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Joe Miller deposition takes a heated turn as Fairbanks borough attorney testifies
FAIRBANKS — Borough Attorney Rene Broker this week angrily denied she worked to undermine U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller’s 2010 campaign, calling the accusation “patently ridiculous and offensive...
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Yuka Honda looks over her dog team at the Braeburn checkpoint Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, during the Yukon Quest. Honda, 39, of Whitehorse, Yukon, arrived at Braeburn in 15th position. Suzanna Caldwell/News-Miner
Back of the pack forms bond on Yukon Quest trail
BRAEBURN, YUKON — Things are quiet in Braeburn. It’s been more than a day since leaders of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race sat in corners of the lodge, strategizing with handlers over t...
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Paige Drobny cruises to the Yukon Quest finish line in Whitehorse, Yukon on Thursday morning, Feb. 16, 2012. Drobny, 36, of Fairbanks finished her rookie run in 11 days, 20 hours, 17 minutes, for 14th place. Suzanna Caldwell/News-Miner Yukon Quest mushers slowly crossing finish line in Whitehorse
WHITEHORSE, YUKON — Mushers were slowly, but surely, arriving at the finish chute in Whitehorse on Wednesday. Abbie West was the first in Wednesday morning, bright-eyed and chipper despite her 4:2...
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Committee begins recommendations on school budget
Correction: The original article incorrectly said the citizens budget committee recommended $23 million more to support teacher positions, relative to the administration's budget proposal. The corr...
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Resident Julie Kotila, right, shows JVP Construction, Inc. owner Jack Phipps nails and other scrap metal during a Haystack Subdivision road service commission meeting Wednesday afternoon, February 15, 2012 at The Round Up Steakhouse. Residents are complaining that the unfinished road surface laid last year is full of metal which is puncturing tires. Eric Engman/News-Miner
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Haystack Road residents blame numerous car, tire problems on shoddy roadwork
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FAIRBANKS — Residents of the Haystack Road Service Area are upset and looking for answers after improvements to about three miles of Haystack Drive were done with gravel filled with tire-popping sc...
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'On the Ice,' a real Alaska movie, debuts in Fairbanks Friday by dermotcole
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 The new Alaska film "On the ice," an award-winning production that originated with the vision of a director who grew up  in Barrow and Fairbanks, opens at the Fairbanks movie theater Friday. ...

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Spend the day 'Writing in the Dark' by FDNMfeatures
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 Writers, feeling a little stale? Fairbanks Arts Association is putting on its annual Writing in the Dark writers' retreat Saturday. The workshop is designed to help writers generate new material,...

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Stimulus funds in the Last Frontier by FDNMstaff
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 —Posted by Rod Boyce, managing editor ProPublica tweeted today that it has put together a federal stimulus funds tracker. Guess which state is No. 2 on the list of dollars received per capit...

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Mike Taras got a picture of the ring-necked pheasant that s been spending the winter at Creamer s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge shortly after I posted my blog about the bird yesterday. Check it out. He s a colorful and handsome guy. Ring-necked pheasant still strutting at Creamer's Field by TimMowry_FDNM
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 Who says pheasants can’t survive the winter in Fairbanks? A  ring-necked pheasant that has been hanging out at Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge all winter is proving that theory wrong...

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    YQ2012—Finish
    Brent Sass gives his dog a kiss at the Whitehorse, Yukon, finish chute Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Sass, 32, of Eureka, Alaska, finished the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race in fifth place. Suzanna Caldwell/News-Miner
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