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Palmer-based Matanuska Creamery to close today

...farmers said Friday they are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars by the company and have long expected the closure."That plant probably could have handled 10 times the volume that we had," said Point MacKenzie farmer Wayne Brost. "So maybe...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-30/palmer-based-matanuska-creamery-close-t
State
Alaska energy overview

...a 25-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Healy, he said, GVEA's second at the site."We are on board to get that plant going," Borgeson said.In addition to coal, GVEA also adds wind and the fossil fuel Naptha into the mix. The Eagle...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-23/alaska-energy-overview
State
My turn: Is an operating mine needed to clean up the Tulsequah Chief site?

...enter into a period of non-compliance with the conditions of Waste Water Discharge Permit #105719." Chieftain noted that "plant operation has not met expectations" and listed engineering problems, including larger amounts of toxic sludge than...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-08-20/operating-mine-needed-clean-tulsequah
Opinion
Fact check: Ryan ignores parts of his own record

...school with worked at that GM plant. Right there at that plant, candidate Obama said: 'I believe that if our government...That's what he said in 2008. Well, as it turned out, that plant didn't last another year."THE FACTS: Although Obama...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-08-30/fact-check-ryan-ignores-parts-his-own
Not For Web
Love is in the air

...or grassy areas, which often bear rich accumulations of organic debris.If observed on, say potatoes, it could be that plant was previously damaged by wireworms or some other insect that caused decay.Unlike cranefly larvae, the spiny March...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-06-22/love-air
Outdoors
Juneau receives Tree City USA award

...partnership with the National Association of State Foresters, recognize communities around the nation that have programs that plant and maintain trees along streets, in parks and other public places. Community forests help create healthy cities...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-05-18/juneau-receives-tree-city-usa-award
Outdoors
Kasilof's fisherman poet finds his voice

...his poem "Symbiotic not Separate."... Where the cast of a rack becomes parka squirrel scatNourishing the earth so that plant life comes backSo calf momma's milk is so calcium-packedLike clouds and shape-shifting cycling backSymbiotic not...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-05-21/kasilofs-fisherman-poet-finds-his-voice
State
AP: Quakes pose greater risk to US reactors than previously believed

...than 11,000-page records request by The Associated Press show that NRC experts were worried privately this year that plants needed stronger safeguards to account for the higher risk assessments.The nuclear industry says last week's quake...

http://juneauempire.com/dina-cappiello/2011-09-02/ap-quakes-pose-greater-risk-us
Alaska conservation group battles invasive weeds with landscape fabric

...tarped that last summer that was only known location of that plant in the Interior," Etcheverry said.Next week, the...signs and sees the picture and says, 'I think I have that plant in my yard' and calls us, then we're making progress...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-10-11/alaska-conservation-group-battles-invas
State
Winter life underfoot

...drawing the nutrient from snow and decomposing plants. These microbes die when the snow melts away, releasing nitrogen that plants need for new growth in the spring.Although they aren't subnivean, ice worms deserve mention just because they're...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2011-12-09/winter-life-underfoot
Outdoors

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