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Posted by Dermot Cole
Published October 21, 2009, 12:31 p.m.
•When the state hired a contractor for a two-year risk assessment of oil and gas facilities in Alaska, it took more than a year to develop the methodology.
That left less than a year to do any risk assessing.
But now, an independent review of the methodology said it probably not have been useful in detecting such threats as the corrosion problem that prompted this entire effort.
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Posted by Glenn BurnSilver
Published October 9, 2009, 12:58 p.m.
Who hasn't jumped on the IPA bandwagon yet?
Posted by Rod Boyce
Published September 4, 2009, 10:55 a.m.
A few people have wondered why we aren’t allowing comments on the online version of the News-Miner’s four-part series on chronic inebriates.
Posted by Josh Armstrong
Published August 12, 2009, 12:13 a.m.
The North Pole Patriots were knocked out of the No. 1 spot after a down week for Interior teams.
Posted by Julie Stricker
Published August 9, 2009, 11:21 a.m.
I've always told friends in Florida and the Midwest that I'd moved to Alaska because there are no snakes, hurricanes or tornadoes. When I saw this video on weather.com this morning, I thought I might have to start amending my reasons for moving north.
Posted by Chris Freiberg
Published June 30, 2009, 11:01 a.m.
In 2004, a little-known company by the name of Starbeeze Studios showed off one of the best looking games anyone had ever seen (at the time) in the Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, and unlike some great looking pieces of software that remain vaporware for years (Duke Nukem Forever), they actually released it in just a few months.
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Published May 28, 2009, 11:09 a.m.
Hoophouses are a less expensive alternative to purchasing a greenhouse kit.
Posted by Rena Delbridge
Published April 17, 2009, 1:01 p.m.
It's a game of "hurry up and wait" in the Capitol today as caucuses plot strategy and House Majority members try to unravel a sizable tangle that arose last night.
Posted by Julie Stricker
Published September 26, 2008, 3:38 p.m.
Dozens of people in and around Fairbanks also live in the blogosphere. Take a look and see what they're up to. In the interests of space, this list is limited to current and former Fairbanks residents or to topics of great local interest.
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