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Cascade fire, Idaho Transportation Department

Idaho governor says lack of logging puts state at risk of major wildfire

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 6:16pm

WASHINGTON -- Idaho is at big risk for a catastrophic wildfire because of the lack of logging, Gov. Butch Otter told members of Congress on Tuesday.

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Obama backs additional oil drilling in Alaska, Salazar says

Sean Cockerham Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 8:48am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar came to Anchorage on Monday and said the Obama administration supports more oil drilling in Alaska, potentially including offshore Arctic development.

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(CRAIG RUTTLE/The Associated Press) Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, seen here Feb. 17 in New York, is the subject of a leaked book the paints an unflattering picture of the former vice presidential candidate. She is quote in the book as saying "I hate this damn job" shortly before she resigned as Alaska's governor in July 2009, less than three years into her four-year term.

Aide’s manuscript paints unflattering picture of Sarah Palin

Kyle Hopkins, McClatchy News Service, Sean Cockerham

Last updated Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 7:00pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A leaked manuscript by one of Sarah Palin’s closest aides from her time as governor charges that Palin broke state election law in her 2006 gubernatorial campaign and was consumed by petty grievances up until she resigned.