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North Pole High School Class of 2012
FAIRBANKS - North Pole High School graduated 110 seniors Tuesday night at the Carlson Center. The class of 2012 valedictorian was Jessica Taylor Garvin, and the salutatorian was Caitlin Marie Ellio...
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U.S. senators request overhaul of military restructuring
Updated 9:35 a.m. to add that Sen. Lisa Murkowski also signed the letter. FAIRBANKS — A bipartisan group of senators, including Alaska Sens. Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski, has asked the Depart...
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Fairbanks schools get a clear start on saving lives
FAIRBANKS — A community group is getting ready to celebrate its successes next month as a vigorous fundraising project settles down. The Automated External Defibrillator group Helping Hearts has h...
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Shopping spree with a fraudulent credit card nets felony charges for Fairbanks woman
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks woman with an apparent taste for cosmetics, lingerie, high-end clothing and body building has been charged with 51 class C felony counts for allegedly stealing another woman...
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Roundabout option circled for busy Danby Street intersection
FAIRBANKS — A drive to work or the grocery store could involve a roundabout trip for residents of the Aurora neighborhood in a few years. State transportation planners are developing a plan to rev...
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Principal named for Two Rivers elementary school
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District named Lori Swanson as the new Two Rivers Elementary School principal. Swanson began teaching in 2003 in Haines, Ore. In 2009, she moved...
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Hutchison High School graduates
Hutchison High School seniors walked the stage at the Hering Auditorium on Tuesday evening. The school graduated 67 students, including valedictorian Sky Roehl and salutatorian Kyle Milke. The fol...
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Looking back in Fairbanks — May 16
10 YEARS AGO May 16, 2002 — Democrats seeking to hang on to the governorship and to gain a legislative majority are gathering in Fairbanks this weekend for discussions on how to tilt Alaska politi...
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Fairbanks police investigating Kaylynn Bishop's death as a homicide
Correction: Ken Crewes' name was incorrect in earlier versions of this story. FAIRBANKS - The death of the woman whose body was found near the Richardson Highway and Badger Road last week is b...
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Governor trims little from state budget: Vetoes won’t affect Fairbanks projects
FAIRBANKS — Gov. Sean Parnell signed off on the state’s budgets Monday after making $66.6 million in vetoes that avoided Fairbanks-area projects and programs. The vetoes were the smallest of his t...
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Salcha burglars face felony theft charges
FAIRBANKS — Two men caught in the act of robbing a home in Salcha last week are facing felony burglary, theft and criminal mischief charges. Jeffrey Adrian Sloan, 32, of Salcha and Paul T. Hebert,...
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2012 West Valley High School graduating class
West Valley High School graduated 242 students at the Carlson Center Monday evening. Valedictorian Arthur Schweitzer and salutatorians Bridgit Noon and Kieran O’Neil gave speeches at the commenceme...
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2012 B.E.S.T. graduates
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District’s correspondence and home school program, Building Educational Success Together, celebrated graduating students Monday evening. The B.E.S.T. class o...
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Parnell to visit Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS — Gov. Sean Parnell is expected to visit Fairbanks Wednesday to speak at the afternoon Stryker redeployment at Fort Wainwright. The governor’s spokeswoman said Parnell plans to sign a bi...
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Osimowicz wins national 4-H award
FAIRBANKS — Becky Osimowicz, a leader in Fairbanks 4-H activities, has received the 4-H Salute to Excellence Volunteer of the Year. Osimowicz received one of the two national awards given to 4-H l...
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