North Pole News Archives

Sept. 28, 1999 - Call it a sign of the times. Outgoing borough assemblyman Dan LaSota doesn't like what he sees when he drives down the Richardson Highway near North Pole.

Two people are dead after a travel trailer caught fire near North Pole. The cause remains under investigation, but a neighbor said the construction worker who lived in the trailer installed a wood stove just two days before the fire on Thursday.

The North Pole City Council will decide the day before the municipal election on a resolution condemning Councilman Doug Wilson for secretly recording a confidential meeting.

Meet with other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints here to discuss parenting and lifestyle issues.

After delays for various reasons the #2 son made it back from the sandbox. Seemed like a long, long time since he left.

North Pole High School's girls carried the Patriots to a 4-2 victory over Eielson in Mid Alaska Conference tennis action on Monday in North Pole.

North Pole High School's "silver staffers" have seen it all. As the school celebrates it's 25th anniversary this month, four teachers have been reflecting on the many changes in the course of a quarter of a century and why they've enjoyed teaching at the same high school all this time.

The unbeaten West Valley Wolfpack honored their seniors with a 6-1 Mid Alaska Conference high school tennis win against the Eielson Ravens on Tuesday night at the Dan Ramras Community Tennis Courts.

If Santa Claus is going to be doing any shopping at the North Pole in 2010, he is going to have to bring his own reusable bags, or bring some extra money to defray the cost of the plastic carryout bags that he will have to buy at retail stores when he shops.

Alaska's largest oil refinery, owned and operated by Flint Hills Resources Alaska, continues to struggle operationally, with the North Pole facility shutting down one of its three production units again in mid-August. That refining unit had shut down in March, a move company spokesman Jeff Cook described then as "unprecedented." "We did bring that ...

FAIRBANKS a ' A North Pole couple was arrested Thursday after Fred Meyer employees told authorities the couple was buying suspiciously large amounts of items used to make methamphetamine.

SALMON REPORT: Lawmakers want to review representative's request. Published: September 6th, 2009 10:36 PM Last Modified: September 6th, 2009 11:24 PM Anchorage state Rep.

Intermediate-class racers seem to be stuck in the middle of the motocross universe, which includes the Alaska Motorcycle Racing Association's State Race No.

Alaska Republicans are taking applications to replace state Sen. Gene Therriault, the veteran North Pole lawmaker who announced his resignation to take a job with the Parnell administration.

Alexander Polito credits his helmet and motorcycle body armor clothing for protecting him from additional injuries in a midnight collision with a truck and a car Aug.

Police arrested a North Pole woman accused of shoving her friend out of a moving vehicle.

Sept. 2, 1999 a ' Mention the Alaska Permanent Fund and Alaskans perk up their ears.

A motorcycle rider who rear-ended a pickup truck parked along the Richardson Highway near North Pole was thrown into the roadway where he was hit by a car.