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Parnell: Alaska miners fighting uphill battle
FAIRBANKS — Gov. Sean Parnell once again took aim at federal regulations as he spoke at a mining industry conference Wednesday afternoon in Fairbanks. “We’re fighting an uphill battle with the f...
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Poor snow conditions move Open North American out of downtown Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS — The Open North American Championship Sled Dog Race scheduled for March 19-21 in downtown Fairbanks has been moved to the Jeff Studdert Racegrounds, Alaska Dog Mushers Association off...
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Alaska man released from hospital after remote cabin rescue
FAIRBANKS – A man who was rescued in a military operation during the weekend after suffering from chest pains has been released from the hospital. Eric Wade, 57, was at a remote cabin near the B...
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A dead moose debacle: What to do with that big dead animal in your yard
FAIRBANKS — Sue McCarty came home from vacation last week to a big predicament. Her puppy, Seymour, ran into the yard, exuberant to be home after staying in the kennel. Seymour stopped in a odd ...
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Mason Pitka-Semaken, 5, seems to draw little interest from the Nanook mural as he enjoys his popsicle Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Patty Center. Pitka-Semaken traveled with his family from Anchorage to watch his father play in the WEIO North American Basketball Tournament that runs through Saturday evening. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
Mason Pitka-Semaken, 5, seems to draw little interest from the Nanook mural as he enjoys his popsicle Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Patty Center. Pitka-Semaken traveled with his family from Anchorage to watch his father play in the WEIO North American Basketball Tournament that runs through Saturday evening. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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Pollution commission gives its support to borough's chimney smoke ordinance
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FAIRBANKS — The air pollution control commission gave its “general support” to the borough mayor’s chimney smoke ordinance but plans to recommend some changes to be developed at a March 23 meeting....
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Dirk Tordoff wins top university award for excellence 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...
Former principal Bill Rogers dies in Kentucky by dermotcole
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Bill Rogers, 65, the former principal of University Park Elementary School, has died in Kentucky. A service is to be Saturday at the Imes-Miller Funeral Home on Fourth Street in Murray, Ky.  He is survived by his wife Ruth, former principal of Woodriver Elementary School. He is also surv...
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Jason Barron puts coats on his team after arriving at the Nikolai, Alaska, checkpoint, while his sled dog Classic checks out the scene on  Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
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