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Year’s tally of area fire deaths is biggest this decade
FAIRBANKS — It’s been a bad year for fire deaths in the Fairbanks area, with the five fatalities in 2009 marking the most this decade. The fires — which occurred in four separate incidents — don...
FAIRBANKS — It’s been a bad year for fire deaths in the Fairbanks area, with the five fatalities in 2009 marking the most this decade. The fires — which occurred in four separate incidents — don...
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Vessel begins towing damaged Alaska tug to Port Valdez
VALDEZ , Alaska – Salvage crews have finished transferring thousands of gallons of diesel fuel from a stricken tugboat that crashed into the same reef that damaged the Exxon Valdez 20 years...
VALDEZ , Alaska – Salvage crews have finished transferring thousands of gallons of diesel fuel from a stricken tugboat that crashed into the same reef that damaged the Exxon Valdez 20 years...
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Hockey Week returns to Fairbanks this February
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks’ award-winning celebration of hockey is scheduled to return in February. The Fairbanks Hockey Hall of Fame has announced that it will host its fourth Hockey Week in Fairban...
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks’ award-winning celebration of hockey is scheduled to return in February. The Fairbanks Hockey Hall of Fame has announced that it will host its fourth Hockey Week in Fairban...
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Glaciers underpin an important marine food source
JUNEAU , Alaska – A study done on Juneau’s glaciers shows that the hulking blocks of ice produce high-quality food for the organisms that live in downstream rivers and the ocean. The ...
JUNEAU , Alaska – A study done on Juneau’s glaciers shows that the hulking blocks of ice produce high-quality food for the organisms that live in downstream rivers and the ocean. The ...
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Fairbanks Fire Department firefighters exit the Northward Building after extinguishing a third-floor blaze Friday evening, Dec. 25, 2009. The single-apartment fire started when a tenant forgot to turn their stove off after cooking dinner and fell asleep. After a full evacuation of the eight-story building, only one occupant was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation, according to battalion chief Rich Meyer. John Wagner/News-Miner
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FAIRBANKS — Many Fairbanks charities received unprecedented amounts of donations and have seen an increase in the number of donors despite a weakened economy. “I think that people are still seeing...
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Christmas time at home by dermotcole
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The late Jim Bell, one of the more charismatic entertainers in the history of Fairbanks, gave this performance one Christmas at the Palace Saloon. The audio isn't great, but the video captures his dynamic style. | 3 |
Santa tracker keeps tabs on night flier by dermotcole
Dec 24, 2009 | 1 | 6 |
NORAD has been tracking Santa on Christmas Eve for more than a half-century, a practice that began in 1955 when a misprint in an ad led kids to call a military phone line that they thought was a hot line to Santa. Here is what NORAD says about this: For more than 50 years, NORAD an... | 6 |
Political division by dermotcole
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The split between Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich over health care mirrors the situation in the country, where Democrats and Republicans are acting like polar opposites. In Alaska, we haven't seen anything like this on a policy question since the 1970s, when Sens. Ted Stevens and M... | 3 |
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