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18 hrs ago | Anchorage Daily News

Weather offers little aid to those fighting blazes around the state

WARM, DRY: Big minto flats fire threatens structures. Published: July 9th, 2009 10:24 PM Last Modified: July 9th, 2009 10:25 PM The number of fires blowing smoke into Alaska skies continued to swell through the week as persisting warm and dry conditions have offered firefighters little assistance in smothering them, according to the state Division ...

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Forecasts offer short respite from smoky skies

As smoke continues to waft into the Fairbanks area from several Interior forest fires, an uncomfortable sense of deja vu hovers on the mind of anyone who experienced the summer of 2004.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Smoke from the Minto South Fire boils up in the late afternoon heat...

Smoke from the Minto South Fire boils up in the late afternoon heat Sunday, June 5, 2009, as several riverboats travel up the Tanana River near its confluence with the Tolovana River.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

Anchorage Daily News

Weaving with wood

You might think that making Athabascan split willow root trays and baskets would be in Daisy Demientieff's blood.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Kings should be hitting Chena and Salcha rivers any day

The first king salmon of the season were caught by subsistence fishermen in Nenana on Tuesday, which means some kings should be poking their noses into Chena and Salcha soon.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Relief slow to come for Yukon River flood survivors

Devastating ice jams and flooding took a month to work down the Yukon River, wiping out homes and streets, cutting off airports and swamping property in more than a dozen remote communities.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Looking back in Fairbanks - June 19

June 19, 1999 - This year's Yukon River king salmon run is already late. Now it's a matter of time before fishermen and biologists find out if this year's chinook return will be as weak as last year's disastrous run.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Looking back in Fairbanks - June 18

June 18, 1999 a ' More than 14 months overdue, the citya TMs 1997 audit has reached the Fairbanks City Council, giving members a troublesome glimpse of problems that are now almost 2 years old.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Alaska Journal of Commerce

State waiting for emergency declaration as flood costs rise

Damage to homes, roads and airports from spring flooding in rural Alaska will likely tally more than $7.2 million in public funding, according to state and federal officials.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Petroleum News

Tanana Chiefs to aggregate rural fuel

In an attempt to tackle the crippling cost of fuel in rural Alaska villages, the Tanana Chiefs Conference, a nonprofit consortium of 42 Interior Alaska communities, has created a subsidiary called DNH Fuels LLC to aggregate village fuel purchases and coordinate transportation of the fuel to the vill.... [additional news subjects in this story] One ...

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Looking back in Fairbanks - June 12

June 12, 1999 - A mail plane owned by Larry's Flying Service of Fairbanks crashed into the Yukon River about one mile southwest of Tanana on Friday morning.

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Sun May 31, 2009

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

High energy costs plague rural villages

Traditional Chief Billy McCarty Jr. is deeply concerned for his community, where electricity is running 98 cents per kilowatt hour and unleaded gasoline costs $5.60 per gallon.

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Fri May 29, 2009

Seward City News

1st case of H1N1 in AK

Just a heads up that Alaska has its first confirmed case of novel H1N1 as of today.A Patient is from Tanana Valley and testing was done at the Tanana Valley Clinic.

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Thu May 28, 2009

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Tanana seeks normalcy as flood evacuees return from Fairbanks

Children from this Yukon River village came home Sunday after 12 days in Fairbanks far from flooded houses, bringing brightness and laughter to residents weary of weeks of drying out soaked belongings, spraying down surfaces contaminated by oil and fecal matter and bulldozing ice boulders from city streets.

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Tue May 26, 2009

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Supply donations ease burden for Yukon River flood victims

April Folger stood amid a mountain of clothes at the Civil Air Patrol hangar on Thursday, patiently sorting through a seemingly endless pile of jackets, slacks, T-shirts and shoes.

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Sun May 24, 2009

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Flooding victims need more targeted donations

People in communities along the Yukon River devastated by flooding are asking people who want to donate to tailor items to their needs.

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Fri May 22, 2009

KTVA Anchorage

Urgent Dog Food Needs Due to Flooding on the Upper Yukon

The Alaska Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster desk at the State Emergency Coordination has validated the need for dog food for the communities of Circle, Eagle, Stevens Village, and Tanana.

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Wed May 20, 2009

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Flooded villages seek help feeding dogs

Yukon River villages ravaged by flooding this month are sending out appeals for help for their four-legged companions.

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Tue May 19, 2009

APRN - Alaska Public Radio Network

Alaska News Nightly: May 12, 2009

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Sun May 17, 2009

KTVA Anchorage

Ice jams proceed further down river

Aniak, Alaska. File photo. More families have been forced out of their homes, as some of the worst flooding seen in decades continues to devastate the interior and rural parts of the state.

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