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Drugstore honors troops and vets with ornaments

The World: ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — During a recent shopping trip at Harvard Avenue Drugs, Seward Gulick paused to admire the ornaments on one of three trees placed in the store’s front window...Read More

Seward Highway neighbors seek speed limit drop

KTVF Fairbanks: People who live off the Seward Highway have asked the Alaska Department of Transportation to lower the speed limit from Indian to Bird to 45 mph. The local residents say.....Read More

Cross Vancouver's waters and start exploring the Olympic city

The Oregonian: Water is everywhere in Vancouver, but so are cosmopolitan and Native themes in a garden setting...Read More

In & Around Town

Mt. Olive Chronicle: SATURDAY, Oct. 4 The second ‘Shop ‘n’ Rock’ will be hosted from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Budd Lake Firehouse, Route 46. The event is sponsored by the Mount Olive Kiwanis and Mount Olive Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 122. The family event will include food, activities, music, a kid’s play zone and vendors. Vendors and sponsors are sought and should visit www.mtolivekiwanis.org[[[SHIFTIN .....Read More

Lely 20, Cypress Lake 10

Marco Island Sun Times: The Lely Trojans welcomed back their running game, hanging on to defeat the host Cypress Lake Panthers, 20-10. Senior running back Darion Hall led the way with 191 yards and a touchdown as the Trojans picked up a key District 3A-12 win...Read More

Photo: Sidewalk shoveler

Juneau Empire: Siaosi Maake clears the sidewalk in front of Juneau Drug Co. at the corner of Seward and Front streets during Wednesday's heavy snow...Read More

Oregon drugstore honors troops and vets with ornaments

KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland:    ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) -- During a recent shopping trip at Harvard Avenue Drugs, Seward Gulick paused to admire the ornaments on one of three trees placed in the store's front window.    Each ornament contained the photo of a local military member or veteran encased in clear plastic with the words, "Thank you for serving our country," written underneath smiling, uniformed faces.    As he .....Read More

Seward Highway neighbors seek speed limit drop

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - People who live off the Seward Highway are tired of observing accidents along the winding, scenic road, so they have asked the Alaska Department of Transportation to lower the s.....Read More

Suspicious fire displaces 5 people on the day before Christmas

News 10 NBC Rochester: Five people are displaced the day before Christmas after a fire at 512 Seward Street.....Read More

Entries are slow to arrive for Kuskokwim 300

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: FAIRBANKS — As mushing season gets under way, Yukon Quest and Iditarod qualifying races are starting to fill their rosters. The Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race, which takes place Jan. 15, has 12 musher.....Read More

A&M-Kingsville graduates

Corpus Christi Caller-Times: CORPUS CHRISTI —Texas A&M University-Kingsville had winter commencement ceremonies on Dec. 18. Graduates include:ALICENora Aimee Amador, Bachelor of ScienceJudith Lynn Barrera, Bachelor of ScienceJoAnn Briones, Master of ScienceCassandra Canales, Bachelor of Science in Human SciencesClarisa Casas, Master of ScienceKlaire Kathryn Deleon, Master of ScienceVeronica Godines, Bachelor of MusicNora .....Read More

Defense keys Lady Trojan win

The Beatrice Daily Sun: HEBRON - DeWitt Tri County’s Lady Trojans held a scoring advantage in the middle two quarters Saturday night en rout.....Read More

Historical season

Hutchinson News: For almost all of its history, the Hutchinson Community College women's basketball team has been goo .....Read More

Kathleen Mills, Robert Gridley

The Newton Kansan: Kathleen Mills of New Berlin, Wis., and Robert Gridley of Milwaukee, Wis., announce their engagement...Read More

The News' top 10 junior college stories of 2009

Hutchinson News: 1. Hutchinson Community College women's basketball wins the Region 6 championship for the first time .....Read More

Working on Christmas

WCTV Tallahassee: Christmas is a day traditionally spent with family, but for some working Valdosta residents it's a day just like any other. It's a day to make money!..Read More

Bird, Indian residents call for Seward Highway slowdown

Anchorage Daily News: People in Bird and Indian, a few miles south of Anchorage off the Seward Highway, say they've seen enough rear-enders, dangerous passing and deadly crashes. They want a 45-mph speed limit...Read More

More news briefs

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Suspicious fire damages house Shots fired at car in Batavia..Read More

How low did we go in 2009? Ask the barista.

