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  1. The Competing Narratives of Barry and SarahRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday | Netscape

    The Competing Narratives of Barry and Sarah >> Posted By avoth 9 hours, 29 minutes ago in Political Opinion > In the spring of 1964, Sarah Heath, then just three months old, flew into backwater Skagway, Alaska aboard a 1930s-era Grunman Goose to start a new life with her parents, brother, and sister.

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  2. The Competing Narratives of Barry and SarahRead the original story

    Thursday | Free Republic

    In the spring of 1964, Sarah Heath, then just three months old, flew into backwater Skagway, Alaska aboard a 1930s-era Grumman Goose to start a new life with her parents, brother, and sister.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

  3. Sunken Gold Rush ship discovered in YukonRead the original story

    Thursday | Canada.com

    ... to search for gold in the Yukon's Klondike region in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Many of the miners trudged from Skagway, Alaska a ' which could be reached by Pacific steamers a ' across dangerous mountain passes to the Yukon River headwaters in ...

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    Related Topix: Whitehorse, YT, Yukon, Canada

  4. Lake Laberge gives up a secretRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Edmonton Journal

    ... to search for gold in the Yukon's Klondike region in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Most of the miners trudged from Skagway, Alaska--which could be reached by Pacific steamers--across dangerous mountain passes to the Yukon River headwaters in ...

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    Related Topix: Whitehorse, YT, Yukon, Canada

  5. Salazar calls for 'nation-to-nation relationship' with NativesRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Anchorage Daily News

    ... latest hunt or video of your latest potlatch. (We love video.) Contributor I was born in Sitka, have lived in Kake, Skagway and Fairbanks and joined the ADN in 2005 after writing for the Anchorage Press and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. I started ...

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    Related Topix: Blog News, Alaska, Sitka, AK, Kake, AK, Fairbanks, AK

  6. Masters of the LEGOverseRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Capital City Weekly

    On Saturday, Nov. 21, eleven student teams from Juneau as well as teams from Sitka, Hoonah and Skagway competed at Centennial Hall in an exciting sport for the mind: the third annual FIRST LEGO League Juneau Robot Jamboree.

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    Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

  7. Divers find preserved sunken stern-wheelerRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

    ... shoes. A cook pot was found in the mud next to the ship. The steamboat was built in San Francisco, taken apart in Skagway and hauled over the mountains to Lake Laberge. "The discovery has been reported to the Canadian government and the Yukon ...

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  8. Archaeologists Get New Look at 1901 SinkingRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | APRN - Alaska Public Radio Network

    A discovery north of Skagway is giving archaeologists a flashback to a stormy Klondike winter day in 1901, when the steamship A.J. Goddard sank in Lake Laberge outside of Whitehorse, Yukon.

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    Related Topix: Yukon, Canada, Whitehorse, YT

  9. Alaska News Nightly: November 24, 2009Read the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | APRN - Alaska Public Radio Network

    ... pursue excellence. Archaeologists Get New Look at 1901 Sinking Tara Bicknell, KHNS - " Haines A discovery north of Skagway is giving archaeologists a flashback to a stormy Klondike winter day in 1901, when the steamship A.J. Goddard sank in Lake ...

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    Related Topix: Alaska, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

  10. 2009 November 24Read the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | APRN - Alaska Public Radio Network

    ... inviting students to pursue excellence. Dave Donalson, APRN - " Juneau Tue, November 24, 2009 A discovery north of Skagway is giving archaeologists a flashback to a stormy Klondike winter day in 1901, when the steamship A.J. Goddard sank in Lake ...

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    Related Topix: Alaska, Family, Teenagers, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

  11. "as if it happened yesterday"Read the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 24 | This and That and More of the Same

    ... to search for gold in the Yukon's Klondike region in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Many of the miners trudged from Skagway, Alaska a ' which could be reached by Pacific steamers a ' across dangerous mountain passes to the Yukon River headwaters in ...

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    Related Topix: Whitehorse, YT, Yukon, Canada

  12. Klondike-era steamboat found in Yukon lake

    Tuesday Nov 24 | CBC

    ... crew survived, while the other three drowned. The ship was built in San Francisco in 1897 and shipped in pieces to Skagway, Alaska. It was then hauled inland through British Columbia and assembled at Bennett, B.C. The steamboat hauled gold miners ...

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    Related Topix: Canada

  13. Facts Around the World: AlaskaRead the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | Redlands Daily Facts

    Dave Ahlers at the Welcome Jewelers store in Skagway, Alaska. Chris and Dave Ahlers and Chris' mother Sue Angell, all of Redlands, took a seven-day Alaskan cruise in September.

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  14. Domo Arigato Mr. RobotoRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Nov 23 | KTOO-TV Juneau

    Members of the X-Treme Botz team from Skagway discuss strategy at the 3rd annual Juneau Robot Jamboree Saturday at Centennial Hall.

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  15. B.C. researchers discover gold rush ghost ship in Yukon lake

    Monday Nov 23 | Vancouver Sun

    ... sister ship F.H. Kilbourne was built in San Francisco in 1897 for Seattlite A.J. Goddard and shipped in pieces to Skagway, Alaska where it was hauled inland, through B.C. over the Chilkoot Pass or the White Pass and assembled at Bennett, B.C. The ...

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    Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  16. St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Juneau earns AAHP Ten Most Endangered Grant

    Saturday Nov 21 | Juneau Empire

    The Alaska Association for Historic Preservation recently announced its awards and grant recipients: Lifetime Achievement Award went to Steve Peterson, of Anchorage; the Restoration Project Award went to Don Corwin, of Skagway; and the Ten Most Endangered Grant went to St.

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    Related Topix: Alaska, Religion, Orthodox Church, Juneau, AK, Anchorage, AK

  17. Company to reopen rail car facilityRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | The Olympian

    ... to railroad equipment. The facility's last major job was the rebuilding and updating of two narrow-gauge diesels for Skagway, Alaska's White Pass and Yukon Railway Route. That job involved giving the two locomotives new fuel-efficient engines and ...

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    Related Topix: Tacoma, WA, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Caterpillar

  18. Etue winner, Intramural ChampionshipsRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 13 | Skagway News

    To view previous Sports & Rec. articles, check our archives . i i i Etue takes division i Skagway senior Thomas Etue went undefeated in Wrangell last weekend to win the championship in the 152-pound division at the Tom Sims Invitational.

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    Related Topix: Alaska High School Sports, High School Sports

  19. 'Leading Ladies'Read the original story

    Wednesday Nov 18 | Capital City Weekly

    ... is afoot but can't provide conclusive evidence. Margeaux Heaton, a Perseverance first-timer, brings talent from Skagway in her role as Audrey, a sanguine rollerskater. Both Brown and Heaton say so much with their animated expressions even when they ...

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  20. Third Robot Jamboree to be held SaturdayRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 14 | Juneau Empire

    On Saturday, 11 student teams from Juneau as well as teams from Sitka, Hoonah and Skagway will compete in the third annual For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Lego League Juneau Robot Jamboree.

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    Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

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