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Police: Fairbanks man fired gun at officer before being fatally shot
Updated 6:29 p.m. 3/9/10 FAIRBANKS – A Fairbanks police officer fatally shot an armed suspect early Tuesday morning on the city’s south side. At about 12:12 a.m., the officer spotted a s...
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Alaska highways reopened after avalanches
Updated 6:35 p.m. 3/9/10 FAIRBANKS – The Richardson Highway has been reopened following a series of avalanches between Miles 12 and 65, according to the Alaska Department of Transportati...
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Iditarod launches drug testing of mushers
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Every human competitor now running the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will be tested for alcohol and illegal drugs on the trail for the first time in the history of the 1...
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Alaska’s delegation to Congress chimes in on health care reform
FAIRBANKS — Alaska Republicans do not support President Obama’s latest plan to pass health care reform, but the Democratic plan has drawn less barbed criticism than the Senate bill passed late l...
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Tri-Cities Fever running back Demetrius Crawford, right, slips an attempted tackle by Fairbanks Grizzlies defensive back Noah Harris during Monday evening s, March 8, 2010, Indoor Football League game at the Carlson Center. John Wagner/News-Miner
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Grizzlies shake off Fever for 4OT win
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FAIRBANKS - The Fairbanks Grizzlies had no quit Monday night in an Indoor Football League game that seemed to have no limits on time. The Grizzlies prevailed 69-67 in four overtimes against the Tr...
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Former UAF journalism instructor interrupts Oscar speech by dermotcole
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Elinor Burkett, who taught journalism at UAF for a year in 2003-04, rushed onto the stage at the Oscars Sunday night and took her fight with documentary director-producer Roger Ross Williams to a worldwide TV audience. She said "the man never lets the woman talk," after moving in front of him...
Japanese delegation seeks to preserve memory of Jujiro Wada, Fairbanks pioneer by dermotcole
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There ought to be a  monument of some kind in Fairbanks for Jujiro Wada,  one of the unsung founders of the community. The Japanese adventurer, long distance runner, mining promoter and soldier of fortune grew up in Matsuyama City in poverty. He left home at 16 to go to North Americ...
Sunset Magazine names Fairbanks a town of the future by dermotcole
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With the University of Alaska Fairbanks helping lead the study of climate change, Fairbanks is one of the top 20 western U.S. towns of the future, according to an article in the March issue of Sunset Magazine. Others making the grade are Oakland, Pasadena, Las Cruces, Boise, Tucson, Denver, P...
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This March 7, 2009, file photo shows Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher Hugh Neff s lead dogs jumping in their harness as they get ready for the ceremonial start of the race  in Anchorage, Alaska. The 38th running of the world s most famous sled dog race kicks off Saturday amid depleted finances that have slashed the cash purse even as the cost of competitive mushing continues to climb. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
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