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Lack of funding, high-speed Internet, counseling hampers Alaska students, group says
FAIRBANKS – A special, advisory task force is meeting in Fairbanks to address poor retention and graduation rates in higher education. The state Legislature created the group largely to ...
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Senate upset erases Alaska seniority
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – The defeat of Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski by an upstart fiscal conservative in Alaska’s GOP primary could mark a significant shift for a state that has ...
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Alaska moves to delist eastern Steller sea lions
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – The state of Alaska has petitioned the federal government to delist the eastern population of Steller sea lions as threatened. Gov. Sean Parnell, who has also has dispu...
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Longtime Interior Alaska doctor Bill James dies
• Visit the online guestbook for Dr. William James FAIRBANKS — Dr. William “Bill” James’ sense of humor never flagged. Less than two weeks before his death he recited a witty and very funny ob...
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The trans-Alaska oil pipeline crosses the Goldstream Valley on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. An internal Alyeska Pipeline Service Company report questions the wisdom of moving dozens of its workers from Fairbanks to Anchorage. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
The trans-Alaska oil pipeline crosses the Goldstream Valley on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. An internal Alyeska Pipeline Service Company report questions the wisdom of moving dozens of its workers from Fairbanks to Anchorage. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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Internal Alyeska report challenges personnel shift from Fairbanks to Anchorage
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FAIRBANKS — Three months before Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.’s February announcement that it was shifting dozens of its workers from Fairbanks to Anchorage, an internal company report questioned th...
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9DYF_IMG_1864.JPG Finding a better name for the new bridge by dermotcole
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As construction continues on the bridge that needs a name, this sign offers one possibility. But though this sign is posted on the south and north ends, even the youngest among us will get beyond ...
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With September here already, I wanted to pass along this reminder of summer sent to us by Lana Hebert of North Pole. It was taken on a warm day, Aug. 1, with the temperature in the low 80s. The ...
Dittman poll on Senate race by dermotcole
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The general election field of candidates is set or is it? Former Anchorage legislator Andrew Halcro is among those pushing for Sen. Lisa Murkowski to run a write-in campaign. The senator has not...
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Restored: An Aleutian campaign creates rat-free island
Editorial It’s not often that one can find a manufacturer of lethal animal traps and a major animal protection group on the same page, but when it comes to rats, they’ve found a common enemy. Al...
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Nicholas Steyn photo Alaska Nanooks outside hitter Tereza Bendlova delivers a kill against Drury University at the Alaska Anchorage Wells Fargo Sports Complex last weekend. Nanook netters hit the court tonight
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Nanooks kick off three days of volleyball action at the Patty Center tonight. Alaska takes on the Cal State East Bay Pioneers at 7, and the 1-1 Nanooks are excited to have...
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Fairbanks woman leads Homer derby with 277-pound halibut
FAIRBANKS — In Jamie Olvera’s case, laziness paid off. Or at least she’s hoping it will. Olvera, a 25-year-old millitary police officer at Fort Wainwright, caught a 277.6-pound halibut on Saturd...
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