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Report: Natural gas would save Fairbanks millions

FAIRBANKS - A state-funded study presented to the Fairbanks North Star Borough assembly says building a natural gas distribution system would save residents and businesses millions of dollars.The study from Anchorage-based...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-06-25/report-natural-gas-would-save-fairbanks
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Voters to be faced with property tax exemption measure

...Borough, all of which have significant oil and gas infrastructure onto which they may shift taxes.Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly Member Nadine Winters said opposition from business interests in the Legislature blocked the possibility of...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-08-07/voters-be-faced-property-tax-exemption-
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Ice Alaska finds new home near current location in Fairbanks

...coming back and forth," he said. The new park will be known as "The George Horner Ice Park." The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly approved a conditional state grant for Ice Alaska to purchase the railroad land, but the railroad didn't...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-06-05/ice-alaska-finds-new-home-near-current-
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North Slope employment inquiry hears calls for Alaska hires

...reductions."In 1976 my father was a non-resident worker," said Joseph Blanchard, a member of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly and a student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He said the tourism industry, in which he works during...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-09-07/north-slope-employment-inquiry-hears-ca
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Fairbanks grapples with air pollution enforcement

...state to solve that issue, (which) is really a federal mandate, has been rough," he said. The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly passed a plan last summer, but voters chose in November to strip its regulations on home-heating systems...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/020711/sta_781902970.shtml
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Fairbanks borough considers pipeline appeal

FAIRBANKS - The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly will decide this week whether to appeal a judge's decision about the value of the trans-Alaska pipeline. The decision earlier...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/110810/sta_732963867.shtml
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Alaska Digest

...its review before permitting the mine. Assemblymen call for Rumsfeld resignation FAIRBANKS - Two Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly members will ask that body to approve a resolution calling for the immediate resignation of Defense Secretary...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092406/sta_20060924008.shtml
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Whitaker wins Fairbanks race

...replacement to fill the House seat Whitaker has held since 1998. Fairbanks voters decided to shrink the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly by two members. The reduction, from 11 to nine members, goes into effect in a year. Fairbanks voters also...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/100903/sta_whitaker.shtml
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Fairbanks measure calling for Rumsfeld to resign fails 5-4

...calling for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld fell one vote short of passing by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly. Sound off on the important issues at Four members of the nine-member assembly voted Wednesday in favor of...

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Alaska Digest

...year, the Fairbanks City Council approved Marlow's requested tax breaks for the property. The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly approved similar tax breaks last year. The city's tax breaks would have kicked in after completion of the...

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