Seattle Times: Scandal reared its busty bosom across Washington in 2009, as scantily-clad baristas made news from Everett to Bellevue to Spokane...Read More

How low did we go in 2009? Ask the barista

KING5 Seattle: Missed some of the odd news of 2009? Here's a recap...Read More

Judge won't release driver accused of DUI in fatal crash

Anchorage Daily News: Lori Phillips, the repeat DUI offender accused of killing a man and critically injuring his fiancee in a Seward Highway wreck in November, will remain jailed, a judge ruled Wednesday in a bail hearing...Read More

Just a Thought: Cracked Carol 2010: AT&T

The Mac Observer: For this year's Cracked Carol, Vern Seward focuses his cracked musical tribute on the problems AT&T seems to be having with its 3G network coverage. Enjoy!..Read More

Dentist wants to help bald eagle get his beak back

KTVF Fairbanks: Dr. Kirk Johnson has convinced hundreds of young people to let him take an impression of their teeth. The process is similar, but a lot more tricky, when the impression.....Read More

Seward Drowning

WRGB Albany: An 82-year-old Saratoga County woman was asleep when she woke up to a late night home invasion. And even though her doors are locked tight tonight, she says she's still worried for her safety. Randy Simons reports...Read More

Alaska dentist wants to help bald eagle get his beak back

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Dentist wants to help bald eagle get his beak back ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Dr. Kirk Johnson has convinced hundreds of young people to let him take an impression of their teeth. The process is simila.....Read More

Dentist wants to help bald eagle get his beak back

KTUU Anchorage: Associated Press - December 25, 2009 2:44 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Dr. Kirk Johnson has convinced hundreds of young people to let him take an impression of their teeth...Read More

Around Town

Juneau Empire: Today , Dec. 25..Read More

Grain News

Grainnet.com: “This year’s Sustaining Innovation message has been clear: Farmers are growing more corn on fewer acres with fewer inputs, and they can deliver enough corn for feed, food and fuel,” said Alan Tiemann , a farmer from Seward and chairman of the Nebraska Corn Board...Read More

Alaska sports in '09: extreme

Anchorage Daily News: Back in May, as minor-league clubs from their respective states prepared to play for the ECHL's Kelly Cup, governors Sarah Palin of Alaska and Mark Sanford of South Carolina engaged in the usual bet between politicians: Winning governor gets grub from the loser...Read More

For pioneers, holiday was link to home

Anchorage Daily News: Does absence make the heart grow fonder? Anchorage's pioneers may well have thought so...Read More

Kevin Witt's boys' basketball top 10

Middletown Times Herald-Record: It was a relatively light week capped off by one heck of a game Wednesday night that impacts the new top 10...Read More

Fanfare

The Newton Kansan: WICHITA — The Halstead High School wrestling team took three wrestlers to the Bishop Carroll Invitational, taking 12th. At 125 pounds, Riley Seward placed third, finishing 3-1. He lost to Levi Eck of Andale in the semifinals, but won his third-place match 3-2, improving to 12-2 for the season...Read More

12/25/09 — Bowling results

Yakima Herald-Republic: Nob Hill Bowling Center Nob Hill Trio — Sandy Parker 567 (211), Linda Ross 513 (211), Connie Drapeau 434. A-Sandy Parker 177. L-Steven’s Landscaping Winners of 1st Half. Motor — Darren Balam 715 (236, 226, 253), Dean Long 685 (299, 215), Randy Harper 650 (222, 236). L-Jackson Hewlitt, 2061?2-1291?2. Thursday Nite Swingers — Terry Sunderland 569 (211), Kathy [...]..Read More

