last april dan wrote to ask grs readers for help with a sudden energy crisis. because of a natural disaster electricity costs in juneau alaska jumped from 0.11 per kilowatthour to 0.53 per kilowatthour. in this followup dan explains how his family coped with high energy costs. its been over three months since an avalanche knocked out our hydropower supply in juneau. at that time get rich slowly re...
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robert picardo two words robert picardo. the doctor was easily the best character on star trek voyager adding humor and real acting to a show which although i love it with all my heart lacked both those qualities. now robert picardo is taking up a full time role on stargate atlantis as richard woolsey. i cant say much about his character on atlantis because frankly i have never liked the stargate...
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the largest field operation in the history of american politics.......
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the case against him has been building for awhile...and today the hulk tie finally failed him. longtime gop senator ted stevens rak he of the bridge to nowhere terrorist wife cocainefighting eskimos and series of tubes is indicted with seven counts of making false statements on his financial disclosure forms. the indictment accuses stevens former chairman of the powerful senate appropriations co...
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the airlines dont want you to read this. theyd rather you fork one of the new surcharges theyve dreamed up during the last few weeks. they want you to pay extra for your first checked bag for drinkable water even for free award tickets. they dont want you to know theres another way. but there is. surcharges are not inevitable. a la carte pricing doesnt have to send the price of your next vacation...
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bong hits case going back to court juneau empire the bong hits 4 jesus case is headed back to court. the 9th u.s. circuit court of appeals will hear arguments in the case in september local attorney doug mertz said wednesday. mertz represents joseph frederick the former juneaudouglas high school student who displayed the bong hits 4 jesus banner that sparked a free speech debate that has been goi...
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trapped black bear trashes toyota juneau couple finds large animal clawing at interior of their car by alan suderman juneau empire brian wallace ann boochever had an unwelcome remodel of the interior of her hybrid car saturday when a black bear got stuck inside. boochever said she and her husband scott miller were sitting in the house saturday when they heard the horn of their 2006 toyota prius....
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two brilliant things here there are variety of excellent ways to reduce your carbon footprint and use less gasoline people are doing something i also like reading about prii in alaska. i would say that puts to bed any qualms about driving the prius in winter not that we havent addressed that one effectively before. going green juneau drivers think up inventive ways to save gas by greg skinner ju...
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join former united states senate pages dylan and ethan ris as they bring you the dish on not just the presidential race but all the exciting triumphs and disgraces inside outside and below the beltway this weeks politician in trouble happy 75th birthday to u.s. representative don young rak this years gift will be the loss of the congressional seat hes held for over three decades you see young is b...
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west african rental scam targets juneau residents by alan suderman june 1st 2008 for a month and a half amyanna bryan said her daily routine involved checking the internet for a reasonable place to rent in town. recently she said she thought she found one. listed on the web site craigslist was a threebedroom house in the mendenhall valley for 1000 a month. there was only one problem the...
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a recreational cabin is rising in the old clearcuts north of sitka part of a joint venture between groups that didnt used to be on speaking terms. restoring damaged forest has become an area where environmentalists see eye to eye with the u.s wood working news underbelly actor alex dimitriades has been given a good behavior bond and will have no conviction recorded despite admitting to drinkdri...
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alaskas capital juneau has been an interesting example of how quickly consumers can respond to a electricity rate increase by turning to energy efficiency and conservation. msnbc reported on it here. heres an excerpt first there was a run on energyefficient light bulbs. when those ran out people began asking for lamp oil. but when they started demanding clothespins in this land of mist and rain it...
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in a culture where babies are treated as accessories and where some choices are more acceptable than others its nice to have some wonderful news to share with you announcing the birth of trig paxson van palin courageous parents make the choice to give life .........
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oil surges to new highs dealers focus on diesel new york reuters oil prices rose 1.4 percent on wednesday extending further into record territory amid intensifying worries over tight world supplies of diesel fuel. u.s. crude leapt 1.69 to settle at 123.53 a barrel before hitting an alltime peak of 123.89. london brent rose 2.01 to 122.32. crude prices have doubled in a year and risen sixf...
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michael klare the new geopolitics of energy while the daytoday focus of us military planning remains iraq and afghanistan american strategists are increasingly looking beyond these two conflicts to envision the global combat environment of the emerging periodand the world they see is one where the struggle over vital resources rather than ideology or balanceofpower politics dominates the martial ...
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suncor ceo says current oil prices unsustainable calgary alberta reuters current oil prices above 115 a barrel are not sustainable over the long term but the oil industry needs at least 75 a barrel to attract investment and bring on increasingly tougher to find reserves suncor energy incs chief executive said on thursday. to keep those new supplies coming on which are going to be smaller and...
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this is a really funny story. vendors and presenters from various ecofriendly groups including bullfrog power co2 reduction edmonton and the local solar energy society crammed into a lone tent in hawrelak park after a blizzard forced them to abandon their original locations. ha. ha ha. thats funny. but dont worry the soldiers in the movement went on despite the blizzard. obviously well have fewer...
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...ly for the 2 3 months necessary to finish the repairs especially considering that they cant even know where to start until 20ft of snow is removed melts from from some of the tower locations.......
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... the services longrange forecasts show slightly below normal temperatures through may and june with normal precipitation. spring is typically the driest time of year in southeast alaska. httpwww.juneauempire.comstories...69856926.shtml global warming i dont think so......lol jmac......
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the citys electric utility will resort to running on diesel as the result of an avalanche wednesday morning that cut hydroelectric power to the area. read the full story here.......
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in 1759 ben franklin may or may not have written those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. theres some dispute over whether he penned those lines or borrowed them for a publication. but theres no disputing that this concept of individual liberty balanced with collective security was at the very foundation of the constitution...
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juneau empire the proposed ban would exempt recycling reuse areas which exist at five of the 15 sites. rex said garbage includes my wife and i immediately went out and bought a paper shredder and now we shred everything gilstrap said. u.s. mayors .moreenterprise store waste russo separates food from nonfood items and then places the items such as coffee grounds paper cups russo had n...
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sports erich bacher said gifford. read the rest of this great post here. they were got to the net and took great care of freshma. and my home team scsu huskies have a home series. after its series last weekend with wchaleading duluth the no. it s amazing what a little open ice can do. 14 mens hockey team. 341 wcha 461 overall.......
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ketchikan the veneer mill in ketchikan is closed indefinitely as its owners assess the faltering u.s. housing market a key economic driver for wood construction products. click here for more info......
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perhaps the bear wanted to add to his wardrobe. black bear takes tracking collar from a mountain goat juneau empire......
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