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Strykers Return
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3-year old Wesley Watts helps his mother Willa Watts with the VFW hold a flag as another 300-plus soldiers with the 1-25 Stryker Brigade Combat Team return to Fort Wainwright Sunday, April 22, 2012 after serving a year-long deployment in Afghanistan.
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Operation Arctic Care
Capt. Brooke Henderson (left), veterinarian, 993rd Medical Detachment, U.S. Army Reserve, performs an eye exam on Wilson, a Maltese-mix puppy, in Nome April 18 while U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Andrew King, 949th Medical Detachment, holds him during the procedure. “We just came from Brevig Mission where we performed 40 vaccinations and seven surgeries,” Henderson said. Photo by Maj. Guy Hayes, Alaska National Guard Public Affairs.
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New CH-47F Chinooks arrive.
Four new CH-47F Chinook helicopters arrive at Fort Wainwright on Thursday afternoon, April 19, 2012. The new F models will replace the D models that the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment currently flies. The regiment has received eight of the 12 new aircraft that are being flown here from Savannah, Ga. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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Redeployment ceremony for Companies B and C, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment
Soldiers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment huddle together after the conclusion of their redeployment observance ceremony Thursday afternoon, April 12, 2012, at Fort Wainwright.  Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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Ice Alaska Ice Park
From left David Starkey, 8, and dad Sean Starkey gaze at “Space Dog,” an ice sculpture of an alien walking a poodle. The sculpture placed sixth at the BP World Ice Art Championships’ single block competition. JR Ancheta/News-Miner intern
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2012 Sonot Kkaazoot
Skiers make their way up the Chena River at the start of the 50-kilometer Sonot Kkaazoot on Saturday morning, March 24, 2012, in Fairbanks. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
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News Miner staff photos
The 1A-2A-3A Boys 4X200 Meter Relay champions (from left) Eielson s Muriel Grohmman, Scott Delauder, and Alex Weldon, along with teammate Malik Grohman, obscured in back, take a victory run with the Alaska Flag on the second and final day of competition during the Alaska School Activities Association/First National Bank Alaska State Track and Field Championships Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska. Eric Engman/News-Miner
The 1A-2A-3A Boys 4X200 Meter Relay champions (from left) Eielson's Muriel Grohmman, Scott Delauder, and Alex Weldon, along with teammate Malik Grohman, obscured in back, take a victory run with the Alaska Flag on the second and final day of competition during the Alaska School Activities Association/First National Bank Alaska State Track and Field Championships Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska. Eric Engman/News-Miner
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West Valley s Sarah Swanson competes in the finals of the 4A Girls Shot Put event on the second and final day of competition during the Alaska School Activities Association/First National Bank Alaska State Track and Field Championships Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska. Eric Engman/News-Miner
West Valley's Sarah Swanson competes in the finals of the 4A Girls Shot Put event on the second and final day of competition during the Alaska School Activities Association/First National Bank Alaska State Track and Field Championships Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska. Eric Engman/News-Miner
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Lathrop s Alisha Allen, left, and Wasilla s Morgan Dampier, right, lean into the finish line during the 4A Girls 100 Meter Dash on the second and final day of competition during the Alaska School Activities Association/First National Bank Alaska State Track and Field Championships Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Lathrop's Alisha Allen, left, and Wasilla's Morgan Dampier, right, lean into the finish line during the 4A Girls 100 Meter Dash on the second and final day of competition during the Alaska School Activities Association/First National Bank Alaska State Track and Field Championships Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska. Eric Engman/News-Miner
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Red ribbons with messages written on them hang from a tree in memory of lost loved ones during the annual Fairbanks Heart Walk in Veteran s Memorial Park downtown Saturday morning, May 19, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Red ribbons with messages written on them hang from a tree in memory of lost loved ones during the annual Fairbanks Heart Walk in Veteran's Memorial Park downtown Saturday morning, May 19, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
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Hundreds turned out for the annual Fairbanks Heart Walk in Veteran s Memorial Park downtown Saturday morning, May 19, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Hundreds turned out for the annual Fairbanks Heart Walk in Veteran's Memorial Park downtown Saturday morning, May 19, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
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The Alaska Club Zumba instructors get the crowd warmed up during the annual Fairbanks Heart Walk in Veteran s Memorial Park downtown Saturday morning, May 19, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
The Alaska Club Zumba instructors get the crowd warmed up during the annual Fairbanks Heart Walk in Veteran's Memorial Park downtown Saturday morning, May 19, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
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First year Hutchison High School English teacher Alysa Loring gets a card from one of her students while monitoring the hallway on the last day of school Friday morning, May 18, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
First year Hutchison High School English teacher Alysa Loring gets a card from one of her students while monitoring the hallway on the last day of school Friday morning, May 18, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
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First year Hutchison High School English teacher Alysa Loring monitors the hallway in between classes on the last day of school Friday morning, May 18, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
First year Hutchison High School English teacher Alysa Loring monitors the hallway in between classes on the last day of school Friday morning, May 18, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
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First year Hutchison High School English teacher Alysa Loring works on grading her sophomore English 10 final exams next to the marker board with a message from one of her students on it on the last day of school Friday morning, May 18, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
First year Hutchison High School English teacher Alysa Loring works on grading her sophomore English 10 final exams next to the marker board with a message from one of her students on it on the last day of school Friday morning, May 18, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
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A bicyclist moves away from the sidewalk as two moose graze along Northern Lights Boulevard in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, May 18, 2012. Friday is Bike to Work Day in Anchorage, and thousands of people were expected to give up their cars in favor of pedal power. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
A bicyclist moves away from the sidewalk as two moose graze along Northern Lights Boulevard in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, May 18, 2012. Friday is Bike to Work Day in Anchorage, and thousands of people were expected to give up their cars in favor of pedal power. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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Alaska Airlines Capt. Trent Davey carries a 55 lb. Copper River King Salmon, Friday, May 18, 2012, as the annual first air shipment of the prized salmon arrived from Alaska early Friday morning in Seattle. Copper River salmon are prized for their high oil content and flavor. They typically bring the highest prices at restaurants and fish markets. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Alaska Airlines Capt. Trent Davey carries a 55 lb. Copper River King Salmon, Friday, May 18, 2012, as the annual first air shipment of the prized salmon arrived from Alaska early Friday morning in Seattle. Copper River salmon are prized for their high oil content and flavor. They typically bring the highest prices at restaurants and fish markets. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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In this May 16, 2012 photo, the 60-foot long Diehless, built by the Astoria Boat Building Co. in 1916 as a freight ship, is sunk in Ward Cove harbor in Ketchikan, Alaska. The boat also sank in March 2010 but was salvaged and refloated. (AP Photo/Ketchikan Daily News, Hall Anderson)
In this May 16, 2012 photo, the 60-foot long Diehless, built by the Astoria Boat Building Co. in 1916 as a freight ship, is sunk in Ward Cove harbor in Ketchikan, Alaska. The boat also sank in March 2010 but was salvaged and refloated. (AP Photo/Ketchikan Daily News, Hall Anderson)
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