Author: Mary Pemberton
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Hawaii dogs get second chance on mainland
The lanky, charcoal-gray dog with a distinctive, wiry hairdo would stand out in most other animal shelters, but no one gave him a second look on Hawaii’s island of Kauai. But thanks to a tourist willing to take him across the Pacific, an Airedale Terrier-Irish Wolfhound mix named Grady now enjoys a spacious California loft…
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Exxon to pay interest on Valdez oil spill damages
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. has decided not to appeal hundreds of millions of dollars in interest on punitive damages resulting from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. The Irving, Texas-based company will pay about $470 million in interest on more than $507.5 million in punitive damages following the 11 million gallon…
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Alaskans concerned about North Korea’s missiles
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaskans are concerned over the prospect that North Korea is getting ready to test a long-range missile that could reach strategic targets in their home state.And they’re not buying Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ assertion during a visit this past week to one of Alaska’s many military installations that the missile is not…
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Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times
WILLOW, Alaska (AP) – Alaska’s Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano’s first emissions in nearly 20 years.Residents in the state’s largest city were spared from falling ash, though fine gray dust was falling Monday morning on small communities north of…