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The Alaska Court of Appeals has reversed felony convictions for three defendants in connection with a riot at Fairbanks Correctional Center eight years ago. A state study says the Arctic is seeing a big spike in job growth due to construction on oil and gas projects. Thousands of Alaskans rallied over the weekend to protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. -
Rashah McChesney/Alaska's Energy DeskJob growth is flat across most of Alaska, but it’s up about 7% in the North Slope and Northwest Arctic regions.
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Jeff Deeter is the winner of the 2025 Alaska Yukon Quest 550-mile race, and four more mushers have finished the race in Tok.He crossed the finish line at 2:49 p.m. yesterday. It took him five days, three hours and 49 minutes to complete the trail. -
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NewsThe six remaining Yukon Quest 550-mile competitors stopped in Eagle for rest after a journey over chunky ice and past sheer cliffs. -
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For 25 years, volunteers in Fairbanks have organized the Farthest North Jewish Film Festival. This year, they’ve selected six movies to show in February, with food and a music performance adding to the events. Details of the movies are on a festival website. The festival continues in Fairbanks tonight with a new animated feature. -
NewsMushers will rest at the town’s old schoolhouse after running one of the most grueling stretches of the trail. -
There is something like 312 dogs in the different divisions of the Yukon Quest this year; some of them think they are the boss. And Eagle teenagers train to be checkpoint volunteers. -
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NewsThe city’s only ambulance service ended its contract with the city last month. -
All of the teams running the 550 miles to Tok are now out on the Yukon River ice. Another 200-miler scratched early yesterday, and the last finisher in that division came in.
