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The Alaska Panhandle, sometimes referred to as Southeast Alaska, is the southeastern portion of the coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, which lies just west of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The majority of the panhandle's area is part of the Tongass National Forest, the U.S.'s largest national forest. In many places, the international border runs along the crest of the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains.The Alaska Panhandle is the northern terminus of the Inside Passage a protected waterway of convoluted passages between islands and fjords, beginning in Puget Sound in Washington state. This was an important travel corridor for native canoeists, as well as gold-rush steam ships, and in modern times is an important route for ferries and cruise ships. The Panhandle has a land area of 91,008.18 km2 (35,138.46 square miles), comprised of four entire boroughs and three census areas, in addition to the part of Yakutat Borough lying east of 141° West longitude. Although it has only 6.14 percent of Alaska's land area, it is larger than the state of Maine, and almost as large as the state of Indiana. The 2000 census population of the Panhandle was 72,954 inhabitants, about 42 percent of whom were concentrated in the city of Juneau.

 

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Local News from KTVF Fairbanks via Yahoo! News

4 injured in Anchorage fire

Jan 8, 2009 6:23 am

The Anchorage Fire Department says four people were injured in a fire in a home in the city's Hillside neighborhood.

 

Extreme cold slams Alaska

Jan 8, 2009 6:23 am

Ted Johnson leaves his Stevens Village house these days for just two reasons: to chop wood used to heat the home and to fetch water.

 

Man robs Anchorage bank

Jan 8, 2009 2:24 am

Anchorage police say a bearded man robbed a bank and escaped in a sport utility vehicle.

 

Search suspended for lost fishing boat crewman

Jan 8, 2009 2:24 am

The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing crew member of a fishing boat.

 

Subzero temps keeps ski races on hold

Jan 8, 2009 2:23 am

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Juneau gets its first female division fire chief

Jan 7, 2009 10:39 pm

Beth Weldon has been selected as the first female division chief of the Juneau volunteer firefighters.

 

Subzero temps keeps ski races on hold

Jan 7, 2009 10:39 pm

Subzero temperatures are still keeping athletes off the trails in the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships in Anchorage.

 

Idaho Planned Parenthood merges with NW affiliates

Jan 7, 2009 10:38 pm

Planned Parenthood of Idaho has merged with two other organizations in Washington and Alaska to form Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest.

 

Here is the latest Alaska news from The Associated Press

Jan 7, 2009 4:39 pm

The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has sold its interest in the Plaza Port West shopping mall in Ketchikan. The mall was the fund's only real estate investment property in the...

 

Subzero temps making ski races doubtful

Jan 7, 2009 4:39 pm

Organizers hope to resume competition of the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships Wednesday in Anchorage.

 
 

Local News from Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via Yahoo! News

State economist says job losses likely in 2009

Jan 8, 2009 7:36 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The state labor economist says 2009 is likely the year in which Anchorage's long run of job growth will come to an end.

 

Group asks coal officials to clear air

Jan 8, 2009 8:50 am

An environmental group is asking for greater transparency in discussions between a state authority and two electric utilities on the future of the Healy Clean Coal Plant.

 

Alaska lung association out of breathing room

Jan 8, 2009 8:50 am

The American Lung Association of Alaska is closed and its six employees are on indefinite unpaid leave pending a lawsuit.

 

4 injured in Anchorage fire

Jan 8, 2009 3:05 am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Anchorage Fire Department says four people were injured in a fire in a home in the city's Hillside neighborhood.

 

Native dancers march in inaugural parade

Jan 8, 2009 1:50 am

Determination proved worthwhile for the Suurimmaanitchuat Dancers of Barrow

 

Rural schools lose hundreds in recent years

Jan 7, 2009 9:37 pm

ANCHORAGE - State researchers hoping to determine how many people have left rural Alaska for bigger communities report that rural schools lost 1,802 students in the last five years.

 

Statehood meant citizenship for some residents

Jan 7, 2009 9:05 pm

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - Fifty years ago, Nancy DeWitt became an American citizen.

 
 

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