http://www.russellstigall.com Citizen Journalist Sat, 29 May 2010 00:28:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Synthetic fuel typically is produced in a heat and chemical reaction called Fischer-Tropsch. The product is a liquid hydrocarbon, like crude or diesel, which is cleaner burning than traditional fossil fuels; it causes less wear and tear on parts, saving money and commanding a premium on the market. Synthetic fuel ... http://www.russellstigall.com/?p=148 COMPASS: Other points of view By CAITLIN HIGGINS (Ghost-written by Russell Stigall) Published: November 24th, 2009 07:05 PM Last Modified: November 24th, 2009 07:06 PM Affordable energy and a healthy environment are the backbone of Alaska's economy. However, with unpredictable fuel prices and the threat of winter gas shortages, it's small wonder that Alaskans ... http://www.russellstigall.com/?p=146 Written for Alaska’s 50th Anniversary celebration publication. An edited version of this story and others can be found in Alaska 50, at libraries in Anchorage and Seward.     Someday in the next few decades, the Trans-Alaska pipeline will deposit into the hold of a tanker ship in Valdez the final ... http://www.russellstigall.com/?p=127 http://www.russellstigall.com/?p=125 For the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, February, 2008   Victor Kohring has beat back his day of sentencing with an appeal to disqualify the judge who found him guilty. Like a man pursued in an action movie, Kohring has scattered before U.S. District Court Chief Judge John Sedwick a path of ... http://www.russellstigall.com/?p=123 For the Seward City News,  February, 2008 Long-time local and life-long salty dog, Kari Anderson is Seward’s new Harbormaster. Anderson will fill the position once held by Scott Ransom. Ransom retired earlier this month but will provide support through the completion of the North Harbor project in the spring. Ransom ... http://www.russellstigall.com/?p=122 For Seward City News, December, 2007     KENAI PENINSULA – Tsunamis are a hoot. Actually they’re one long, steady hoot followed by a man’s voice giving the facts and actions one should follow to avoid the great oblivion. By way of Kenai Peninsula Borough resolution and funding, Chicago-based Federal Signal ... http://www.russellstigall.com/?p=121 For the Seward City News, November, 2007   SEWARD – It’s a dusty road ahead for Jim Pruitt’s Resurrection Bay shipyard. Seward Ships Drydock recently earned an Environmental Protection Agency violation for fugitive dust, its third. Department of Environmental Conservation Air Quality division issued Seward Ships a violation earlier this month ... http://www.russellstigall.com/?p=120 For the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, April 2007   MAT-SU – What has Wasilla lost in losing to Willow the Iditarod restart? Wasilla city council member Marty Metiva said his city, the official home of the Iditarod, Irondog and Jr. Iditarod, will lose, at worst, the headache of finding parking for ... http://www.russellstigall.com/?p=119 Oct 2007 Arctic Cross cyclocross Here’s mud in your eye. And ears and teeth and brand new bike jersey. That is the call of Cyclocross bike racing and in Anchorage that call can be answered at the Bicycle Shop 2007 Alaska Cyclocross series. Part Lance Armstrong part Missy “The Missile” Giove, cyclocross blends ... http://www.russellstigall.com/?p=117