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Yukon River floodwaters recede in Tanana

Originally published May 12 at 12:40 p.m.
Updated May 12 at 8:12 p.m.

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FAIRBANKS - About a fourth of the 250 residents of Tanana were evacuated after the city was inundated Tuesday by flood water from the Yukon River before it started to recede, emergency management officials said.

Yukon Quest plans earlier start date in 2010

Published May 12 | 3 comments

ANCHORAGE - Organizers of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race have moved their 2010 start time up a week, a change that could tempt more mushers to try both the Quest and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Adventurers to test route for Wet Dog Race in southcentral Alaska

Published May 12 | 6 comments

ANCHORAGE - A handful of adventurers will make a test run next week that could lead to another long-distance race for Alaska.

Palin has book deal, memoir to come next year

Published May 12 | 101 comments

NEW YORK - You knew it was coming: Sarah Palin is ready to tell her side, agreeing to publish a memoir with HarperCollins that will come out in Spring 2010.

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Published May 12 | 9 comments

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Alaska doesn't need energy code for federal conservation grant

Published May 12 | 21 comments

Gov. Sarah Palin has said she won’t take $28.6 million for energy conservation work because the law would require a “statewide energy code” for buildings in Alaska.

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Lathrop boys, girls get similar soccer victories

Published May 12

The Lathrop Malemutes’ May 4 loss to the Hutchison Hawks was a wake-up call, Malemutes soccer coach Sean Matheny said.

Lathrop sweeps North Pole on pitch May 13
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Rethinking Drinking aims at risk identification to fight alcoholism

Published May 12

Most people who drink alcohol are not alcoholics and never will be. But the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism knows all too well that millions of Americans drink in amounts or patterns that put them at risk of developing a dependence on alcohol and having to face the attendant medical, legal and social problems.