By Editor, on February 10th, 2012 Beth Bragg | ADN
The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog race served up mystery on both ends of the trail Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
Read more in the ADN
By Roger Maynard, on January 25th, 2012  Overall winners, left to right: Randy Martin #3, Craig Hill #2, Jarrid Davy #1. Photo courtesy of Karen Hess. Saturday’s Alcan 200 snowmachine road rally on the Haines Highway from the Canadian border to Dezadeash and return was won by Jarrid Davy of Whitehorse for the second year in a row.
According to race organizer Karen Hess, the race was fast but no new records were set, “This year there was $1,500 for the fastest local to finish and that was Chris Brooks. The money came from $1,000 Mary Miles in memory of Dennis, $200 Fogcutter Bar & $300 Howser’s IGA. The odd thing is that he won because he wasn’t the fastest but the only local to finish. There were two locals and Jack Smith Jr. didn’t finish, so the money went to Chris. Chris also got the RED LANTERN AWARD, for the last racer to finish the race in 2:46:10, with an average speed of 56.”
Overall winners:
Jarrid Davy 1st overall / Whitehorse / Time 1:18:11 / avg. speed 119.
Craig Hill 2nd overall / Fairbanks / Time 1:21:08 / avg speed 114.6
Randy Martin 3rd overall / Fairbanks / Time 1:31:10 / avg speed 102.
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By Editor, on October 12th, 2011  Read full article in the Alaska Dispatch Craig Medred | ALASKA DISPATCH
FAIRBANKS–A federal magistrate’s decision to convict an elderly Interior Alaska man of criminal charges for confronting National Park Service rangers on the Yukon River last fall did not seem to be sitting well with Fairbanks residents Tuesday. Once more, many of them seemed to be saying, 72-year-old Jim Wilde was getting shafted for daring to stand up and question how the U.S. government does business in the 49th state.
Read full story in the Alaska Dispatch.
By Roger Maynard, on September 30th, 2011 By Jeff Richardson | FAIRBANKS DAILY NEWS MINER
FAIRBANKS – After nearly a decade of planning, regulatory hurdles and funding headaches, more than 100 dignitaries and spectators arrived to formally celebrate the arrival of the $190 million bridge along a secluded stretch of the river in Salcha. Once it’s completed — along with a still-unfunded 80-mile rail line to Delta — the bridge will give various military forces year-round access to some of the most remote training areas available in the country.
Sen. John Coghill said he’s heard people pondering an Alaska rail extension to the east since he was a boy growing up in Nenana. He views the bridge project as the first phase of that long-awaited transportation link. “We’ve got a long way to go before we hit Canada,” Coghill said. “We’re going to get there, as far as I’m concerned.”
Read the full story in the Anchorage Daily News.
By Editor, on July 28th, 2011 Congressman Young press release:
The U.S. House voted tonight against an amendment introduced by Rep. Norman Dicks (D-WA) that would strike a provision in the Interior Appropriations bill forbidding the National Parks Service from enforcing regulations on waters in Alaska’s Yukon-Charley National Preserve. This provision, included at the request of Alaskan Congressman Don Young, will be included in the final version of the Interior Appropriations legislation brought to the floor.
Read more information at donyoung.house.gov.
Read more about this issue in the Fairbanks Daily News Miner.
By Editor, on July 21st, 2011  Read full story in the Redoubt Reporter By Jenny Neyman | REDOUBT REPORTER
GANES CREEK–July 1 was the last day of Tom Cooper’s trip to Ganes Creek this year. He’d stayed in the field until 11:30 p.m. the night before, determined not to go back to camp empty-handed for the day, and finding only a ladybug-sized flake for his 14-plus hours in the field…
…Gold prices have been leapfrogging since 2006, with new highs set and soon surpassed. In June, the spot price for gold reached a record $1,549 per ounce. At that price, Cooper’s nugget is worth $16,481. But larger nuggets sell for more, and Cooper has been told his could fetch as much as $25,000 to $30,000.
Read the full story in the Redoubt Reporter.
By Editor, on July 21st, 2011  Joe Viechnicki | KFSK
PETERSBURG, AK (2011-07-19) The city of Petersburg has filed one of only three legal challenges statewide to the Alaska Redistricting Board’s plan for new legislative boundaries. Two other lawsuits on the plan come from the Fairbanks area. Petersburg’s city council met in a closed door executive session with its attorney on the case Monday and the state redistricting board did likewise earlier in the day.
Listen to the full news story at KFSK.org
By Editor, on March 11th, 2011 by Casey Grove | ADN
FAIRBANKS–Five people in the Fairbanks area were arrested Thursday by state and federal law enforcement on charges connected with an alleged plot to kidnap or kill state troopers and a Fairbanks judge, according to the Alaska State Troopers.
Read full article in the ADN.
By Editor, on February 15th, 2011 Dan Bross | KUAC
FAIRBANKS–It’s unclear who is leading the Yukon Quest sled dog race. Quest officials say extreme cold has hampered the GPS trackers each musher is carrying, making them unreliable. Hugh Neff left the central checkpoint in the lead this morning at 4:11. Dan Kaduce followed at 12:30 and Ken Anderson at 1pm.
The trail from Central to the Mile 101 Dog Drop is only 28 miles long, but includes overflow plagued lowlands followed by seriously steep climbing. Severe overflow and extreme cold are slowing down the mushers speed, as they just try to survive.
Read story at APRN.org.
Listen to APRN story.
Yukon Quest official website
By Editor, on January 8th, 2011 Associated Press
FAIRBANKS — The attorney for an Alaska man charged with disorderly conduct following what National Park Service rangers said was a routine boat safety check on the Yukon River is seeking to dismiss the case. Bill Satterberg, the attorney for 70-year-old Jim Wilde, told a federal judge at a hearing Thursday in Fairbanks the park service overstepped its authority, The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.
It’s the same argument the state has made in the past, based on language in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. But the park service claims it has jurisdiction on state waterways running through federal lands, including the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, based on amendments made to federal regulations in 1996.
Read more in the Anchorage Daily News.
By Editor, on December 1st, 2010  Students from the Tok School holding up wood chips that are used to fire the boiler. by Jeffrey Hermanns, Forester
Alaska Division of Forestry
Alaska winter months are cold, but the children going to school in Tok are warmed by the very trees that have been removed to protect them, and wiser about the immense northern boreal forest surrounding the community.
On October 29, 2010, the woodchip-fired boiler at the Tok School was lit for the first time. Read more->
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