Alaska State Fair

'Palmer Pachyderm' breaks cabbage world record

A new world record was set at the Alaska State Fair's 17th Annual Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off on Friday night when a behemoth grown by Scott Robb of Palmer came in at 138.25 pounds - more than 10 pounds heavier than the previous record-holder.

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Monday's Alaska State Fair Best Bets and Schedule

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Sunday's Alaska State Fair schedule, best bets

Here's what's happening Sunday at the fair.
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Kodiak Island Drummers return to state fair after 7-year break

This will be the first time in seven years that the Kodiak Island Drummers have played at the state fair, although they have been asked to appear almost every year. The group has been unable to travel back due to finances, until now.
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Saturday's Alaska State Fair schedule, best bets

Here's what's going on Saturday at the fair.
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4H auction combines education, fundraising, fresh meat

At noon Saturday at the Alaska State Fair, you'll be able to do something you generally can't do at a fair in the Lower 48: bid on a reindeer at the 4H Club's Jr. Market Livestock Auction.
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Thursday's Alaska State Fair schedule

Here's what's going on Thursday at the fair.
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Julia O'Malley: Something off about fair exhibit of human bodies

There is just something wrong in touring a room full of dissected human bodies at a state fair, between Ferris wheel rides and visits to the pork-chop-on-a-stick stand.
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Cool summer results in smaller pumpkins for state fair

Even before the official reading was taken, it was no secret that grower Dale Marshall would win the 2012 Alaska's Midnight Sun Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the Alaska State Fair.
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Wednesday's state fair schedule (8/29)

WEDNESDAY (AUG. 29) SCHEDULE
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Tuesday's State Fair Schedule

Here's what's going on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at the Alaska State Fair.