Donata and Harvey Zartman of Anchorage celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 15 at St. Patrick's Parish. A small dinner celebration was held Feb. 1 in Anchorage. They were married Feb. 1, 1956, in Fairbanks.
The Coast Guard says a fishing boat sank near Ketchikan early Sunday morning. Coast Guard Petty Officer Wes Shipley says the Juneau Command Center was notified that the Melville, a 52-foot wooden shrimper, grounded and sank near Moira Sound.
The Coast Guard says two people abandoned a 58-foot fishing boat Thursday. The Coast Guard command center in Juneau picked up a mayday signal shortly after 4 a.m. from the Top Notch at Nichols Bay on the south end of Prince of Wales Island 50 miles south of Ketchikan.
Ask any area outdoorsman if they'd like to visit Alaska, and they're sure to say, "Yes." This northern state is a classic example of a great place to pursue almost any outdoor sport in an often spectacular setting of snow-capped mountains, rushing rivers and broad tundra or taiga.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska----Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. , Alaska's leading integrated communications provider, announces the further expansion of its CDMA mobile wireless voice and data network into Southeast Alaska.
The ultimate hunting and fishing adventure to North America's last great frontier is at gamers' fingertips with the release of "Cabela's(R) Alaskan Adventures(TM)," available now from Activision ( Nachrichten ) Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI). Designed with the sportsman in mind, the game immerses players in Alaska's outback and, for the first time