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SPARKS, Nev., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GPXM) is pleased to announce the expansion of its Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) with the transition of Kent Aveson from the Board of Directors to the TAC. The transition is intended to facilitate the Company's Royalty Mining Growth Strategy. "Our team members are focusing their efforts on key areas of planning and implementation," stated Tom Klein, CEO of Golden Phoenix. "We look forward...
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Education Reform Blue Ribbon Task Force launches the Nevada's Promise website at www.nevadaspromise.org to educate Nevadans about the proposed solution to the massive yet solvable education crisis facing the state. The site contains an outline of the education challenges facing Nevada--including the lowest high school graduation rate in the nation--as well as comprehensive and bold solutions proposed by Nevada's Promise. Nevada's Promise began...
Californians lead national trend to reassess seniors' economic needs; new data to be released today at state CapitolData and research on what it really takes for seniors to make ends meet in each of California's 58 counties will be released today at the state Capitol in Sacramento. The release is the latest update of the Elder Economic Security Standard Index (Elder Index), a tool that measures the actual costs of basic necessities for older adults. The Elder Index is quickly replacing...
SEATTLE, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK) today reported August operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines (Alaska) and Horizon Air (Horizon). ALASKA AIRLINES Alaska reported a 10.0 percent increase in traffic on a 7.1 percent increase in capacity, resulting in a 2.2-point increase in load factor to 86.5 percent. Alaska also reported that 88.7 percent of its flights arrived on time in August 2010, a 3.0-point increase compared to the 85.7...
SPARKS, Nev., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GPXM) is pleased to announce that on July 6, 2010, it entered into a definitive Option Agreement to acquire an undivided 80% interest in the Coyote Fault gold and silver property in Esmeralda County, Nevada, referred to as the Mhakari Nevada Properties excluding Vanderbilt Mine in the Company's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 8, 2010 ("Coyote Fault"). Coyote Fault is adjacent to the...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yesterday, an aircraft owned by GCI went down north of Dillingham, Alaska. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the State Troopers, the Coast Guard, and other rescue units are responding to the crash, as is the National Transportation Safety Board. We are aware of news reports stating that four of the nine individuals on board the aircraft have survived. At this point, I cannot confirm or comment on these reports. We are waiting for...
SEATTLE, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Cruise West, a global leader in small-ship explorations, today announced a new 5-night itinerary, Wild Alaska Seafari, dedicated to showcasing Alaska's wildlife like never before. "We are continually looking for new and innovative ways to explore this beautiful land," shared Dick West, Cruise West's Chairman and Managing Director. "Unlike the big ships, our captains have always had the liberty to take small 'detours' to ensure that guests are able to...
CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Pacific Energy Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: ASKE), a publicly traded oil and gas exploration and technology company today announced that a new interview featuring the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jim King, Sr., is available on BuzzStocksLive.com. The interview covers topics including: Anticipated closing date of Entec acquisitionImpact of Entec acquisition on the Company's global footprintListing on a Canadian...
SEATTLE, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK) today reported July operational results for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines (Alaska) and Horizon Air (Horizon). ALASKA AIRLINES Alaska reported an 11.0 percent increase in traffic on a 7.1 percent increase in capacity, resulting in a 3.1-point increase in load factor to a record 87.4 percent. Alaska also reported that 88.6 percent of its flights arrived on time in July 2010, a 1.4-point increase compared to the...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arizona American Water will team up with members of the Arizona Investment Council, the Grand Canyon State Electric Cooperative Association (GCSECA) and the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce to sponsor a candidate forum for the six candidates running for the two vacancies at the Arizona Corporation Commission. Each candidate will give opening remarks and then answer various questions by a moderator. WHAT: ACC Candidate Forum WHEN: Wednesday,...
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Olympic National Park is located in the state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula, in the United States. The park holds 922,650 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native Americans. Most of the tribes were wiped out once European explorers introduced diseases into the area. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the logging industry boomed, but the public began to express concerns of over logging in the 1920’s. However, the first proposal to establish the area as a...
North Cascades National Park is located in the state of Washington in the United States and was established in 1968. The park holds 504,781 acres and is the largest of three national park areas known as the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. It once contained 318 glaciers, but all of these have retreated at a fast rate and many glaciers have completely disappeared. The largest remaining glacier is Boston Glacier, but other large glaciers include Redoubt, Neve, and McAllister....
The Sierra Nevada Mountains located along the Eastern portion of California and the Western Portion of Nevada have a huge impact on the weather in this region. The first is the Sana Anna winds. These are very warm winds that ascend from the mountains westward back into the basins of California in such places like Los Angeles. These are very dry winds that can heat the temps up into the 100s and can cause rapidly forming fires. When weather systems come in from the west they hit these...
