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The bears are awake and showing up around town. Post your photos.
The bears are awake and showing up around town. Post your photos.
State wildlife officials have captured one of the cubs orphaned when biologists shot its mother Tuesday morning on suspicion that it was responsible for a mauling in Far North Bicentennial Park.
Feeding bear closes Chugiak trail system
Game officials kill sow grizzly, try to capture 2 cubs for zoos
Sen. Stevens loses bid to move trial to Alaska
A Washington, D.C., jury will determine whether Sen. Ted Stevens lied on financial disclosure forms about gifts and home renovations he allegedly accepted from an oil services company and its owner.
ALASKA NEWSREADER
Worldwide hops crash crimps Alaska brewers
A drought in Australia, hailstorms in Germany and Slovenia, and a decline in U.S. production have sent hops prices up 500 percent and led some local brewers to sample alternatives. Tried Imperial Coffee Stout yet?
ELECTION 2008: US SENATE
Stevens faces six seeking Alaska seat in US Senate
Ted Stevens, under indictment and running for his political life, seemed in a solemn mood. Justice Department prosecutors had just made public a series of new claims against him as he campaigns for re-election to the U.S. Senate.
Amanda Alexander, a student in the new Alaska Native Cultural Charter School, works on an assignment to introduce herself to classmates.
Anchorage students head back to school
Students streamed into Anchorage public schools today for the start of the school year. More than 47,000 kids were expected, with the number projected to climb to 48,000 in the next couple of weeks.
Read the signs, bring a good attitude and remember where you parked your car. That's Palmer Police Commander Tom Remaley's advice for visitors to the Alaska State Fair, which starts Thursday.
STORY
A former legislator, Andrew Halcro writes a daily review of Alaska politics online.
STORY
O'Malley Road is a two-lane road with lots of high speed traffic and a shortage of turn lanes and bike paths.
VIDEO
Eagle River resident Devon Rees, 18, describes surviving an early morning brown bear attack.
US, Poland OK missile defense base, riling Moscow
The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia - a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a possible military response.
Sonya Kelliher-Combs explores translucent and opaque surfaces in her solo show at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art this month.
For a nightlife-oriented person, the State Fair can be too much face paint and too little fermentation, if you catch my drift. So to assist those of us who are planning a Valley trip in the next two weeks, I've compiled some party-oriented suggestions.
It's picnic time, and not a minute too late. On a recent rare sunny Sunday, I made plans to load my in-laws and husband into the Subi for a weekend picnic, happy that for once -- once! -- the sun was out.
Ben Stiller directs this movie - within - a - movie and stars as a fading action hero in a Vietnam era epic that turns real on him. Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black add their humor to the conflicted hero as they battle their way through a jungle thinking they are only playing parts in a move.
Anchorage Festival of Music's 2008 Young Alaska Artist Award winner, cellist Christopher Hopkins, will perform pieces by Brahms, Beethoven and Schumann at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 3900 Wisconsin St.
Looking at my little yellow write-in-the-rain notebook, I've noticed that the summer to-do list is still quite long.
At first, it looked as if Warren Rowe and his crew of downhill mountain bike trail builders had accomplished very little. As hiking and biking trails director at Alyeska, Rowe has spent the past five years trying to help grow the sport of downhill mountain biking in his home town.
VIDEOS
ADN Fishing Dude Jim Lavrakas shares video tips and how-tos.
VIDEO
Take a tour of two new mountain biking trails at Alyeska Resort.
SLIDE SHOW
Take another excursion through remote Southcentral Alaska, with a trip to Pioneer Peak.
Apart from skating at different colleges and a brief separation in junior hockey, the two newest members of the Alaska Aces have spent much of their lives together.
As TV ratings soar, Olympics organizers flex muscles, look beyond Beijing
U.S. women's field hockey team finishes eighth
PHOTOS
Check out images from the formerly Humpy's Marathon last Sunday and send in your photos.
SECTION
Updated stories, photos, video and blogs from Beijing, China.
Today's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices
The price of North Slope oil sold on West Coast open markets closed today at $114.28 a barrel, up $0.45 for the day.
MARKET FRESH
Better late than never when it comes to Valley sunshine
When the sun comes out, so do the crops in the Valley -- just in time for farmers to show them off at the state fair. Maybe they won't be the giant ones that win the prizes, but the eating will be good.
EDITORIAL
Legislature should reconsider those eligible for rebates
Give rebates to everyone eligible for PFDs, not just those who actually applied. It's fair.
OPINION: READER-SUBMITTED
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ANIMATED EDITORIAL CARTOON
Self-appointed Daily News ombudsman Joe Contraire says the paper is much too harsh on poor Sen. Ted Stevens.
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From the Chugach to the Chignik.. Alaskan's love a good adventure. Watch them, and post one of your own.
Watch brown bears in Katmai, porpoises up close and moose leaping over fences.
Send in your pictures of the "real big-sky country."
What's on your plate? Post a photo and explanation and check out others.
READER-SUBMITTED
The weather's warmer and the bears are out. Have you run into any? Post pictures or stories of your latest sightings.
Video | Bear Stories | Photos
READER-SUBMITTED
Check out the ever-growing gallery of readers' dog photos, and send your puppy's best. Please, one picture per pooch.
The original hit puzzle from Tim Parker set the standard for all online crosswords that followed.
What is Sudoku? It's a global sensation! Sudoku is a number-placement puzzle that is mentally challenging, easy to learn and highly addictive.
Play 4 | Word roundup | Jigsaw
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