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State resources official warns of foreign oil dependence
FAIRBANKS — The commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources defended the state’s natural gas pipeline efforts and promoted Outer Continental Shelf drilling Thursday, saying both a...
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Police ID officer in fatal Fairbanks shooting
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks Police Department has released the name of the officer involved in a fatal shooting earlier this week. Alex Wells, a 15-year veteran of the department, shot Matthew Dil...
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Fairbanks councilwoman Vivian Stiver, right, talks with Van den Berg and Alaska Mental Health Trust chair Dr. William Doolittle, middle, and David van den Berg, executive director of the Downtown Association before they announce their purchase of a new Community Service Patrol van Thursday, March 11, 2010, downtown. The new van will replace the old van. Its service of picking up inebriates and taking them to their home, if an adult is at the residence, or to a detox center will continue. Sam Harrel/News-Miner Community Service Patrol hits the road in new van
FAIRBANKS — The Community Service Patrol had to go for the custom package when it needed a new van. Stainless-steel window grating, a protective acrylic panel behind the front seats and a side d...
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Top-ranked Alaska Nanooks face rifle showdown with West Virginia for NCAA championship
FAIRBANKS — Something’s got to give — the West Virginia Mountaineers are the defending national riflery champions, while the Alaska Nanooks come in to this year’s competition ranked No. 1. And i...
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Allen Moore of Two Rivers, Alaska cleans ice out of the groove on his sled runner so he can put a new plastic one on at the Takotna, Alaska checkpoint on Thursday March 11, 2010 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
Allen Moore of Two Rivers, Alaska cleans ice out of the groove on his sled runner so he can put a new plastic one on at the Takotna, Alaska checkpoint on Thursday March 11, 2010 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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Rep. Don Young pledges to keep earmarks coming to Alaska
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FAIRBANKS — Congressional House Republicans announced Thursday they will halt the insertion of earmarks into legislation for one year, but Alaska Rep. Don Young said he will not abide by the decisi...
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Guns don't belong at public meetings by dermotcole
Mar 11, 2010 | 37 37 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Paul Costello has a good letter to the editor today about the people who brought guns to the last borough assembly meeting because they don't like the proposed pollution control measures. I agree with him completely when he says, "Firearms have no place at an emotion-laden public meeting." ...
Dirk Tordoff wins top university foundation award by dermotcole
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Dirk Tordoff has done an outstanding job preserving rare film footage about Alaska and making it available to the public for the past 17 years. So it's great to report that he is the 2010 recipient of the University of Alaska Foundation Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence. Tordoff ...
Senate flag song addition conflicts with copyrighted text by dermotcole
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 The state Senate voted 18-2 to add a second verse to "Alaska's Flag," with supporters saying they did so because the state song, based on the words of flag designer Benny Benson, does not recognize Alaska Natives. The three Fairbanks senators, Joe Thomas, Joe Paskvan and John Coghill, v...
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One of Cindy Gallea s leaders howls with anticipation as she gets ready to leave the Takotna, Alaska checkpoint on Thursday March 11, 2010 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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