelchina Caribo...

Ancient History On Ice: The Copper Valley's Amazing "Ice Patch Archaeology"

Archaeologist Worked With Ahtna Athabascans To Find 650 Year Old Birchbark Basket & Other Tools Preserved In Remote Mountain Ice  ...

This Gold Rush Board Game Promised Over $1 Million In Gold From The Copper Valley

Board games were popular during the Alaska Gold Rush.  At the turn of the 20th century, most board games were quasi-educational (includin...

KCAM Asks State To Improve Coronavirus Reports For Copper Valley

Scott Yahr At KCAM Gets Governor's Office To Consider Improving Copper Valley's Understanding Of Our Test Results Scott Yahr at ...

How Pop Miller Drove Into The Canyon At Caribou Creek & Was Rescued By His Wife

Pulled From The Wreck At Caribou Creek The Matanuska River near Caribou Creek. (Photo, Country Journal)   Caribou Creek, at roughl...

Tsunami Warning Tuesday Night For Southern Coast Of Alaska Canceled

 WEDNESDAY, JULY 22  TSUNAMI WARNING CANCELLED  7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Generates Tsunami Warning For Alaska Peninsula & Southern...

Anchorage Decides: High Risk Makes For Online Schooling This Fall

  Online. (Photo, Wikimedia)  UPDATE: JULY 24TH. IT'S ONLINE FOR ANCHORAGE    On Friday, July 24th, Anchorage announced that ...

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