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Schaeffer Cox barred from carrying gun
FAIRBANKS – The leader of the local Second Amendment Task Force has been barred from possessing a gun for at least the next two months. Schaeffer Cox, 26, was arrested Wednesday night after Fair...
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West Valley High School foreign exchange students Cristal Linarez, left, and Own Saipia, right, both 17, work their way through an ice labyrinth as people continue to enjoy the Ice Alaska Ice Park off of Phillips Field Road during the BP World Ice Art Championships Friday, March 19, 2010. "It s so bright," Saipia, from Thailand, said of her first winter experience. "It was amazing," she added about the ice park and ice carvings. It was Linarez s second time visiting Fairbanks in the winter, but teh Dominican Republic native was still in awe. "In my country it is summer all the time," she added. Ice Alaska has a little more time on its river front land while the borough tries to works out a deal its landlord, the Alaska Railroad Corp. An April 1 deadline to pay tens of thousands of dollars in back rent will be extended by a month or two, railroad Vice-President Jim Kubitz said. The borough and the railroad are haggling about the terms of a long-term lease even as the railroad continues to press for Ice Alaska to move to Pioneer Park. The park is open through Sunday, March 28th. Eric Engman/News-Miner Groups work to keep Ice Alaska from melting away
FAIRBANKS — Ice Alaska’s future remains on thin ice. The ice sculpting benefactor rents land from the state-owned Alaska Railroad Corp. and is faced with a steep rent increase. Ice Alaska Chair...
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Delta man to be brought back after fleeing state
FAIRBANKS – A Delta Junction man charged with attempted murder who fled to Canada and then the Lower 48 will be heading back Alaska in the next few weeks. James Lyle Mead, 44, sought asylum in C...
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Plan to cap state spending advances
JUNEAU — The House Finance Committee on Friday quietly advanced a proposed cap on annual state spending. The legislative session could be too far along for the measure, from Rep. Mike Kelly, R-F...
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Sean Jeffers Suspect in Goldstream shooting turns himself in to authorities
FAIRBANKS – A murder suspect on the run for three days surrendered Friday night. Court documents allege that Sean M. Jeffers, 24, fatally shot 20-year-old Bryan Richardson on Tuesday night...
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Army Ranger from Fairbanks dies of wounds sustained in Afghanistan
FAIRBANKS – An Army Ranger who was born and raised in Fairbanks has died of injuries he sustained last week while serving in Afghanistan. Special Forces Army Ranger Joel D. Clarkson, 23, w...
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Alaska’s old guard urges in-state gas
JUNEAU — Heavy-hitters including former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens told a state Senate panel Thursday to help finance a proposed in-state natural gas pipeline, providing another sign of shifting mome...
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Schaeffer Cox Second Amendment Task Force leader Schaeffer Cox arrested on weapons charge
FAIRBANKS — A local gun-rights advocate was arrested on a weapons charge on Wednesday night after Fairbanks police say he failed to notify an officer he was carrying a concealed pistol. Schaeffe...
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North Pole council picks Jacobson’s replacement
FAIRBANKS – The North Pole City Council selected civil servant Ron Jones to fill a vacancy, city officials confirmed Thursday following a special meeting. Jones is a 14-year resident of North P...
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Sports
Cizmowski sparks Tri-Valley to small schools hockey tournament
FAIRBANKS — Led by Greatland Conference Most Valuable Player Kaz Cizmowski, the Tri-Valley Viking Warriors advanced to the small schools state hockey tournament with a 9-0 win against the Su-Val...
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Tri-Valley boys, Seldovia girls garner Nenana Invitational crowns
FAIRBANKS — The Tri-Valley boys and Seldovia girls came away with the Nenana Invitational Tournament high school basketball championship trophies on Saturday night. Tri-Valley pulled ahead in th...
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Fairbanks Ice Dogs end Texas trip with loss
FAIRBANKS — James Saintey put the Fairbanks Ice Dogs ahead 2-1 in the second period with his second goal of Saturday night’s North American Hockey League game against the Texas Tornado. Unfortu...
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Alaska s Andy Taranto, right, attempts to recover the puck after Michigan State goaltender Drew Palmisano blocked his diving shot during the second period of Saturday evening s, February 6, 2010, Central Collegiate Hockey Association game at the Carlson Center. John Wagner/News-Miner Alaska hockey drives Michigan State to a shootout but can't seal the deal
FAIRBANKS — A 1-1 overtime tie and ensuing shootout loss on Saturday night against the 12th-ranked Michigan State Spartans gave the Alaska Nanooks only one point in the Central Collegiate Hockey...
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No. 5 Besh Cup race is snowy fun for cross-country skiers
FAIRBANKS — Alaska Nanooks senior Julia Pierson and Team FAST’s Tyson Flaharty led a field of Alaska’s elite skiers Saturday for the fifth Besh Cup race of the season at the Birch Hill Recreatio...
