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Sven Haltman doesn’t rest, wins Yukon Quest 300
CIRCLE — Sven Haltman can finally sleep. If he wants to. The Energizer Bunny of a man won the Yukon Quest 300 at 7:42 p.m. Monday with an ever-pushing, dozing-be-darned style. The 32-year-old Fa...
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Sam Deltour, 25, of Sint-Kruis, Belgium, crosses a slough as he leaves the Circle checkpoint and heads out onto the Yukon River on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Deltour was the fifteenth musher of 24 still in the race to leave the historic Yukon River village. — Sam Harrel/News-Miner Steer, Mackey set speed records to Slaven's Roadhouse
CIRCLE — Just after midnight Monday morning, Lance Mackey walked over to Hugh Neff in the Circle checkpoint dog yard and told him who was the champion. “Saints won,” he said. As for who will win...
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Carl Cochrane, shows musher Peter Fleck some of his craftwork in his cabin Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, on Birch Creek 25 miles from Circle, Alaska. Fleck, 19, of Salisbury, England, was taking advantage of a warm cabin Cochrane"s hospitality as he rested during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Cochrane, 76, who has lived on the banks of the river since 1969, opens his home to the mushers each year. "When it is 50, 60 below I get a lot of them stopping here," Cochrane said. — Sam Harrel/News-Miner Birch Creek cabin is annual oasis for exhausted Yukon Quest mushers
CENTRAL — His main reason for moving to Alaska was “to get the hell out of civilization,” but Carl Cochrane is anything but reclusive. Cochrane’s doors have always been open to visitors, and the...
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Plea deal reached in OxyContin possession case
A North Pole man who pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a prescription drug told a judge Monday he was lucky authorities caught him when they did. Under the terms of a plea agreement, Josh D....
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Fairbanks woman charged with attempted murder in neighbor's stabbing
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks woman accused of stabbing her neighbor in the arm last month has been indicted for attempted murder. Jennifer E. Loving, 31, has been in jail since Jan. 28 when she alle...
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Ballot initiative plan gets mixed reviews
FAIRBANKS — A plan to expose contributors to state initiative efforts at the signature-gathering stage received a mixed reception Monday. The bill, from Rep. Kyle Johansen, R-Ketchikan, would m...
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The Polaris Building is seen Monday afternoon, February 8, 2010, from the downtown parking garage. — John Wagner/News-Miner Polaris developer outlines plans to Fairbanks City Council
FAIRBANKS — Anchorage developer Marc Marlow updated Fairbanks City Council members of his plans to redevelop the Polaris building, an empty downtown hotel, at a work session preceding Monday’s r...
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Fairbanks North Star Borough is recruiting summer employees
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks North Star Borough is recruiting summer employees for seven positions, including laborers, park ranger aides and Pioneer Park train engineer. Job descriptions are avail...
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Short online survey helps UAF Extension
FAIRBANKS — A small online survey will help the UAF Cooperative Extension Service narrow its field of focus. Both users and non-users of Extension are invited to take the survey that will ask ...
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Guest Twitter poet to present at UAF
FAIRBANKS — Well-known reporter, editor and “twitter poet” Mark Trahant will be a guest lecturer at UAF this week. On Thursday, Trahant will give a presentation on “Native Americans, Media and...
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Huge airplanes coming to Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS — This is going to be a big week at Fairbanks International Airport. Today and Wednesday, two of the biggest airplanes Fairbanks will see this year will touchdown in Fairbanks. At 10 a...
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Randolph Fairbanks woman who lost control of car on Chena Hot Springs Road is still missing
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks woman who drove her vehicle into a ditch on Dec. 12 and walked away remains missing, according to Alaska State Troopers. Samantha Lee Randolph, 40, lost control of her ve...
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Looking Back in Fairbanks — Feb. 9
10 YEARS AGO Feb. 9, 2000 — Co-workers of News-Miner city editor Rod Boyce took no chances on the returning musher not finding his desk Tuesday. Trail markers — wooden stakes painted floures...
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Labor chairman: Alaska gasoline price gouging bills need work
JUNEAU – Work is needed on a pair of bills aimed at regulating wholesale gasoline prices, a key House committee chairman said Monday. The bills, as proposed, would place a ceiling on the ...
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Steer holds onto lead as Quest front-runners head out onto Yukon River
FAIRBANKS – Zack Steer of Sheep Mountain was the first musher into Slaven’s Roadhouse on Monday, arriving at 12:52 p.m. with 14 dogs. Three-time Yukon Quest champion Hans Gatt and fo...
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