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Alaska State Troopers say a fight in Noorvik Sunday morning produced assault charges against three people -- as well as an unexpected stash of smokes. According to an AST dispatch, troopers in Kotzebue received reports of a disturbance in Noorvik at about 5:15 a.m. