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Murkowski: USPS to resume North Pole Santa letters
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – An Alaska senator says the U.S. Postal Service is resuming a program allowing volunteers to respond to letters sent to Santa in care of the North Pole, Alaska, post off...
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Settlement reached in Fairbanks diocese lawsuit
FAIRBANKS — A settlement between the Fairbanks Catholic Diocese and a creditors committee representing nearly 300 alleged sex abuse victims might be resolved by early next week. Robert Hannon, d...
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Interior Alaska Conservative Coalition denies violating campaign law
FAIRBANKS — The Interior Alaska Conservative Coalition this week said it did not violate state campaign law and accused the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner of spurring the Alaska Public Offices Commi...
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Two-year old Mahkel smiles while sitting with his adoptive parents Enrique and Pamela Santos during the adoption court proceedings Thursday afternoon, November 19, 2009 at the Rabinowitz Courthouse. Mahkel is the fourth child to be adopted into the Santos family. November is Adoption Awareness Month in Alaska and to celebrate November 19 as Adoption Day, seven adoptions were finalized in Fairbanks with over 30 being finalized across the state. - Eric Engman/News-Miner Alaska observes National Adoption Day
FAIRBANKS — Ashley Loaiza has reason to thank parents who foster and adopt children. It was her adoptive parents who helped foster Loaiza into her first healthy relationships. On Thursday, Loai...
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David Gregoroff, top, comforts his daughter, Shelly Rose, 5, moments before she receives a swine flu vaccination Thursday afternoon. John Wagner/News-Miner
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School district hosts first free swine flu clinic for kids
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FAIRBANKS — Parents brought their children to the first of three swine flu clinics for school-age kids in the Fairbanks North Star Borough on Thursday. Another vaccination clinic is scheduled for T...
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Post office will allow letters, with no last names by dermotcole
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With new  "security requirements to protect childrens’ identities," the post office says it will allow volunteers to answer Santa letters, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. Mark Begich said today.   The requirements, a spokesman for Murkowski said, "include redacting...
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The "unique circumstances" of Alaska posed a challenge to the Air Force in developing the scoring system under which Eielson Air Force Base fell out of favor as a top candidate for basing the F-35 fighters. The Alaska Congressional delegation raised objections after the recent announcem...
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The Dec. 7 edition of "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" is to feature a sampling of Fairbanks and North Pole restaurants, such as Big Daddy's, the Cookie Jar and the Pagoda. Guy Fieri's Christmas show for the Food Network was taped here in early October. Gloria Burcell of the C...
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Veterans Day 2009
Sarah Dirkes with the Alaska Military Youth Academy honor guard holds the Alaska flag during the presentation of flags at a Veterans & Remembrance Day ceremony on Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
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