Fairbanks school board gets update on state funding increase FAIRBANKS — While the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is optimistic that it will receive money from the state Legislature, no one is sure in what form it will come. That is what school...
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Mere minutes separate leaders in the Iron Dog FAIRBANKS — It didn’t take long for Marc McKenna to put the 2 minute, 21 second lead he and teammate Dusty VanMeter have at the halfway point in the world’s longest, toughest snowmachine race into ...
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FAIRBANKS — Rep. Don Young is certain a controversial bill that would end the bypass mail program in Alaska lacks support on Capitol Hill and will fail, but that doesn’t stop him from being frustra...
The local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association is hosting its annual banquet Friday at Pike's Waterfront Lodge, with veteran pilot "Jorgy' Jorgensen as the guest speaker. Born in 1927 ...
Don’t be confused if you think you see 1970s TV star Erik Estrada patronizing Fairbanks area businesses Thursday — you won’t be hallucinating. The actor, best known for his role as Frank “Ponch” ...
—Posted by Matt Buxton, staff writer With plenty of studies and competing ideas floating around on the best ways to deliver clean-burning natural gas to more Alaskans, Fairbanks Sens. Joe Thoma...
Peony business blooms in Alaska FAIRBANKS — Who would have guessed cut flowers would be Alaska’s up and coming agricultural crop? Of all flowers to sell from Alaska’s fields, would you have guessed peonies? Peonies have large bl...
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Jen Peeks, a 31-year-old mental health counselor for the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel, was featured in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” last week for winning...
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state management Editorial The 782 signatures on the “Save Olnes Pond and Whitefish Campground” petitions have brought the issue to the attention of the public and state leaders. Marv Hassebroek presented his p...
Pacific District girls hockey tournament starts this week FAIRBANKS—The Alaska Icebreakers Tier II 16-Under team is literally a hearty bunch as it enters the USA Hockey Pacific District Girls Tournament on Thursday through Sunday at the Big Dipper Ice Are...
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Denali students dance to Athabascan fiddle music FAIRBANKS — Grade after grade of students at Denali Elementary School bobbed around their gymnasium on Friday to Athabascan fiddle music. Friday’s assembly was the culminating event of the school’...
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