Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial “There’s nothing to do” might be a timeworn phrase from the mouths of kids, but the expression occasionally crosses the lips of adults as well. That doesn’t m…
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FAIRBANKS — Gilmore Trail neighbors are asking the Borough Assembly to overturn a permit granted to a property owner to construct a 120-foot cell phone tower, the latest neighborhood skirmish in th…
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Pacific brant is a small sea goose that likes to forage a mile or more offshore, far from bluffs, where eagles launch attacks from the air. Brant are also herbivores, and to…
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal Department of Labor report says Anchorage is a good place for people who want jobs. The report issued Friday says the unemployment rate nationally in May 2011 was 8.2…
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JUNEAU, Alaska – A Juneau gift shop owner who collected municipal sales tax but didn’t remit it to the city has been ordered to pay up. The Juneau Empire (http://bit.ly/IltQcr) reports 56-year-old…
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Two groups in Anchorage are designing a new type of neighborhood that aims to recapture the community feeling many American towns used to have when houses were closer together a…
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SITKA, Alaska – The former director of Sitka’s Southeast Alaska Indian Cultural Center has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $17,000 in federal funds from the organization. Gerald Bigelow was s…
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10 YEARS AGO April 30, 2002 — After 26 years at five different posts, Lt. Dave Lorring is a walking testimonial for the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Protection Agency. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat,”…
FAIRBANKS — Col. Todd Wood didn’t mince words. “Welcome home. Congratulations. Dismissed,” Wood said to approximately 80 soldiers from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division wh…
FAIRBANKS — For a young engineer in Alaska, the Bush is often the place where brilliant ideas get trumped by reality. Unexpected building conditions and scarce supplies in remote villages frequentl…
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