ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In the Arctic village of Ambler, residents are paying 7.25 a gallon for home heating oil as the days darken and the chill of winter seeps into the dozens of homes, most poorly insulated, along the Kobuk River.
PASCO, Wash. -- It's been 47 years since Washington set jury duty pay at $10 a day. The year was 1959, when Ben-Hur swept the Oscars, and Alaska and Hawaii entered the union under Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency.
SOMETIMES it's impossible to follow good advice. For instance, my advice is to have dinner at Fringale in Long Beach on a slow night, because the chef/owner might come out of the kitchen and visit your table.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska In the Arctic village of Ambler, residents are paying 7.25 a gallon for home heating oil as the days darken and the chill of winter seeps into the dozens of homes, most poorly insulated, along the Kobuk River.
Fran Lillard-Chambers didn’t set out to move to West Point, but on Saturday she will be grand marshal of the town’s annual Lumberjack Day Parade. “I ended up in West Point by a fluke,” she said.
Homeowners in every state but Alaska spent more of their incomes on housing costs last year than at the start of the decade, according to data released by the Census Bureau.
By Hannah Guillaume - Alaska Native and American Indians are least likely to graduate from high school, the National Education Association reported this week.
The contentious task of creating a new slogan and brand image for Santa Rosa is set to begin. The Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce has announced it's selected North Star Destination Strategies, the same company the Sebastopol chamber hired in April, for $38,000.
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