Aces win, but goalie goofs bad 
With Saturday night’s road trip-ending 3-2 win over the Long Beach Ice Dogs secure, the Alaska Aces have a long journey home from Southern California today.

Committee tie vote kills bill to raise Alaska minimum wage 
An effort to raise the minimum wage for Alaska’s lowest-paid workers failed to get off the ground Friday after lawmakers and members of the public hotly challenged statistics and arguments from both sides of the debate.

Tennessee tourism ad using picture of Alaska bad, but could have been worse 
Knee scraped. Nose sunburned. Heel blistered. Face red. Tennessee tourism officials ought to be red in the face. That is, if they can scrape off the egg. On the Oops Scale, this one was a doozy.

Chinese swimmers conquer Cook Strait 
Two Chinese university students have swum across Cook Strait, the 17-mile stretch of water between the north and south islands of New Zealand. Zhang …

Washington freight proposal raises ire in Alaska 
Alaska lawmakers are sounding off over a Washington state senator’s proposal to impose a fee of one hundred dollars or more on shipping containers carrying freight in and out of that state. The Alaska House Wednesday unanimously passed a joint resolution opposing the measure.

New park names 
Seattle has named three of its newest parks, two in West Seattle and one in South Seattle. The city has named a vacant site in the West Seattle Junction…

Alaska congressman in Huckabees camp 
Mike Huckabee bolstered his still young presidential campaign Friday by winning an endorsement from one of the most powerful Republicans on Capitol Hill Rep. Don Young of Alaska, former chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)

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