From gasbuddy.com:

Anchorage, May 14

Average retail gasoline prices in Anchorage have risen 7.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $4.31/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.73/g, according to gasoline price website AnchorageGasPrices.com.

A quartet of West High sophomores successfully fulfilled a year-long goal by representing Alaska at the 10th Annual Academic WorldQuest National Competition in Washington, D.C.

Madelyn Boslough, Aleah Kennedy, Katie Weddleton and Stella Woo won the WorldQuest Alaska 2012 competition in February and traveled to the nation’s capital in March. The students didn’t compete on the same team in 2011, but vowed to do so in 2012.

From the Anchorage School District:

The following news release is shared on behalf of the Alaska Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German.

April 25, 2012

From the University of Alaska Fairbanks:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 20, 2012

Fairbanks, Alaska—Climate warming is allowing invasive plants to take hold in Alaska and possibly luring pollinators away from native berries, says University of Alaska Fairbanks ecologist Christa Mulder.

From the University of Alaska Fairbanks:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 20, 2012

Fairbanks, Alaska—The Science for Alaska Lecture Series will host two public lectures in Anchorage to conclude its 2012 season.

From the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service:

Palmer, April 20 - Hydrologists from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service report high snow pack in Alaska, to no surprise to Alaskans, but the extent of record breaking could be alarming.

From Standing Together Against Rape:

Senshido Self-Defense Course

From the Anchorage School District:

ASD students earn National Merit Scholarships
Additional winners to be named in coming months

Three ASD high school seniors were named winners of the 2012 National Merit Scholarship program. The students are:
· Andrea Isby of South High School
· Anny Ning of West High School
· Lauren Summers of Dimond High School

This first round announcement of winners includes students who earned corporate-sponsored awards. All three awards were sponsored by BP Foundation.

From the Department of Public Safety:

From the Anchorage School District:

ASD principal and administrator changes for 2012-13

Six new principal assignments and one administrator position for the 2012-13 school year were approved Monday night by the administration and Anchorage School Board.
The new assignments are:
· Aquarian Charter School – Lucas Saltzman, currently an assistant principal at Ptarmigan and Airport Heights elementary schools;
· Chugach Optional Elementary – Sue Forbes, currently principal at Aquarian Charter School;

From the Office of the Lieutenant Governor:

April 17, 2012, Anchorage, AK – Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell honored students from six Alaska schools who participated in this year’s Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) and congratulated the state’s winning design team, Highland Tech Charter School, during an awards ceremony today.

Manitoba Mountain Ski Area Restoration Update
7 p.m., April 20
Trail Lake Lodge, Moose Pass

Please join us at the Trail Lake Lodge in Moose Pass for an update on the
Manitoba Mountain Ski Area Restoration Project, as well as to celebrate
the snowy winter and arrival of spring on the Kenai Peninsula.
Project manager Dave Scanlan will be giving a presentation starting at 7:00 p.m., followed by a question and answer and collaboration session.
Afterwards, there will be live music, food, and drinks as part of the season opener for Trail Lake Lodge.

From gasbuddy.com:

Anchorage, April 16- Average retail gasoline prices in Anchorage have fallen 2.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $4.25/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 1.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.89/g, according to gasoline price website AnchorageGasPrices.com.

From the Anchorage School District:

From the U.S. Geological Survey:

New U.S. Geological Survey webpages featuring more robust, real-time earthquake information are now available. Whether the earthquake is minor or major, earthquake.usgs.gov visitors will see a unique, interactive earthquake map that regularly updates, can be individually tailored, and provides saved settings for future map visits.

In 2011, the website logged almost 48 million unique visitors and nearly 468 million pageviews.

From Denali National Park and Preserve:

Release Date: April 13, 2012

Contact: Kris Fister, kris_fister@nps.gov, 907-683-9583

DENALI PARK, Alaska: Favorable weather and some extra effort by road crews to clear drifts from last weekend’s snowstorm are making it possible for the National Park Service to open the park road further west. Park visitors will be able to drive as far as the Teklanika River Rest Area at Mile 30 beginning at 8:00 am on Saturday, April 14, weather permitting.

Snow conditions are deteriorating, but there is still good snow for

From the U.S. Forest Service:

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE-FOREST SERVICE
Chugach National Forest

Childs Glacier Recreation Site
Open with Limited Service in 2012

The Childs Glacier Recreation Site will be open in mid-June with reduced services to the public and permittees. The Copper River Highway which provides access to the popular glacier viewing area and campground was closed at the mile 36 bridge by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) in August 2011 due to erosion and structural concerns.

From the Alaska Department of Public Safety:

2012 Arctic Man Special Enforcement

From Caring for the Kenai:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: Merrill Sikorski

907-262-4949, Coordinator

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPETE FOR $28,000 CASH

From the Alaska Department of Health and Human Services:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 13, 2012

Contact: Greg Wilkinson, (907) 269-7285, Cell (907) 382-7032
gregory.wilkinson@alaska.gov
Ann Potempa, (907) 269-7957, Cell (907) 230-4001
ann.potempa@alaska.gov

Three possible paralytic shellfish poisoning cases reported in Juneau
State health officials remind public about risks