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  1. High court hears predator control caseRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | Juneau Empire

    ... "It does seem sort of conspicuous that the words are missing." The state's predator control program began in the McGrath area to respond to complaints there that predators were killing too many moose and caribou calves, leaving them with too animals ...

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  2. High court hears predator control caseRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | Juneau Empire

    ... "It does seem sort of conspicuous that the words are missing." The state's predator control program began in the McGrath area to respond to complaints there that predators were killing too many moose and caribou calves, leaving them with too animals ...

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  3. Alaska's high court hears predator control caseRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 19 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

    ... "It does seem sort of conspicuous that the words are missing." The state's predator control program began in the McGrath area to respond to complaints there that predators were killing too many moose and caribou calves, leaving them with too animals ...

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  4. Alaskans eager for Sarah Palin book release

    Wednesday Nov 18 | Juneau Empire

    ... inclined but it is something that I'm just interested in," said Baumgartner, who lives in the central Alaska town of McGrath. "It's more of the human-interest element of it, to see what she's got to say." David Cheezem, co-owner of Fireside Books in ...

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    Related Topix: Alaska, US Governors, Sarah Palin, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Anchorage, AK, Palmer, AK

  5. Alaska gold production at its highest since 1916Read the original story

    Tuesday Nov 10 | Juneau Empire

    ... would be the state's third-largest. Two smaller gold mines - the Rock Creek mine in Nome, and the Nixon Fork mine in McGrath - hope to reopen sometime soon. Alaska's smaller placer gold mines, which excavate gold-bearing rock from ancient stream ...

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  6. Alaska gold production highest since 1916Read the original story

    Monday Nov 9 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

    ... would be the state's third-largest. Two smaller gold mines - the Rock Creek mine in Nome, and the Nixon Fork mine in McGrath - hope to reopen sometime soon. Alaska's smaller placer gold mines, which excavate gold-bearing rock from ancient stream ...

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    Related Topix: Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, Delta Junction, AK, Juneau, AK, Nome, AK

  7. Gold production highest since 1916Read the original story

    Sunday Nov 8 | Anchorage Daily News

    ... per year for about 12 years. Two even smaller gold mines -- the Rock Creek mine in Nome, and the Nixon Fork mine in McGrath -- hope to reopen sometime soon after some major setbacks in recent years. But even Alaska's biggest mines are tiny compared ...

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    Related Topix: Alaska, Delta Junction, AK, Juneau, AK, Nome, AK

  8. Fall seems to arrive a little later in the InteriorRead the original story

    Oct 17, 2009 | Anchorage Daily News

    ... -- from a supply run to his gold mine (which was located on a creek well past Takotna). "We were approaching the McGrath entrance of Rainy Pass -- in the lee of its well-known jutting terrain features -- when I spotted three twisters ahead. The ...

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  9. Leaves stuck on trees; tornado witnessedRead the original story

    Oct 14, 2009 | Capital City Weekly

    ... - from a supply run to his gold mine (which was located on a creek well past Takotna). We were approaching the McGrath entrance of Rainy Pass - in the lee of its well-known jutting terrain features - when I spotted 'twisters' ahead. The largest of ...

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  10. Warm fall keeps leaves on trees longer

    Oct 11, 2009 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

    ... - from a supply run to his gold mine (which was located on a creek well past Takotna). We were approaching the McGrath entrance of Rainy Pass - in the lee of its well-known jutting terrain features - when I spotted - twisters' ahead. The largest of ...

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  11. A Star Is BerthedRead the original story w/Photo

    Sep 2, 2009 | San Diego Reader

    ... proud of the heists he accomplished with a good deal of forethought. - CITY LIGHTS: "JOHN PUGH BUSTS OUT," Jackie McGrath, September 7, 1989 Fifteen Years Ago I am one of the few residents of planet Earth unfamiliar with Baywatch. Some one billion ...

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  12. Can you beat this combination?Read the original story

    Sep 2, 2009 | Homer News

    ... of traditional knowledge and western science) as a result of volunteering at a science and culture camp near McGrath. Friends of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuges are indeed a passionate group of people. Friends' volunteers are educators and ...

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  13. Anchorage's 12 homeless deaths this year

    Aug 22, 2009 | Anchorage Daily News

    ... Street during spring cleanup. He had been drinking but it didn't contribute to his death, according to police. From McGrath. Had worked as an electrician. Cause of death: hypothermia 2. WESLEY SMALL, 50 Found May 12 in a tent by a passerby in the ...

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  14. Kuskokwim River Watershed Council takes control

    Aug 13, 2009 | KTVA Anchorage

    ... who live along it. "It's your food chain. You've got your fish, moose, everything," explains Elsie Bobby with the McGrath Native Council, "That's our resource for living out here." "There is no separation between the river and the people they are ...

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  15. Can Alaska afford its frontier?Read the original story

    Aug 12, 2009 | Juneau Empire

    ... runway. They say it's just too dangerous." Takotna is 300 miles west of Fairbanks and 18 miles from the tiny town of McGrath, which has a long, lighted runway - part of a network built across the state by the federal government during the Cold War. ...

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    Related Topix: Alaska, Takotna, AK, US Governors, Sarah Palin

  16. Alaskans question cost of supporting rural outpostsRead the original story w/Photo

    Aug 9, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

    ... runway. They say it's just too dangerous." Takotna is 300 miles west of Fairbanks and 18 miles from the tiny town of McGrath, which has a long, lighted runway -- part of a network built across the state by the federal government during the Cold War. ...

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  17. Longtime Alaska businessman diesRead the original story

    Aug 8, 2009 | Anchorage Daily News

    ... time he met his wife Cherry. They were married Feb. 14, 1971. "Bob went back into private enterprise and managed McGrath Corp. and developed Russian Jack Subdivision. Upon its completion, he was hired by Penco Inc. as general manager where he ...

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  18. Alaska cyclist recounts being hit by a truck

    Jul 27, 2009 | Anchorage Daily News

    ... her through the 350-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational. Her book "Ghost Trails" includes her account of the Knik-to-McGrath wilderness race. Homer finished last month's Tour Divide 14th, setting a new women's record of 24 days, 7 hours, 24 minutes. ...

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  19. Wildfires generate dense smoke in Alaska InteriorRead the original story

    Jul 20, 2009 | KTVF Fairbanks

    ... Flats South Fire about 12 miles from Nenana. It has burned more than 191,000 acres. Other fires include blazes near McGrath, Fort Yukon and Circle. More than 400 wildfires have burned over 1 million acres in Alaska so far this year, making this one ...

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    Related Topix: Alaska, Weather, Fairbanks, AK, Minto, AK, Nenana, AK

  20. Who's up / Who's down

    Jul 18, 2009 | Anchorage Daily News

    Sarah Palin: She's everywhere! She's everywhere! Dillingham, Kotzebue, McGrath, Unalakleet! Uh, gov, what was that resignation day talk about lame ducks flying all over on the state's dime? UP -- Alaska Railroad: Spencer Glacier whistle stop delights travelers, makes money.

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