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Anchorage Tries For New "Space Command" Headquarters

Anchorage tried to get the Olympics in 1992 and 1994 and failed. It tried for the Olympics in 2026. But now Alaska's largest town i...

Gulkana Village Offers Temporary Help For Water Utility Bills

Gulkana Offers Free Month's Worth Of Water For Every Month's Timely Payment Of Water Bill The village of Gulkana is offering a f...

Wayback With The Copper River Country Journal: Archive Photos

Gulkana Village Gets Back Its Old Cemetery From The State

Roy Ewan of Gulkana. (Photo, Copper River Country Journal) Historic Cemetery Returns To Gulkana Ownership After decades of asking, Gu...

53,000 Acre Burn Planned In Alphabet Hills North Of Lake Louise

Firefighters from outside of Alaska on the Parks Highway last summer. (Photo, Country Journal) ALPHABET HILLS FIRE PLANNED THIS SU...

Copper River Salmon Run Doesn't Look Strong, Cordova Reports

Cordova Fishermen Report "Weak" Copper River Salmon Run Fresh Cordova Salmon For Sale In An Anchorage Specialty Store. (Pho...

Tips On Reassuring Travelers This Summer

Fisherman on the Gulkana. (Photo, Country Journal)

Summer Travel Season Begins In The Copper Valley

Chamber Log Cabin Spruced Up For The Summer With New Welcoming Sign On Its Sod Roof In 1988, Sy Neeley and Herman Schliesing Directed...

Copper Valley Communities Receive COVID-19 Monies

Local Communities Will Get Funding From State Coronavirus Relief Fund McCarthy is one of the towns receiving state funding. (Photo, Co...

3 Alaskan First Responder Firefighters Get Coronavirus In Nikiski On The Kenai

It's hard avoiding catching the deadly coronavirus, no matter who you are – even a careful Alaskan firefighter. First responders everywh...

New Rules For Incoming Travelers Started On Saturday Morning, June 6th

New Rules For Coming Into Alaska Anchorage International Airport Car Rental Section (Photo, Country Journal) The mandate for trave...

Making The Most Of This Summer: Twelve New Experiences

The Glenn Highway At Lions Head. (Photo, Country Journal)

Wet Weather Allows Burning Suspension To Be Lifted

A Local Forest Fire (Photo, Division of Forestry, Glennallen) The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has lifted the burning suspensio...

See The Latest State Of Alaska Coronavirus Mandates

On Friday, May 22nd, 2020, Phase Three of the Reopen Alaska Responsibly Plan took effect. CLICK ON THE STATE SEAL TO SEE LATEST...

Local Author Mary Odden Introduces New Book: "Mostly Water"

From Oregon To Nelchina, Alaska – Essays & Stories By Mary Odden In Mary Odden's Mostly Water: Reflections Rural and North, es...

Alaska State Fair Cancelled: First Time Since World War II

"Pop Up" Drive In Movies & Other Events Planned Instead Alaska State Fairgrounds The Alaska State Fair hasn't been ...

Denali Highway Is Open For Public Traffic

May 21st, 2020 The Snow's Gone From The Denali The Denali Highway is now open from Cantwell, on the Parks Highway, to Paxson, on th...

Kenny Lake High School Graduates, Class Of 2020

Jacob Gottschalk Jacob Gottschalk Favorite Food: Homemade hamburgers Favorite Music: Christian/Come Thou Fount/Chris Rice Favor...

Upstream (Correspondence) Graduates, Class Of 2020

Jonathan Dorsey Favorite Food: Quesadilla Favorite Music: Acoustic guitar Favorite Activities: Fishing , hunting, camping, and spendi...

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