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Auto registration tax, other issues on Fairbanks council agenda tonight
FAIRBANKS - The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly is scheduled to meet tonight and will hold a hearing on an unpopular motor vehicle registration tax that authors Nadine Winters and Matt Want s...
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Yukon Quest trail offers hunters access to Fortymile herd
FAIRBANKS — The Yukon Quest trail isn’t just for mushers. Hunters looking to bag a Fortymile caribou before the winter hunt closes on Feb. 28 might want to check it out, too. While mushers didn’t ...
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People listen to comments as coffee shop owners, baristas, and concerned community members gather next to the Sunrise Bagel & Espresso drive-thru on Illinois Street for a candlelight vigil and safety meeting Wednesday evening, February 8, 2012, in the wake of the abduction of of Anchorage barista Samantha Koenig. Dozens turned out for the event, organized by former barista Jaime Ames. Alaska State Trooper Sgt. Brian Wassmann was on hand giving safety tips and advice. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Disappearance of Anchorage barista prompts coffee hut employees to host Fairbanks vigil
FAIRBANKS — Her smiling face is recognizable across the state as the girl who was abducted from her coffee stand in Anchorage. On Wednesday night in Fairbanks, a poster with Samantha Koenig’s face ...
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Vitaly Lednev of Russia carves a whale slide with a chisel out an eight-foot tall block of ice for the children’s section for Ice Alaska’s children’s section Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. JR Ancheta/News-Miner intern
New Fairbanks home of BP World Ice Art Championships comes to life
FAIRBANKS — After months of preparation, the George Horner Ice Park — the new home of the BP World Ice Art Championships — is coming to life. Dozens of volunteers were busy at the organization’s 2...
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A participant in a mass-casualty exercise cries out in mock pain as he waits for emergency responders to free his leg from a piece of debris. The exercise was part of Alaska Shield 2012 Continuity of Operations, a series of disaster prepardness drills which will be held in Alaska communities over the course of a week. Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Dorothy Chomicz/News-Miner
Mock disaster drill tests Fairbanks responders
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks-area emergency responders participated in a mock disaster Wednesday as part of a statewide exercise that tests various components of a community’s emergency operations plan. ...
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Fairbanks man pleads guilty in scissors assault
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks man pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon to attacking his roommate with a pair of scissors last fall in a crime attorneys on both sides of the case said was not as serious as ...
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Rep. Bob Miller introduces bill to help parents meet teachers
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks Rep. Bob Miller on Wednesday introduced a measure that would allow working parents to take off time to attend parent-teacher conferences. The measure, House Bill 315, would g...
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Militia member gets prison sentence in Wash.
FAIRBANKS — A Washington State tax preparer and member of the Sovereign Citizen movement was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for filing fraudulent tax returns that deprived the IRS of an estimat...
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Looking back in Fairbanks — Feb. 9
10 YEARS AGO Feb. 9, 2002 — High heels or bunny boots? Two decades ago, it appears that most women opted for the former. But if the roster for the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog race is any ...
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Alaska election redistricting lawsuit heads to an appeal
FAIRBANKS — Both parties in a lawsuit about Alaska’s plan to redraw House election district lines announced plans Tuesday to appeal a recent Superior Court Decision to the Supreme Court. On a 5-0...
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Fairbanks borough tackles air quality again
FAIRBANKS — In two weeks, the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly will take another crack at the controversial issue of improving air quality in the borough. A measure introduced by Assembly me...
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Fairbanks school board gets an earful about budget issues
FAIRBANKS — It was standing room only at the beginning of the school board meeting Tuesday night. Parents, teachers, students and community supporters came to testify about the district’s proposed ...
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Tanana man pleads guilty in sex assault case
FAIRBANKS — A Tanana man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexually abusing a teenage girl. He is expected to receive a five-year prison sentence under the terms of a plea agreement but will not be sentenc...
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Middle Nenana River Advisory Committee votes down antlerless hunts in 20A
FAIRBANKS — The Middle Nenana River Advisory Committee voted against the reauthorization of an antlerless moose hunt in Game Management Unit 20A on Monday in Healy. The committee voted 6-4 against...
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New subscription fire service contains Salcha blaze
FAIRBANKS — The Salcha Fire and Rescue Department confined a fire last week to the rafters of a home thanks to help from residents and neighbors equipped with handheld smoke detectors. The fire w...
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