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Local news for Tanana, AK continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Tuesday Jul 15 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Tanana Raft Classic participants to mark 40th anniversary of ragtag flotilla

In 1967, Neal Brown and George Cresswell built a raft and traveled from Fairbanks to Nenana, a journey that provided the inspiration for the rite of passage known as The Great Tanana Raft Classic.

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Related Topix: Brown University, Nenana, AK, Fairbanks (University of Alaska System), University of Alaska System, Fairbanks, AK

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Denali National Park And Preserve

More Searchers Arriving to Assist with Search for Missing Backpackers ...

Today's combined efforts of eleven ground teams and four aircraft failed to yield any new clues on the location of missing backpackers Abby Flantz and Erica Nelson.

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Related Topix: Anchorage, AK

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Capital City Weekly

Energy challenges and opportunities within the Yukon River watershed

The Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council is a coalition of 66 tribes and First Nations in Alaska and Canada united in protecting the Yukon River, the fourth-largest drainage basin in North America.

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Related Topix: Anchorage, AK, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Alaska, Arctic Village, AK, Venetie, AK

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Anchorage Daily News

It's not too soon to start knitting project for state fair

July is the heart of summer, and that means it's fair time. I can remember the hot, sticky evenings in North Dakota when the place to be was our county fair.

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Related Topix: Painting, Arts, Haines, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Kenai, AK, Ninilchik, AK

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

A cry in the night

The pattern held true at the local women's shelter on this Saturday in October 1997.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, David Bowie, Fairbanks, AK

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

King salmon spotted in Chena River

' Even though subsistence fishermen on the Yukon River have been restricted from catching king salmon, it's open season for personal-use and sport fishermen on the Chena and Salcha rivers in Fairbanks, at least ...

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Related Topix: Moose Creek, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Salcha, AK

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Dnr.state.ak.us

Draft Tanana Basin Area Plan Amendment

The purpose of the Amendment is to reassess plan classifications and guidelines that determine which state lands may be conveyable to the Denali Borough.

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Related Topix: Anchorage Metro, Anchorage, AK

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Anchorage Daily News

Community profile: Fairbanks

LOCATION: In the heart of the Interior, on the banks of the Chena River in the Tanana Valley, 358 road miles north of Anchorage.

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Related Topix: Anchorage Metro, Anchorage, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Wainwright, AK

Tue Jun 17, 2008

An Alaskan Abroad

Sick salmon

The Los Angeles Times has an exhaustive article out of Tanana on the impacts of global warming showing up on Yukon River salmon.

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Sun Jun 15, 2008

KCPQ

Infested fish may bear scars of global warming A new scourge imperils a traditional way of life

With a sickening thud, another hefty and handsome salmon lands in the waste barrel, headed for the dogs.

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Related Topix: Technical Services

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Threads of gold

It's midnight on a cool July evening, and I'm careening through Skagway's Goldrush Cemetery, trying to find con man Soapy Smith's grave before darkness swallows me up.

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Related Topix: Canada, Skagway, AK, North America, World News

Tue May 27, 2008

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Masons honor member 87 years after death

A deputy U.S. marshal killed in the line of duty 87 years ago was honored by fellow Masons with a ceremony in Fairbanks.

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Related Topix: Manley Hot Springs, AK, Fairbanks, AK

Sat May 24, 2008

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Kashevaroff named to head Alaska Native health consortium

Don Kashevaroff, who is involved in several leadership entities of Alaska Native medical services, will succeed Paul Sherry beginning June 1 as chief executive officer of the Alaska Native Tribal Health ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Kake, AK, Seldovia Village, AK, Kenai, AK, Seldovia, AK

Mon May 19, 2008

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Traditional blessing pays respect to river, natural forces

Photo by John Wagner Photo by John Wagner Photo by John Wagner Nenana resident Robert Ketzler saw Sunday as a chance to remember his grandfather, who died on the Tanana River.

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Related Topix: Nenana, AK

Sat May 17, 2008

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Army rescues six stranded by flooding along Interior rivers

“I'm never going to get out of the dog house”

Ice jams caused flooding along two interior Alaska rivers and an Army helicopter participated in two rescues. via Alaska Journal of Commerce

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Related Topix: Fairbanks, AK, Alaska, Minto, AK, Nenana, AK, Wainwright, AK

Thu May 15, 2008

Anchorage Daily News

Computer glitch stalls Ice Classic results

“We had to have a laser card rushed to us from Ohio or Utah or someplace.”

JACKPOT: Organizers hope to complete ticket check today. Published: May 13th, 2008 12:16 AM Last Modified: May 13th, 2008 12:55 AM A modern-day problem is delaying the resolution of one of Alaska's oldest ... via Anchorage Daily News

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Related Topix: Nenana, AK, Anchorage Metro, Anchorage, AK

Tue May 13, 2008

KTVA Anchorage

Disasters abroad prompting Alaskans to open their hearts, pocketbooks

“We anticipate these to be very costly disasters on a national and international scale, so we are reaching out to Alaskans who want to help their neighbors throughout the country and throughout the world during this very devastating time”

The disasters abroad are prompting Alaskans to open their hearts and their pocketbooks. via KTVA Anchorage

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Related Topix: Alaska

Sun May 11, 2008

Anchorage Daily News

Tanana ice moves; clock stops on the Nenana Ice Classic

“They are probably aware, and are probably waiting for a phone call.”

As of 10:53 p.m. Tuesday, at least 1 person hit the jackpot Published: May 8th, 2008 12:01 AM Last Modified: May 8th, 2008 12:35 AM Is it you? Did you choose 10:53 p.m. Tuesday as the time the Tanana River ice ... via Anchorage Daily News

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Related Topix: Nenana, AK

Fri May 09, 2008

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Ice jam causes flooding in Salcha

“There's still a lot of ice in the Tanana that needs to come down”

Jim Stone and his wife, Ann, were sitting at their kitchen table eating ice cream cones Sunday night when he saw the water coming. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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Related Topix: Fairbanks, AK, Salcha, AK

Wed May 07, 2008

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Officials continue to monitor Salcha flooding

“The water level is rising and subsiding, depending on each half hour. "The ice jams move for a while, the water backs up for a while and pools up where the ice jams are stuck and then the ice moves again”

Borough officials continued to monitor the flooding situations at Salcha on Tuesday as a result of ice jams in the Tanana River but had little new to report as of early Tuesday evening, according to Jennifer ... via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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Related Topix: Salcha, AK, Fairbanks, AK

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