News Headlines for Akiak, Alaska

GOP candidate Stark visiting Alaska’s ANWR to research oil drilling (La Crosse Tribune)
Republican congressional candidate Paul Stark of Eau Claire said Thursday he’ll fly to Alaska this month to learn about drilling for oil in the arctic.

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Rural Alaska communities seek ways to lower energy costs (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
A group of Dillingham, Alaska, fishermen hoping to reduce gas costs for the Bristol Bay fleet are sketching plans to turn salmon waste into fuel.

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Royal Caribbean Cruises says it broke Alaska law (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
ANCHORAGE -- Royal Caribbean Cruises says it mistakenly broke state law in discharging about 20,000 gallons of wastewater into Chatham Strait in Southeast Alaska.

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Pack the plastic; Alaska Airlines goes cashless (Seattle Times)
Alaska Airlines will no longer accept cash for in-flight purchases.

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Clean-water initiative to appear on Alaska ballot (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that an initiative to regulate or restrict pollution from mining can be placed on the ballot in August for voters to consider.

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News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska (Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman)
WASILLA — All the offense Kenai needed was a few bloops and a couple of bunts. The rest was up to Larson Kohler. Kohler pitched a complete game to lead the Kenai Twins to a 5-2 win over the Alaska Road Warriors at McManus Field in Wasilla on Wednesday.

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News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska (Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman)
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Road Warriors scored 13 unanswered runs to complete a two-game sweep of Fairbanks Sunday at Arco Field in Fairbanks. “Everybody hit the ball well,” Road Warriors manager Steve Mossburgh said Monday.

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News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska (Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman)
WASILLA — Dr. Samuel Abbate had already been wooed by the beauty and serenity of Alaska before he left Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, in May to come northward.

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News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska (Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman)
Jerome L. Marostica Sr., one of the true, original Alaska pioneers, passed away on Monday, June 30, 2008. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 5, at Alaskan Heritage Memorial Chapel in Wasilla, with Father Stan Allie officiating.

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News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska (Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman)
FAIRBANKS — Even though Mat-Su led throughout, the Alaska Goldpanners managed to stay within reach of the Miners — for six innings, at least. And then the Miners broke out the bats.

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