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Alaska Anchorage s Brandon Walker passes off the ball during Saturday afternoon s, February 6, 2010, Great Northwest Athletic Conference game against the Alaska Nanooks at the Patty Center. The Seawolves topped the Nanooks 56-42. John Wagner/News-Miner Alaska Nanooks men's basketball team can’t muster offense against UAA
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Nanooks on Saturday gave up the fewest points they have all season. However, that meant little because they also scored an all-time low when playing arch-rival Alaska Anch...
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Alaska Nanooks women’s hoops team loses to Montana State on last-second shot
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Nanooks came within a second of pulling off their first win of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s basketball season on Saturday night in Billings, Mont. Monta...
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Lathrop s Colton Wolter, left, dislodges the puck from the control of West Valley s Dylan Blankenship, center, during the second period of Saturday evening s, February 6, 2010, Railbelt Conference Championship game at the Patty Ice Arena. At right is Lathrop goaltender Stephon Williams. John Wagner/News-Miner Lathrop upsets West Valley in conference hockey final
FAIRBANKS — The Lathrop Malemutes had scored only two goals combined in a pair of losses to crosstown rival West Valley during the Railbelt Hockey Conference regular season. The defending state...
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Fairbanks Arctic Bears end season with win
FAIRBANKS — The Arctic Bears of Fairbanks concluded the girls high school hockey season on a winning note Saturday afternoon, defeating the Mat-Su Ravens, 4-1. The Mat-Su Ravens won the first tw...
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Features
Northward bound: Congratulations and welcome to our next UA president
News-Miner editorial A person doesn’t need to “make general” as a prerequisite of being hired to run the University of Alaska system. But it obviously doesn’t hurt. Retired Air Force Gen. Pat Ga...
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Rampant deviousness: Democrats in Congress bend the rules on health care vote
News-Miner editorial In Washington, D.C., land of the long speeches, Rep. Don Young made his point in under a minute Tuesday. The object of his brevity was the not-so-brief health care legislati...
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Bridge stopped: Review of Corps decision on Colville bridge needed
News-Miner editorial Sen. Mark Begich said Tuesday that federal regulators have again rejected efforts to allow a Colville River bridge that is needed to reach a proposed oil drilling project in...
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Mackey makes it: Fairbanks musher joins the Iditarod elite
News-Miner editorial Some combination of good dogs, good fortune and phenomenal drive puts an individual musher at the pinnacle of the long-distance sled dog sport every few years. Lance Mackey ...
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Resident visitors: Fairbanks welcomes its village neighbors to town
News-Miner editorial Hundreds of people are visiting Fairbanks this week to participate in annual meetings of Interior Alaska’s two major Native corporations — the nonprofit Tanana Chiefs Confer...
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The facts of Life Sciences: Governor must come out strongly for UA project
News-Miner editorial Those who are seeking to change the funding approach for the top University of Alaska construction project need to explain why they want to risk setting back a project that ...
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Allies needed: Packing at public debates hurts gun rights progress
Editorial The recent strengthening of gun rights in Alaska and across the nation is a logical, long-overdue reaction to the criminal threats that normal people face every day. It also respects t...
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Help for CSP: Community Service Patrol needs more than a new van
Editorial Finding the money to buy a new van might not seem like such a big deal, but it is if you’re in a program that continually struggles for financial support. The Community Service Patrol ...
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Quiet title: Annexation progressed with no protest, as was appropriate
News-Miner editorial Last week was quiet in the Legislature and, in that slow moment when many legislators were out of town, a short but significant modification of the Fairbanks city boundary c...
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News-Miner Editorial
Northward bound: Congratulations and welcome to our next UA president
News-Miner editorial A person doesn’t need to “make general” as a prerequisite of being hired to run the University of Alaska system. But it obviously doesn’t hurt. Retired Air Force Gen. Pat Ga...
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Letters to the Editor
Stalinist bill
Letter to the editor March 18, 2010 To the editor: I urge your readers to look at Senate Bill 3081, “Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention and Prosecution Act of 2010,” introduced March 4 ...
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Hunting bill
Letters to the Editor March 18, 2010 To the editor: I am writing in regard to the recent front page article on “hunting bill,” I’m sorry, I mean House Bill 267. Rep. Kelly said, “If this bill is...
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Open election
Letter to the Editor March 18, 2010 To the editor: Free speech is the right everyone has in this country, which the veterans have given us. This right protects the people so wrong practices do n...
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Common sense
Letter to the editor March 16, 2010 To the editor: I’m chagrined to hear of guns recently carried openly at a borough assembly meeting and the children’s play area of the Ice Park. More concerni...
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