In rural Alaska, some communities are being pushed to the very edge by high cost of fuel
adn.com     May 16, 2008            

By TOM KIZZIA and KYLE HOPKINS Anchorage Daily News Last winter, old people in Emmonak sometimes brought six-gallon plastic jugs to the tank farm at 20 below. Like much of rural Alaska, Emmonak spends eight months locked away from the world, with fuel prices set by the fall season's final... [read full story]                

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