Butte, AK News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/butte/ Butte, AK News Root crops sweeten under snow http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/butte/content/5caa65840aa715e8747114ce9ba22af8.html The oftenused phrase blanket of snow has a realistic definition for farmers As the snow fell quietly over much of the Valley on Tuesday it was providing insulation from the cold for tubers and root crops still in the ground Together 9108 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/butte/content/3cdc7af6278fcfd3adcf471b3499761c.html AUG 24 1983 Together http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/butte/content/95d83e986c620800da3d39ffa4caeaa8.html AUG 24 1983 Want free broccoli Sign up for newsletter http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/butte/content/5ac451f7f9738c1501daeafa37463fc2.html Sounds like Ben VanderWeele has finally gone around the bend He's giving away food at the South Anchorage Farmers Market on Saturday That is if you consider broccoli food as many of us do unlike a former president of the United States News Minute: Butte County blazeRadio addressesCheney checkup http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/butte/content/55101370c80085f5299b741df00277ee.html Click through for continually updated top news from around the nation Easier way to top http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/butte/content/8641f46e6025702198fcb61ef06f9b5b.html PALMER Valley Mountain Biking and Hiking members hope to put a little more lazy into the Lazy Mountain trail this summer Rain nudges crops along in the Valley http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/butte/content/154c94dd88bb52b7afbe7aee87ba36a5.html While the rain certainly puts a damper on hay farming vegetable farmers around the Valley at least have crops to harvest Will the lights go out in Adak http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/butte/content/43e9f04e0a4117aa97158eadd44d90fa.html This community of 300 has only 15 hours of electricity left and a 320000 unpaid bill to its fuel supplier Aleut Corporation Adak is 350 miles west of Unalaska