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In this Mar. 27, 2009 file photo, smoke rises from the top a wood-fired boiler near a home in Fairbanks.

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Groups sue to declare Fairbanks air out of compliance

ANCHORAGE — Two Alaska groups on Tuesday sued the Environmental Protection Agency, saying officials missed a deadline for…

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Report: Alaska’s Permanent Fund a model for other states

JUNEAU — Researchers are recommending other states look to Alaska’s Permanent Fund to learn how to grow funds…

The Pretzel Chef trailer

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Thief makes off with trailer used as mobile pretzel parlor

FAIRBANKS — It’s a twisted crime: Someone stole the Pretzel Chef trailer, a food truck that operates in…

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Anchorage police seek 4 suspects, car used in street robbery

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are looking for four robbery suspects who accosted a couple early Monday morning on…

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Troopers release name of man killed in crash

TOK — Alaska State Troopers have released the name of the man killed Sunday morning in a one-vehicle…

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Man robs Anchorage bank, drives away with 2 others in SUV

ANCHORAGE — A man claiming to be armed robbed a bank Monday on Anchorage’s east side. Anchorage police…

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State says first federal trust status application filed

ANCHORAGE — Alaska officials say the first application by an Alaska Native entity to put lands into federal…

Vince Nizich, right, examines a starfish during a class field trip by Semra Deaner's Auke Bay Elementary School kindergarten class to Douglas Island Pink and Chum salmon hatchery on Monday.

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Photos: DIPAC fieldtrip

Vince Nizich, right, examines a starfish during a class field trip by Semra Deaner’s Auke Bay Elementary School…

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With crime on the rise, Chugiak residents learn crime prevention

CHUGIAK-EAGLE RIVER — Crime is up in Alaska, according to the latest FBI Uniform Crime Report which cites…

Electrician Richard Cutting of Anchorage's Megawatt Electric tightens a fitting on a 38-millimeter main distribution pipe, part of the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church's new fire suppression system, above the church's sanctuary Thursday, Oct. 6 in Kenai.

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Historic Kenai church gets new fire suppression system

KENAI — A system designed to extinguish fires without damaging the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian…

Pat Sarvela, one of the first nurses at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital works with tuberculosis patient Agnes Prosoff at the Alice Island sanitarium in the late 1940s.

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Sitka nurses recall war against killer disease

SITKA — In some places during the 1940s and 1950s, nurses were seen as being “at the bottom…

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Troopers investigate death of woman in Willow home

WILLOW — Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of a woman at a home in Willow. Troopers…

In this file photo taken April 2, 2016, Juneauites crowd the GCI store near Juneau International Airport for the launch of GCI's gigabit internet service.

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Utility provider to bring high-speed internet to 7 villages

FAIRBANKS — High-speed internet is coming to seven Alaska villages next year. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports phone,…

In this photo taken Sept. 10 2016, a moose stands across the water at Snyder Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana.

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Commissioner turns down challenge of predator control rules

FAIRBANKS — Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game commissioner has rejected calls from petitioners critical of the state’s…

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Fairbanks man escapes from halfway house for second time

FAIRBANKS — Authorities are looking for a halfway house resident who escaped from a van that was transporting…

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US rig count up 2 this week to 524

HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by two…

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Village council association gets first female CEO

BETHEL — A nonprofit tribal group criticized over its finances has hired its first female CEO. KYUK-AM reported…

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Shell halts proposed oil-by-rail project at its refinery

ANACORTES, Wash. — Shell Puget Sound Refinery announced Thursday it has terminated plans for a proposed oil-by-rail project…

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Drunk driver hits Ketchikan welcome arch

KETCHIKAN — An alleged drunk driver damaged the Ketchikan Welcome Arch late Wednesday night. Ketchikan police, at approximately…

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Republicans calling on Donald Trump to step down as nominee

WASHINGTON — The list of elected Republican officials who want Donald Trump to abandon his presidential campaign is…