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This undated handout photo provided by the Anchorage Police Department shows 34-year-old Israel Keyes. Anchorage police say Keyes was arrested Tuesday, March 13, 2012 in Lufkin, Texas, on charges connected to the disappearance of an 18-year-old barista in February.
Suspect in Alaska barista murder tries to flee courtroom
Updated 5:53 p.m. ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The man charged in the kidnapping and killing of an 18-year-old Anchorage barista attempted to dash out of a federal courtroom Wednesday but was tackled by ...
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Defense begins cross-examination of informant in Fairbanks militia trial
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Defense attorneys began to cross-examine an FBI informant Wednesday in the federal trial of Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox and two others accused of amassing illegal wea...
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Fairbanks OKs grant money for teen shelter
FAIRBANKS — An amendment to the language of a grant agreement will allow a local organization to continue with plans to use the money to open an emergency shelter for homeless teens. After months ...
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Rural Alaska women most at risk for sexual violence
EMMONAK, Alaska - She was 19, a young Alaska Native woman in this icebound fishing village of 800 in the Yukon River delta, when an intruder broke into her home and raped her. The man left. Shaking...
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Sandhill cranes congregate in the front viewing field of Creamer s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge during their spring migration Tuesday morning, May 22, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Sandhill cranes congregate in the front viewing field of Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge during their spring migration Tuesday morning, May 22, 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner
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Fairbanks school board accepts teacher contract
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FAIRBANKS — As Superintendent Pete Lewis helped introduce the matter of ratifying the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District teacher contract at Tuesday night’s school board meeting, he allud...
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Fairbanks gasoline price keeps climbing, bucking national trend by dermotcole
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 The average fuel price in Fairbanks is $4.44 a gallon, a bit more than a penny above the Anchorage average and 75 cents above the national average. At the beginning of March, the price in Fairbank...

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Ned Rozell A Top 20 list with Ned Rozell by FDNMfeatures
May 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
 Think you know a lot about Alaska? Chances are, longtime science writer Ned Rozell may be able to surprise you with some little-known facts about the Great Land. Rozell will launch the University ...

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President of Fairbanks Republican Women resigns to run for North Pole’s House seat by FDNMstaff
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 —Posted by Matt Buxton, staff writer The race for the Republican nomination for the North Pole House district, a spot that all but guarantees a win in the overwhelmingly Republican-voting di...

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The trip up the Alaska Highway was miserable, with days of rain of snow. Giles was happy to reach the border with Alaska, despite the snowfall. Courtesy Giles Cooper “I am here! Not the port of entry I expected, but I am in Alaska, all the same.” —excerpt from Giles Cooper blog  
Australian stops in Fairbanks during ‘Elsie from bottom to top’ dream tour
FAIRBANKS - Wednesday’s sunshine was a welcome sight for Giles Cooper as he sat in his silver Lotus Elise convertible watching the sandhill cranes at Creamer’s Field. “It’s been nothing but clouds...
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