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Rural Alaska and High Energy Costs

Started by washingtonindependent · 9 months ago

ANCHORAGE — While I was working on a piece about Gov. Sarah Palin’s energy policies, one local pointed me to the story of a town of about 300 residents on the Aleutians, called Adak, about 1,300 miles southwest of Anchorage.
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  • My church was collecting school suplies last year for the Eskimo children--crayons, books, tablets, pencils, chalk boards. She really takes care of the people!!
  • the high cost of living is actually one of the domino effects of the US' current situation. but wherever you seem to be located (may it be in the country or the city) people have a hard time making ends meet.

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