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Bars sell the drinks; should the public be picking up the tab?
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Sutton man found pinned under ATV, being treated for head injuries
A Sutton man was being treated for serious head injuries after he was found pinned under his ATV on the Glenn Highway, troopers said Sunday.
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Body found under Fairbanks bridge
The body of a 52-year-old man has been found at the site of a bridge under construction in Fairbanks.
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Yukon River rises, floods village of Circle
Spring Yukon River flooding drenched the Interior village of Circle on Sunday, swamping the village's downtown, displacing people from their homes and knocking houses off their foundations.
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Foul weather hampers search for missing Kotzebue snowmachiners
Fog and blowing snow continue to hamper the search for a man and woman missing in Northwest Alaska since Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the Alaska State Troopers said Sunday.
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Commission to consider misconduct allegations against Alaska police officers
A state commission will meet behind closed doors Tuesday in Kenai to decide whether a number of former police officers, troopers and corrections officers should lose their right to wear a badge in Alaska.
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While locals watch 'lava fountain,' scientists monitor from afar
Glowing lava and hot rocks spewing hundreds of feet from the summit of Pavlof Volcano last week caught the attention of tiny Cold Bay, 30 miles to the southwest, even if many residents in Alaska's more populated areas paid little notice.
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Trace volcano ash reaches small Alaska city
Alaska's Pavlof Volcano sent ash and steam skyward Sunday but not enough to raise the aviation threat for international air carriers.
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Flooding damages homes, businesses in Circle
State emergency workers are reporting major flooding in the Yukon River village of Circle.
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Kenai Borough to assess Nikiski groundwater
A $150,000 state grant expected from the Alaska Legislature will allow the Kenai Peninsula Borough to help assess groundwater contamination near Nikiski.
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Coast Guard to take testimony on Shell grounding
The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island.






