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Mackey takes Iditarod lead at Nikolai

...was the first musher to leave the Nikolai checkpoint Tuesday and take the lead...Bicknell is a 75-mile journey to Nikolai. Norway's Kjetil Backen was the first musher to reach the checkpoint at Nikolai, checking in at 10:39 a.m. with...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030508/spo_253979213.shtml
Cyclist rides entire trail of Iditarod

...Koitzsch carried the Italians' bikes across the overflow and ended up breaking through the ice.He then rode 90 miles to Nikolai, where he had the choice of waiting there two days to be medically evacuated or to ride his bike 50 more miles to a hospital...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-21/cyclist-rides-entire-trail-iditarod
State
Bishop Nikolai to be installed in Sitka

His Grace, the Right Reverend Nikolai, Bishop of Sitka and Alaska, will be...bishop was nominated by the people. Bishop Nikolai was nominated on Oct. 30, 2001 at the...Liturgy with the installation of Bishop Nikolai will be celebrated. The banquet will...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022702/Nei_bishop.shtml
Neighbors
Feds cracking down on felons with guns in rural Alaska, 4 awaiting sentencing

...weapons led to the prosecution of a man in a federal crackdown on violent crime in rural Alaska. Michael R. Stearns, 58, of Nikolai was sentenced this week to four years, nine months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms. He had 24 loaded...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-23/feds-cracking-down-felons-guns-rural-al
State
Iditarod's leaders off to speedy pace

NIKOLAI, Alaska - Sebastian Schnuelle was the...musher to reach the Alaska Native village of Nikolai in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Schnuelle...was running at a surprisingly fast pace - Nikolai is about a third of the way into the race...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/031109/spo_407857600.shtml
Mushers welcome rest at Alaska wilderness villages

...Burmeister in the lead Tuesday. He was the first in and out of the Nikolai checkpoint 75 miles past Rohn, arriving at 8:11 a.m...last year's Iditarod runner-up, Aliy Zirkle, who left Nikolai at 1:13 p.m. Tuesday.There are 26 checkpoints along...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-06/mushers-welcome-rest-alaska-wilderness
Sports
Mackey: Another win doesn't look likely

...Lance Mackey pulled into the checkpoint at Nikolai on Tuesday just two days into the Iditarod...point," Mackey said. Mackey left the Nikolai checkpoint about 350 miles from Anchorage...resting his team Tuesday afternoon in Nikolai. Race spokesman Chas St. George said...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030911/sta_796712162.shtml
News
Priests seek removal of Russian Orthodox bishop

...their top official in the state, Bishop Nikolai Soraich, claiming he has hurt the church...can no longer serve with or under Bishop Nikolai Soraich," said the Rev. Michael Oleksa...they say they are afraid of him. Bishop Nikolai has served in Alaska nearly seven years...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030208/sta_252906269.shtml
Alaska Orthodox church leader takes voluntary leave

ANCHORAGE - Bishop Nikolai Soraich, head of the troubled Alaska...Y., to discuss allegations that Nikolai is abusing his office through intimidation...at the leadership's May meeting. Nikolai has denied the accusations, but has...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/041808/reg_269857129.shtml
Orthodox Church reinstates bishop

...absence for Alaska diocese leader Bishop Nikolai Soraich. The Holy Synod of Bishops said...This month, the church's leader placed Nikolai on a mandatory leave of absence and ordered...during the investigation. "(Bishop Nikolai's) name is not to be elevated at any...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/032808/sta_262630369.shtml

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