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The Building of the Alaska Highway
Building north and south, each group would eventually meet up with other units. Construction of the Alaska Highway officially commenced on April 11, 1942. Workers corduroy the road, Robert W.
This Alaska volcano is gonna blow!...Or, is it?
This Alaska volcano is gonna blow!...Or, is it? - Mount Spurr’s last eruption occurred in 1992, sending ash over the heavily ...
Marketplace27d
Building, instead of buying, a home
(Courtesy Paul and Schmidt) While biking near their rented home in Fairbanks, Alaska, Justine Schmidt and her partner, Josh Paul, stumbled upon a plot of land that spoke to them. “It’s at the ...
Alaska Dispatch News9d
How Eastern European laborers were kept out of early Anchorage
They were a major force in building the Alaska Railroad, but like other minorities, often faced discrimination.
Alaska Public Media15d
A geologist answers our questions about earthquakes | Hometown, Alaska
Host Kim Sherry is joined by Elizabeth Nadin, a geologist from the Alaska Earthquake Center. They discuss the basics of what earthquakes are, how they affect the state and how we can be ready for the ...
Alaska Business Monthly13d
Still Awaiting Permanent Building, Eklutna Fully Opens Chin’an Gaming Hall
A grand opening of an electronic gaming hall in Eklutna precedes an even grander affair once the tribe constructs a permanent ...
KTOO6d
Tribal education compact bill takes next step into bringing tribal sovereignty into public education
Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development is working with tribes to kick start a compacting program and give ...
Alaska Public Media7d
In effort to foster more housing, Anchorage Assembly votes to temporarily waive building design requirements
The Anchorage Assembly voted Tuesday night to waive certain building design requirements in an effort to spur more housing ...