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Verizon Wireless readies plans for Fairbanks cell phone towers
FAIRBANKS — Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless carrier in the country, is taking the next step as it prepares to offer service in the Fairbanks area. The borough planning commission unanimousl...
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With Eielson on chopping block again, Alaska needs new strategy
FAIRBANKS — The Air Force issued a white paper last week on how it plans the tricky maneuver of shrinking and reconfiguring its operations with a new focus on Asia and the Pacific. The news that t...
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Court ruling could have ripple effect on many election districts
FAIRBANKS — In a wide-ranging decision that touches on such far-ranging subjects as the Peloponnesian War and Balto’s role in the serum run to Nome, Superior Court Judge Michael McConahy has set th...
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A tale of two ConocoPhillips presentations with Alaska comments
FAIRBANKS — The Make Alaska Competitive Coalition has a PowerPoint presentation on its website from Marianne Kah of ConocoPhillips titled “Alaska’s Role in World Energy Supplies.” The contents are...
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Flint Hills plans four-day shutdown to complete heat recovery project
FAIRBANKS — The Flint Hills Refinery at North Pole is expected to start a four-day shutdown today to finish a project under which the refinery is installing facilities to recapture some of the heat...
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Buffalo, N.Y., family seeks to return 1968 Lathrop High School class ring
FAIRBANKS — In snowless Buffalo, N.Y., Kathy and Wayne Wilhelm visited Wayne’s parents for dinner not long ago and spent some time looking through a box of old keepsakes. As they sorted through th...
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Should a McDonald’s menu get the same treatment as a secret oil document?
FAIRBANKS — When the state Department of Revenue receives information from oil companies, it almost always treats the information as confidential, interpreting the law so broadly that even document...
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State audit says human rights commission needs new approach
FAIRBANKS — A recent legislative audit concluded the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights is not investigating complaints in a timely manner and that there are other shortcomings in the operati...
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Finance analyst says next budget plan ‘critical to Alaska’s future’
FAIRBANKS — As David Teal, the head of the legislative finance division, drafted his overview of the next proposed state budget, his Juneau staff members found it “pessimistic, even borderline depr...
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Gleason oil tax decision should not be dismissed as ‘distraction’
FAIRBANKS — The chief public spokesman for cutting taxes on the major oil companies, former UA President Mark Hamilton, referred to Anchorage Judge Sharon Gleason as “Jackie Gleason,” the rotund co...
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Fairbanksan offers $1,000 reward for best constitutional letter
FAIRBANKS — Once every 10 years in Alaska, the voters have a chance to decide if there should be another constitutional convention. The last time this issue came up was in 2002, when Alaskans reje...
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‘Guys Read’ seeks volunteers to teach healthy page-turning habits
FAIRBANKS — The cold snap has put a chill on the volunteer training turnout for Guys Read, but there’s still time for guys to sign up and help show fourth-grade boys reading is rewarding. Voluntee...
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Transportation planners remove ‘gateway arch’ from Fairbanks road project
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks Metropolitan Area Transportation System planning group stripped the steel ‘gateway arch’ from the proposed Illinois Street renovation project Wednesday, opting to create a...
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Election plan links Rosie Creek farmers with Salcha farmers
FAIRBANKS — The local election district plan crafted for Fairbanks by former Rep. Jim Holm, a member of the Alaska Redistricting Board, would pair Chena Ridge, University West and Ballaine Road wit...
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Pioneer Lillian Crosson witnessed Alaska aviation history
FAIRBANKS — A former Alaskan who was one of the last links to the early days of Alaska aviation has died in a Seattle suburb at 103. Lillian Crosson Frizzell, born March 9, 1908, to parents from C...
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