Central, Alaska

• Dipnet deal: Groups sign pact to stop watershed degradation
  

  The Kenai Watershed Forum achieved a near impossible feat for this area late last month.

• M 3.7, Central Alaska
  

  Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.

• Discovery en Espanol Unleashes Pure Adrenaline
  

  Starting on March 8th Discovery en Espanol launches two months' worth of premieres of the popular series that form part of the Human Adventure block, one of the programming genres that characterizes the network and is a favorite among viewers.

• Southeast resident among statewide high school Battle of the Books champs
  

  An Interior Distance Education in Alaska high school team successfully defended the first place title for the statewide high school Battle of the Books.

• M 2.5, Central Alaska
  

  Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.

• Cree lighting up Valdez
  

  Cree's lighting is about to get perhaps its biggest test: illuminating streets in the 'Land of the Midnight Sun.' The Durham company, which makes LED lighting, has signed up the city of Valdez, Alaska, as a customer.

• Like the belly of a dragon, Earthquakes all over the Pacific
  

  In follow-up to Could our earthquakes be linked to Solomon Islands disaster? Current reports from the Earthquake Center have established that the most recent earthquake occurred at 5:24 AM PST in Central Alaska .

• 'Genetic Fossils' Change Extinction Picture
  

  Woolly mammoths and ancient horses may have been roaming the North American steppes longer than scientists thought.

• Alaska - the Land of the Midnight Sun
  

  Seward's Folley: Located three miles from Russia, containing approximately 663,268 square miles, and found in the Upper Extreme North American continent, US Secretary of State William H. Seward purchased what became known as "Seward's Folley" on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million dollars.

• The mammoths' swan song revised
  

  Woolly mammoths and prehistoric horses grazed on the North American plains for several thousand years longer than hitherto assumed This is shown by samples of ancient DNA, analysed by an international team of research scientists under the leadership of Professor Eske Willerslev from Copenhagen University.

• Ocean Park Ventures-Joint Venture-Chisna Cu-Au Project-Alaska
  

  Ocean Park Ventures Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement dated November 2, 2009 with International Tower Hill Mines Ltd., a B.C. incorporated company , in respect of ITH's "Chisna" copper/gold prospect located in the Hartman Mining District of South Central Alaska.

• Soslands give American Indian art to Nelson-Atkins
  

  A highlight of the new American Indian galleries at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, which will open to the public Nov.

• Fire River Gold Corp. Completes Annual Meeting and Announces Voting...
  

  September 25, 2009. Vancouver, BC - Fire River Gold Corp. announces that 77.15% of the 15,007,145 common shares issued and outstanding were voted at the Company's recently completed Annual General and Special Meeting held on Tuesday September 22, 2009.

• Blogging the Desert: How Arizona researcher dug deep to get Arctic climate data
  

  Star reporter Tony Davis covers topics in this blog that you have read under his byline for 27 years in the Southwest: water, growth, sprawl, pollution, climate change, endangered species, mining, grazing and traffic.

City Description

Central is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 134. Every February, Central hosts a checkpoint for the long-distance Yukon Quest sled dog race. Central is located at 65°32′0″N 144°41′44″W / 65.533333°N 144.69556°W / 65.533333; -144.69556 (65.533461, -144.695650). The elevation is 942 feet. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 249.4 square miles (646.1 km²), of which, 247.9 square miles (642.2 km²) of it is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²) of it (0.60%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 134 people, 67 households, and 33 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 0.5 people per square mile (0.2/km²). There were 169 housing units at an average density of 0.7/sq mi (0.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.33% White, 7.46% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 2.99% from other races, and 4.48% from two or more races. 0.75% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 67 households out of which 14.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.3% were married couples living together, 1.5% had a female

City Contained By:

• Alaska
• Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
• United States of America

City Contains:

• Rosebud Summit

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 645.943034718 km squared

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