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North Pole Alaska News

Richard Parks: Risking life and limb to hit heights for cancer charityTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:08PMIt was in rugby that Richard Parks made his name but after almost losing part of his foot to severe frostbite, surviving a brush with death in a crevasse and dodging collapsing ice shelves, avalanches and even malaria, it will be as Britain's fastest adventurer that history will now remember him.

Fairbanks school construction bond package shrinks to $20.3 millionTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:22AMFAIRBANKS — A school construction borrowing plan has shrunk again on its way toward the polls. The $20.3 million bond package now excludes preparation for a new North Pole elementary school. Mayor ...

'Ice Wars' heating up the ArcticSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:15PMOn a small, floating piece of ice in the Beaufort Sea, several hundred miles north of Alaska, a group of scientists are documenting what some dub an "Arctic meltdown."

Voters to weigh in on Fairbanks air pollution issue this fallFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:37PMClick here to read the text of the ballot measure. FAIRBANKS - A measure to tighten air pollution prevention laws across the Fairbanks North Star Borough will be on the ballot this fall. Under ...

State boosts aid to Interior Alaska governmentsFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:52AMFAIRBANKS — Local governments are set to receive more state aid than usual. State lawmakers inked plans for the extra help this spring, when high oil prices positioned state coffers to swell and t...

Letters to the EditorThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:52PMLetters to the Editor

Ice WarsTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:46PMLocal production company uses new journalism to reveal ‘IceWars’ over riches beneath melting Arctic sea When CNN correspondent Kaj Larsen had the opportunity to head to the North Pole to report on geopolitical events that are surfacing as global warming, causing the Arctic ice to melt, he looked to his roots to help him tell the story.

North Pole man admits decades-old sexual abuseTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:23AMFAIRBANKS — A North Pole man was charged Saturday with a series of child sexual abuse offenses that allegedly took place in the 1980s and 1990s. Robert J. Williams, 57, of North Pole faces felony ...

Arctic may be ice-free within 30 yearsTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:28AMIce in the Arctic is melting at a record pace, suggesting warming at the north pole is speeding up and a largely ice-free Arctic can be expected.