Tuskegee Airmen on Obama’s wing at inaugural

Their red-tailed P-51 fighter planes were the talk of the bomber crews during World War II.  Those planes would stick with the bombers and protect like no other fighter group.Most were surprised, some were shocked and some were even angry to discover those planes were manned by black pilots known now as The Tuskegee Airmen. [...]

Credit crisis putting the brakes on recycling

Recycling prices are crashing and that’s putting municipal recycling at risk. The city of Anchorage is blaming the market for a decision to stop accepting glass for recycling. Donna Mears of the Solid Waste Services department says there’s too much supply of glass and not enough demand. As of January, the city no longer will [...]