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1. Mayor Paneak loses battle with cancer at age 60

   Sep 24, 2009 | Anchorage Daily News

   Anaktuvuk Pass Mayor George Paneak died Saturday at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital after a battle with cancer.

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2. Mayor of Anaktuvuk Pass dies of cancer

   Sep 24, 2009 | KTVF Fairbanks

   Anaktuvuk Pass Mayor George Paneak died Saturday at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital after a battle with cancer.

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   Related Topix: Fairbanks, AK

3. Mayor George Paneak of Anaktuvuk Pass

   Sep 24, 2009 | Anchorage Daily News

   Link: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Mayor George Paneak of Anaktuvuk Pass, who grew up in a sod hut near the Brooks Range community and who in recent years championed environmentally sustainable construction in rural Alaska, has died after a battle with cancer.

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4. Cancer claims Anaktuvuk Pass mayor

   Sep 24, 2009 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

   The mayor of Anaktuvuk Pass who championed sustainable construction in rural Alaska has died.

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5. newsminer.com City all set for new boom

   Sep 14, 2009 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

   ... if the buffer zone were released and a military purchase agreement made. The line could be laid through Anaktuvuk Pass in less than two years. Another important development which could give new impetus to the growth of Fairbanks is the Nulato oil ...

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   Related Topix: Alaska, Prudhoe Bay, AK

6. Anaktuvuk Pass closes school due to sick kids

   Sep 11, 2009 | Anchorage Daily News

   ... to have peaked last week," Cowan said Friday. That didn't hold true, though, in the Brooks Range village of Anaktuvuk Pass, where as many as half the students didn't show up this week, Cowan said. "Yesterday absenteeism rose sharply and had been at ...

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   Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Family, Kids, Alaska Government, Alaska, Education Etc.

7. Trio of novice packrafters takes on the Brooks Range

   Sep 6, 2009 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

   ... settled on a hopscotch approach through Gates of the Arctic National Park. We would start at the village of Anaktuvuk Pass; float in the packrafts - super-lightweight one-person inflatables which roll small enough to tuck into a backpack - down the ...

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   Related Topix: Boat Disaster

8. A housing precedent is set as Alaska village of Newtok looks for a new home

   Aug 27, 2009 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

   ... The nonprofit organization got a good response to this summer's efforts to build a village model home in Anaktuvuk Pass. Using unorthodox methods and materials, the CCHRC built a home there that uses 90 percent less fuel and costs a fifth the price ...

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   Related Topix: Alaska, Arts, Architectural Design

9. Building the 'Arctic dream home'

   Aug 13, 2009 | Anchorage Daily News

   Link: The Arctic Sounder: Students and teachers at Barrow's Ilisagvik College are building an energy-efficient "Arctic dream home." Guided by UAF's Cold Climate Housing Research Center and with funding from the Tagiugmiullu Nunamiullu Housing Authority, students set out to build 1,000-square-foot house in Anaktuvuk Pass that would cost no more than ...

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10. Alaska News Nightly: August 4, 2009

    Aug 4, 2009 | APRN - Alaska Public Radio Network

    ... KUAC - Fairbanks A Fairbanks based non-profit has tapped local knowledge to build a climate specific home in Anaktuvuk Pass. A The Cold Climate Housing Research Center director Jack Hebert says the project mixes 21st century technology with ...

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11. 2009 August 04

    Aug 4, 2009 | APRN - Alaska Public Radio Network

    ... August 4, 2009 A Fairbanks based non-profit has tapped local knowledge to build a climate specific home in Anaktuvuk Pass. The Cold Climate Housing Research Center director Jack Hebert says the project mixes 21st century technology with traditional ...

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12. Modern design meets village life

    Aug 3, 2009 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

    ... Research Center in Fairbanks tailored the energy-efficient house to fit the climate, culture and soil of Anaktuvuk Pass using unprecedented methods and materials. By creating a house that uses 90 percent less fuel and costs one-fifth the price of an ...

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13. Anaktuvuk Pass is site of a prototype green home

    Aug 2, 2009 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

    From the Piper Navajo, Anaktuvuk Pass is a smattering of pink and blue roofs bisected by the John River and engulfed by the rugged peaks of the Brooks Range.

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    Related Topix: Arts, Architectural Design