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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

Plan to clean up summit of Mount Juneau

Oct 15, 2008 6:59 pm

A nonprofit group is organizing volunteers to remove the remains of an unsuccessful attempt to build a tramway on the top of Mount Juneau.

 

2 victims in Grand Junction were each shot 4 times

Oct 15, 2008 6:59 pm

The Mesa County Coroner's Office says the two people killed in shootings in a Grand Junction neighborhood over the weekend were each shot four times.

 

College clears teacher in Palin essay flap

Oct 15, 2008 6:59 pm

A college English instructor's assignment to write an essay on whether Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is living a fairy tale has been cleared of wrongdoing.

 

Former police spokesman enters mayor's race

Oct 15, 2008 6:59 pm

The Anchorage mayor's race has a new candidate.

 

Monegan seeks State Personnel Board hearing

Oct 15, 2008 6:58 pm

Former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan has filed a request for a hearing with the State Personnel Board to address damage to his reputation.

 

Personnel investigator asks for Troopergate info

Oct 15, 2008 6:58 pm

The Legislative Council will consider sharing the "confidential component" of its Troopergate report with the State Personnel Board.

 

Michigan man fined for hunting violations

Oct 15, 2008 3:14 am

A 47-year-old Michigan man has been fined $25,000 and put on five years probation for hunting violations in Alaska.

 

Palin has checkered history on ethics issues

Oct 15, 2008 3:13 am

Sarah Palin, whose reformer image took a hit in a report concluding she abused her powers as Alaska Governor to settle a family score, has skirted state ethics rules before...

 

Alaska Zoo to open new complex

Oct 15, 2008 3:13 am

The Alaska Zoo is growing, but not with animals this time.

 

Flags to be lowered for soldier

Oct 15, 2008 3:13 am

State flags will be lowered to half-staff to honor an Alaska soldier who died in Afghanistan.

 
 

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

Two Colorado victims were each shot 4 times

Oct 15, 2008 4:33 pm

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- The former Fairbanks man suspected of killing a dentist and a former teacher in weekend shootings had taken classes at Dixie State College in St. George, Utah, almost 400 mile...

 

Former police spokesman enters Anchorage mayor's race

Oct 15, 2008 4:33 pm

ANCHORAGE -- The Anchorage mayor's race has a new candidate.

 

Former Alaska top cop seeks Personnel Board hearing

Oct 15, 2008 4:32 pm

ANCHORAGE -- Former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan has filed a request for a hearing with the State Personnel Board to address damage to his reputation.

 

Contractor says VECO chief pressured him not to bill Stevens for work

Oct 15, 2008 2:49 pm

WASHINGTON -- A powerful businessman pressured a contractor to withhold a hefty bill for renovations done on the mountain cabin of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the contractor said Wednesday at the senator...

 

Alaska personnel investigator asks for Troopergate info

Oct 15, 2008 2:48 pm

JUNEAU -- The Legislative Council will consider sharing the "confidential component" of its Troopergate report with the State Personnel Board.

 

Proposed raises for teachers vary with salary scale

Oct 15, 2008 2:47 pm

The starting pay for borough teachers fresh out of college would rise from $37,969 to $41,110 under a tentative contract settlement reached during the weekend.

 

Palin appoints new subsistence director

Oct 14, 2008 9:47 pm

JUNEAU -- A former director of the Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments and a state game board member will head up a state agency on subsistence hunting and fishing.

 
 

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