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Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the end of the most recent La Nina.
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1. Alaska State Troopers have recovered the body of Fairbanks trapper Lawrence Feltman in a remote cabin on the Porcupine River near the Yukon border. //2. State Legislators questioned two University of Alaska Board of Regents appointees at length last week in a Senate Education Committee meeting. //3. The JoAnn Fabric and Crafts chain is closing its stores, including one with a large footprint in Fairbanks. And local sewers and crafters are trying to find a another source of their favorite fabrics. //4. Chum salmon stocks have been on the decline in recent years, and soon the federal government might finally do something about it. //
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The last two mushers finished the race in Tok last night. Joey Sabin got to the finish at 8:39 p.m. Friday, and Keaton Loebrich was the Red Lantern at 10:34 p.m. for a total of six days, 11 hours and 34 minutes.The 80-mile, 200-mile and other 550-mile racers enjoyed the finisher's award banquet in Fairbanks, celebrating the mushers, the volunteers and the sport of mushing.
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Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about "weather whiplash".
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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.
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NewsMushers will rest at the town’s old schoolhouse after running one of the most grueling stretches of the trail.
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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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