Alaska Ear (Anchorage Daily News)
A LITTLE OFF THE TOP ... Burt Wetzel, longtime clip artist at the barber shop in the Hotel Captain Cook, was lamenting that his historic record of cutting the hair of Alaska governors was doomed, given the gender of our current chief.

Two Michigan men hurt, three Californians dead in Alaska crash (Detroit Free Press)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska-- Three California men died and two Michigan men were critically hurt in a vehicle rollover on Alaska's Parks Highway, state troopers said today.

Alone in Alaska (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Don Barger sought a larger-than-life wilderness adventure. He found it at Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. With more than 13 million acres, Wrangell-St. Elias is 20 times the size of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is the largest unit in the National Park System and is often called the "mountain kingdom of North America " because of its sizable collection of peaks above 16,000 ...

2 Mich. Men Hurt, 3 Killed in Alaska Crash (WXYZ-TV Detroit)
Three California men died and two Michigan men were critically hurt in a vehicle rollover on Alaska's Parks Highway, state troopers said Saturday.

News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska (Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman)
BUTTE — As part of a three-day Independence Day drag racing weekend, Alaska Raceway Park invited Edmonton, Alberta, driver Bruce Andrew back to the Butte quarter-mile drag strip for a few exhibition passes in his Northern F/X jet dragster.