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Fairbanks North Star Borough Plans Redistricting Challenge
The Associated PressThe Fairbanks North Star Borough is planning to sue over Alaska's new redistricting plan. Assistant Borough Attorney Jill Dolan said Wednesday that the lawsuit will probably be filed in state court early next week. Challenges must be made by July 13....Tags: 2010 Census, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Trials, Alaska, Litigation
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Mat-Su Mayor Vetoes Assembly's Decision to Challenge Redistricting Plan
Channel 2 NewsThe Mat-Su Borough will not legally challenge the state's new redistricting plan despite a unanimous vote from the assembly to do so. Borough Mayor Larry Devilbiss vetoed the assembly's decision. "I think it's a tragedy that Mat-Su isn't going to be...Tags: Regional Authority, Trials, Elections, Litigation, Crime, Law and Justice
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DOT Considers Fee Waivers at Anchorage, Fairbanks Airports
A new incentive program could mean more flights into Alaska's biggest airports.
The program by the Alaska Department of Transportation is out for public review. It will waive certain fees for airlines that expand or create new passenger or cargo...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Anchorage, Corporate Officers, Elections, Human Interest
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Crowd Packs In-State Gasline Hearing
Channel 2 NewsA plan to start building an in-state gasline in the next few years is attracting a lot of attention, but not everyone is sold on the proposal. Among the skeptics are key lawmakers who control how much money the state commits to the project, and who asked...Tags: Laws, TransCanada Corporation, Anchorage, Justice System, Elections
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Panel Focuses on Federal Land Management
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the arrest of a 71-year-old man on the Yukon River last September was the "tipping point" for relations between the state and federal land managers. Murkowski says the arrest of Jim Wilde of Central illustrates the need to...Tags: Lisa Murkowski, Natural Resources, Land Resources
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UAF's Ferguson Signed Through 2016
Channel 2 SportsThe University Of Alaska Fairbanks renewed its commitment to its hockey program on Thursday, signing head coach Dallas Ferguson to a contract extension through the 2016 season. A Former Nanook defenseman, Ferguson has guided UAF to an average of 17...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Contracts, Elections, Politics
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Chena Energy Fair Marked by Speakers, Surprises
Channel 2 NewsSunday's sixth annual Renewable Energy Fair in Chena Hot Springs, held a day after a similar fair in Anchorage, featured a few technologies ahead of their time, as well as a few speakers slightly behind schedule. A plane sent to Seward by Hot Springs...Tags: Emergency Planning, Renewable Energy, Vehicles, Sean Parnell, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Seawolves Picked Third In GNAC Volleyball Poll
Channel 2 SportsThe UAA Volleyball team will be among the favorites to win the Great Northwest Athletic Conference title in 2011; just not the singular favorite. The Seawolves, under fourth year head coach Chris Green, have been picked to finish third in the preseason...Tags: Anchorage, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Volleyball, Elections, Human Interest
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Man Sentenced to Prison for Selling Sea Otter Pelts
Channel 2 NewsA Sitka man was sentenced to six months in prison for illegally selling two tanned sea otter pelts to an undercover officer. Michael Smith, 36, was sentenced in Ketchikan by U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Longenbaugh. After the prison time is complete,...Tags: Science and Technology, Prisons, Science, Anchorage, Zoology
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Democrats Don't Plan to Sue Over Redistricting
Alaska Democrats don't plan to file their own lawsuit over the state's new redistricting plan.
But party chairperson Patti Higgins says they will support lawsuits filed by others and stand ready to take any additional action, if prudent.
Higgins said in...Tags: Fairbanks North Star Borough, Trials, Democratic Party, Alaska, Litigation
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Nushagak River Search Finds No Sign of Guide
A search along the Nushagak River in southwest Alaska has failed to find a missing assistant hunting guide.
Alaska State Troopers report 44-year-old Brian R. Murray of Fairbanks has been missing since Saturday.
Guide David Duncan on Saturday afternoon...Tags: Alaska
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Cleveland Volcano Activity Could Threaten Trans-Pacific Aviation
KTUU.comThe Alaska Volcano Observatory said Friday afternoon that the eruption of a slowly growing lava dome at Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands is continuing as it has since it began Tuesday night. Officials on an August 8 National Oceanic and...Tags: Volcanoes, Science and Technology, Research, Disasters and Accidents, Eyjafjallajokull Volcano Eruption (2010)
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