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Alaska legislators try to balance need and merit under Parnell scholarship plan
FAIRBANKS — Elected officials seem to have warmed to big increases to state-issued scholarships but, if early signs are right, remain undecided about how to assign that aid. A plan from Gov. Se...
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UAF crime declining because of ‘good kids’
FAIRBANKS — Crime at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been going down for the past two years, but the chief of campus police said he has no idea what’s behind the decline. UAF police mad...
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UAF study shows high school boys have unrealistic goals, girls more grounded
FAIRBANKS — A recent education survey that included local high school seniors reports many boys have unrealistic goals for their future, especially compared to the more grounded girls in their c...
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Armbruster cleans off an ice drill while checking ice thickness for competition blocks on Thursday. Ice Alaska's Armbruster is 'heart and soul' of organization
FAIRBANKS Alan Armbruster has a life story that flows like a Tom Hanks movie. The 59-year-old retired electronics technician has lived in exotic locales, including the desert of Turkey and icy G...
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Rookie Dries Jacobs, 30, of Jabbeke, Belgium, unpacks his sled again as he gets ready to leave the Mile 101 checkpoint Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010,  Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Jacobs had packed his sled several times, each time remembering something else he needed to have out. — Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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Yukon Quest racers cross Eagle, Rosebud summits on first full day
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CENTRAL — For many mushers in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, Eagle Summit did not resemble the big, bad race-wrecker it has been in the past. The 3,652-foot peak’s steep drop and pen...
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Seeking better benefits, thousands return to public jobs in Alaska by dermotcole
Feb 07, 2010 | 6 6 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Anchorage Daily News has a good story today on former state employees who did not vest in the retirement system but wanted to get back on the payroll before the July 1 deadline and qualify for benefits they would otherwise miss out on. In the past few years a lot of people who had some ti...
State presses credit agency for call center on leak of personal information by dermotcole
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The 77,000 current and retired public employees who may be at risk for identity theft because of information lost by a state contractor should receive letters within the next week or so with details on what to do next. The state is pressing a major credit agency to get a call center in place, pe...
Murkowski working on carbon reduction legislation by dermotcole
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski is working on alternative plans to limit carbon dioxide emissions while not harming the economy, a Republican staffer tells a Washington Post reporter. McKie Campbell, a Republican staff director on the energy committee who is from Alaska, told the Post that Murkowski is l...
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Sunday morning I woke up to find this young male moose at my kitchen window looking for food in my window boxes. My camera was in my pocketbook on the table right in front of the window! I was very hesitant to get it with only a pane of glass between me and this moose! I moved really slow, got a great picture ... and very lucky! Christine Shurow, North Pole
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