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I’m never getting sworn in am I?
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New arch-rival to Fairbanks Man™️ just dropped
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It's true. Love a weather story.
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Me: "I have a weather story. There's a winter storm warning in parts of the Interior tonight."
Editor: "You had me at 'weather story.'"
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The intrepid , in between phone calls and interviews this morning while out covering a borough election story.
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Steven Downs has just been sentenced to serve 75 years in prison for the 1993 rape and murder of Sophie Sergie, a 20-year-old from Pitkas Point who was attacked and killed in a dorm bathroom during a visit to UAF.
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Here’s at the Capitol, doing interviews outside the DY office that will soon be hers. She gets sworn in tomorrow. So for now, no keys!
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It took weeks for me to track down the photographer who took this shot of Daniel Farmer, Wolf Creek HotShot Fire Crew, Roseburg, Ore. saving my cabin on the Teklanika River in early July. Credit to Chad Rowland, same crew. These guys are superheroes.
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#TananaChiefs Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center expansion project opens this week and will add an additional 108,000 square feet to the existing facility!
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The Kobe, Anderson and Quota subdivisions should evacuate now as the #ClearFire is within two miles of structures.
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The summer solstice is two months from today.
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Students from Ryan Middle School visited the newsroom today.
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After multiple in-depth conversations with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and deliberative review of her record and recent hearings, I will support her historic nomination to be an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Read my full statement here:
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Sign of the times ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Know where you can find copper, zinc, cobalt and the minerals mentioned here? The Ambler Mining District. Know who shut down the Ambler Road Project, which would get developers to the needed minerals mentioned here? The Biden administration.
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The White House is discussing adding materials used for electric car batteries -- including metals like lithium, nickel cobalt -- to the list items covered by the Defense Production Act trib.al/fqeSLMM
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Congressman Don Young, the Dean of the House and longest-serving Republican representative, will lie in state in National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. [THREAD]
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"high noon on the tundra" is my new favorite phrase
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It was high noon on the tundra after a politician declared on Russian state TV that his country should take back #Alaska over U.S. sanctions for the war in Ukraine.
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Breaking: Former staffers have confirmed that Rep. Don Young, 88, has died.
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ConocoPhillips met with Nuiqsut residents to hear gas leak concerns. The village is 8 miles from the leak at the Alpine field. No one in Nuiqsut has been evacuated, contrary to Twitter reports (but residents do have bags packed in case).
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About 5 1/2 years is how long Eli Simpson has been in jail, yet to see a trial. In his case file, judges noted how how many times his case has been rescheduled, reassigned, moved. Cracks in the system, coupled w/a pandemic, swallowed this kid. 5 1/2 years, no bail, no trial.
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Eli Simpson has been waiting for a trial since 2016, making him the longest-serving inmate at Fairbanks Correctional Center. newsminer.com/news/alaska_ne
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I will reiterate what I said last year: I was appalled at the violence and destruction at the Capitol on January 6th. What transpired was criminal, un-American, and cannot be considered legitimate protest.
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Fairbanks & North Pole: Please send me photos of the outside of decorated home for the holidays! If you could include your name, what inspired you to decorate, and your favorite thing about the holiday season, that would be amazing. Email photos and info to gsegler@newsminer.com
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A great deal of the cynicism about the mainstream media stems from the fact that too many people don’t know the difference between reporters and opinion columnists.
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In 15 minutes the Aurora Borealis should be at STORM LEVEL! (5.33 Kp) zpr.io/6hbtA
Aurora Alerts: zpr.io/bKej
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Big congrats to Lathrop for this huge weekend win #statechamps
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The Malemutes were given a police escort as they returned to a welcoming crowd outside of Lathrop High School on Sunday evening. newsminer.com/sports/the-cha
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The Monson Motel has been vacant for some time, and the building was boarded up and not maintained. The cause of the fire is under investigation. newsminer.com/news/local_new
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About 50 people are here at the redistricting public hearing in Fairbanks.
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At the half, holds a 27-12 lead over the Soldotna Stars. SOHI gets the ball to start the second half. Jarren Littell with all four touchdowns for the Malemutes (two passing, two rushing)
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This is the hot story today in Fairbanks. Prediction: It won't hurt their business at all. / New on the menu: Lavelle's Bistro to require that staff, customers be vaccinated
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Y'all give our new features editor a hearty welcome and shoutout
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Hello everyone! I’m Galina Segler, the new features editor for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. I’ll be running this account from here on out, as well as Latitude 65, the Food page, and the Sunday page in the paper.
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Time to unpin Rod's tweet and get on with things.
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School board races have Morotti over Graham and Gant, and Sanderson over Rentzel.
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On the city side, it's Cleworth over Kun and Rogers over Bagwill. In North Pole, Mike Welch looks like he's keeping his mayor's seat.
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With 36 out of 40 pcts reporting, looks like it's Kelly over Roberts, Guttenberg over McKinley, Fletcher over Silva in Borough Assembly races, and Bryce Ward is retaining his seat as Fairbanks borough mayor.
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It’s Election Day in Fairbanks. The polls close in one hour, 40 minutes.
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new editor, who dis
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