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Seward firefighter honored for race rescue

A Seward-area volunteer firefighter has been named Alaska 2012 Firefighter of the Year by the Alaska Division of Fire and Life Safety.

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Search for runner to continue with trained volunteers only

Organizers of a search for missing Mount Marathon runner Michael LeMaitre say they won't use untrained volunteers Friday because of hazardous conditions on the mountain.
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Woman hurt in Mt. Marathon race describes fall down cliff

Penny Assman, a Blackhawk helicopter pilot for the Utah National Guard running her rookie race July 4, suffered broken ribs on her right side and, most seriously, a lacerated liver during a competition that left one runner presumed dead and another in the hospital.
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Rule changes likely for Seward's grueling Mount Marathon race

With one runner missing and another suffering potential brain injury after this year's Mount Marathon footrace, rule changes are in store for the famously treacherous contest.
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Search for Mt. Marathon racer continues without troopers

Despite troopers ending their search for Mount Marathon participant Michael LeMaitre, who vanished during the annual Independence Day event, volunteers and Seward firefighters plan to push on today.
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Teams take to cliffs to find missing Mount Marathon runner

Searchers continued to scour Mount Marathon on Saturday, looking for missing runner Michael LeMaitre, who vanished during Seward's annual Fourth of July race on the mountain.
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Search intensifies for missing Marathon runner

Searchers continued to scour the area of Mount Marathon on Saturday, looking for missing runner Michael LeMaitre, who vanished during Seward's
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Search under way for Mount Marathon runner

More than 20 searchers and an Alaska Air National Guard helicopter spent much of Thursday hunting for a 66-year-old man who vanished while participating in the grueling Mount Marathon race in Seward.
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Race notes: Anchorage man seriously injured in fall

SEWARD - A veteran men's runner suffered significant injuries Wednesday in the Mount Marathon race when he apparently fell descending the cliffs at the mountain's base, according to witnesses and a race official.
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2012 Mount Marathon results

Results submitted in order of finish for the 2012 Mount Marathon race.
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Holly Brooks runs down elusive title

Holly Brooks, 30, an Olympic nordic skier from Anchorage and a three-time runner-up on Mount Marathon, owned the women’s race from the outset Wednesday and put to rest questions about whether she would ever win.