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Mont. man gets 3 years for guns in Calif. airport
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; A federal judge has sentenced a Montana man to three years in prison for trying to board a flight in Sacramento, Calif., with four loaded ...
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Canadian guide sentenced for illegal sheep hunts
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A Canadian guide has been sentenced after admitting he guided two hunts in Alaska in which undersized Dall sheep were ...
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State planning replacement of Tustumena ferry
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) -- The state of Alaska is planning to replace a ferry that serves Kodiak and southwest Alaska but has been out of service for repairs since ...
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Domestic Asset Protection Trust Blows Up Bigger Than Alaska In Huber Case
Debtor Donald G. Huber (Donald) founded United Western Development, Inc. (UWD) in 1968 to invest in real estate. In 2001, Donald was joined by his son, Kevin D. Huber (Kevin), who thereafter was heavily involved in UWD's business. UWD built large home developments, predominantly in the Pacific Northwest. These developments required UWD to obtain substantial financing, which debt Donald was ...
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Ice jam breaks on Yukon River
Forecasters have been keeping an eye on a large amount of water behind an ice jam 12 miles upriver from the community 145 miles northeast of Fairbanks. Fort Yukon police Sgt. Peter Hawbaker told the News-Miner that other than some ice Tuesday night and early Wednesday, water levels have not changed since dropping after minor flooding on ...
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Washington man convicted in Juneau womans death
Jacob Andrew Mommer, 20, returns to court May 31 for the hearing on the January 2012 slaying of Ashton Ericka-Marie Reyes, the Juneau Empire reported ...
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Astronauts Snag Dramatic Photographs of Alaskas Erupting Volcano
Astronauts living on board the International Space Station managed to get these dramatic pictures of the Pavlof Volcano as it erupted over the weekend. The volcano began acting up last Monday, the ...
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Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail
Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest ...
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Former Anchorage police officer charged
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A former Anchorage police officer is accused of misusing his authority when he was on the force and improperly accessed ...
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Ex-state worker charged with workers comp fraud
Scott A. Groom and Laurayne K. Fischer are charged with 93 counts including perjury, theft and falsification of business records. The two are currently living in Wisconsin, according to the Anchorage Daily News ...
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German mountaineer dies of cardiac arrest while climbing Alaskas Mount McKinley
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Officials say a 59-year-old German mountaineer has died of cardiac arrest while climbing Alaska's Mount McKinley. National Park Service officials say Klaus Bielstein of Muenster, Germany, was climbing North America's tallest peak with an 11-member expedition team Sunday evening when he suddenly collapsed at the 13,500-foot (4,000-meter) level of the roughly ...
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Parnell to sign bills on oil tax budgets
Parnell championed the overhaul as a way to increase oil production and industry development, but critics said it gave away too much to oil companies with no guarantee about what Alaska might see in ...
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Fitch Rates Alaska Municipal Bond Banks $35MM GOs AA+ Outlook Stable
Accounting Rules May Encourage Short-Term Leases The latest lease-accounting proposals from international and U.S. standard-setters, designed to aid transparency and consistency, may encourage companies to shift to short-term leases or structure agreements as service contracts, Fitch Ratings says. This could mean that fewer leases than originally anticipated will be brought onto the balance ...










