News Headlines for Adak, Alaska

Alaska Ear (Anchorage Daily News)
A LITTLE OFF THE TOP ... Burt Wetzel, longtime clip artist at the barber shop in the Hotel Captain Cook, was lamenting that his historic record of cutting the hair of Alaska governors was doomed, given the gender of our current chief.

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Two Michigan men hurt, three Californians dead in Alaska crash (Detroit Free Press)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska-- Three California men died and two Michigan men were critically hurt in a vehicle rollover on Alaska's Parks Highway, state troopers said today.

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2 Mich. Men Hurt, 3 Killed in Alaska Crash (WXYZ-TV Detroit)
Three California men died and two Michigan men were critically hurt in a vehicle rollover on Alaska's Parks Highway, state troopers said Saturday.

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News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska (Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman)
BUTTE — As part of a three-day Independence Day drag racing weekend, Alaska Raceway Park invited Edmonton, Alberta, driver Bruce Andrew back to the Butte quarter-mile drag strip for a few exhibition passes in his Northern F/X jet dragster.

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Alaska Goldpanners bats go silent in loss to Peninsula Oilers (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
One night after hammering out 13 hits in a lopsided 13-5 victory over the Peninsula Oilers of Kenai, the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks couldn’t come through with a clutch hit.

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Alaska still calling (The News-Herald)
They'll be driving more than 5,000 miles on their Honda Goldwings to reach Alaska, but they're not letting the high price of gas deter them.

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News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska (Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman)
John “Jack” Heimsath, 27, passed away June 29, 2008 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Heimsath was a life-long resident of Alaska and he attended West Valley High School.

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A snapshot of Alaska's history (KTUU Anchorage)
A new book is chronicling the history of Alaska through the eye of a camera. "Historic Photos of Alaska" is a collection of 154 photos capturing Alaska's past.

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Alone in Alaska (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Don Barger sought a larger-than-life wilderness adventure. He found it at Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. With more than 13 million acres, Wrangell-St. Elias is 20 times the size of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is the largest unit in the National Park System and is often called the "mountain kingdom of North America " because of its sizable collection of peaks above 16,000 ...

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Alaska seems more distant for those on a budget (The Kansas City Star)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska | With runaway fuel prices, it's somehow fitting that Jim and Wilma Fowler's 25-foot travel trailer sports a green sign, “Alaska or Bust,” on the back window.

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