Dentist to help bald eagle get his beak back

KTUU Anchorage: A local dentist is spreading holiday cheer by performing an unusual operation on an unusual patient. A bald eagle with a damaged beak is his newest patient...Read More

Grateful for BBQ, 'Thriller,' and Monarchs

Hutchinson News: Maybe this should just become a Thanksgiving column. Every year, somebody asks me why I didn't write .....Read More

North Korea turns to air smuggling

AP via Yahoo! News: North Korea, banned from selling arms by U.N. sanctions, may have gambled and lost when it dispatched 35 tons of weapons by air rather than by sea as it has done in the past. Authorities seized the plane, which may have been bound for Iran, during a refueling stop in Thailand...Read More

Arts & Culture CALENDAR

Juneau Empire: ART, EVENTS &PERFORMANCE..Read More

TAMUK Winter commencement ceremony held

Nueces County Record Star: It was the end of the college era, but the beginning of a new career and a bright future as 374 students received degrees from Texas A&M University-Kingsville during two winter commencement ceremonies held Friday in the Steinke Physical Education Center...Read More

Research trip proves inspiring: Would-be ornithologist joins Gulf of Alaska research team

Peninsula Clarion: Early this past September I was fortunate to be designated a marine bird and mammal observer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Migratory Bird Branch in Anchorage...Read More

Weapons-carrying cargo plane headed for Sri Lanka

AP via Yahoo! News: A plane seized in Bangkok with a cache of North Korean weapons wasn't headed to Iran, a senior Thai police official said Wednesday, contradicting a report from arms trafficking experts...Read More

Around Town

Juneau Empire: Thursday, Dec. 24..Read More

Police & Fire

Juneau Empire: Juneau police and fire officials reported:..Read More

Sports in Juneau

Juneau Empire: • Beginning Jan. 1, Sports In Juneau information must be submitted online at http://calendar.juneauempire.com. Submissions via e-mail, phone, fax or other will no longer be accepted. For more information e-mail webteam@juneauempire.com..Read More

Time - and time again; Two-thirds of felons released from prison in Alaska return there within three years; the ...

Anchorage Press: Kirill Klippel gets released from a halfway house, in just a few hours...Read More

Woman dies after falling through broken ice on pond

WRGB Albany: SEWARD -- State Police are investigating the drowning death of a 71-year-old woman in Schoharie County. Troopers responded to a home on Fromire Rd. in the town of Seward for a report that a 67-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman had fallen through the ice on a pond on their property...Read More

Icy Roads On Hwy 6 Contribute to SUV Rollover Accident

KOLN Lincoln: Early morning accident on Hwy 6 near Pleasant Dale is blamed on icy conditions...Read More

Mary I. Mitchell, 81

Journal & Courier: FRANKFORT -- Mary I. Mitchell, 81, of Frankfort, died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Central...Read More

Chugach paying retained profits to members

Anchorage Daily News: The Chugach Electric Association board has approved paying members from 1989 nearly $1.7 million in retained profits from that period...Read More

Phillips' request for third party custodian denied

KTUU Anchorage: A woman charged with murder for a crash that killed one man and injured a woman will spend Christmas in jail. A judge Wednesday denied Lori Phillips a third party custodian...Read More

Millrock and Valdez Gold Sign Letter of Intent to Enter Into an Option to Joint Venture Agreement on Bluff Project ...

Marketwire: VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 22, 2009) - Millrock Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MRO) ("Millrock" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of intent to enter into an Option to Joint Venture Agreement with Valdez Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VAZ) concerning Millrock's Bluff Project ("Bluff) east of Nome, on the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska, USA. The .....Read More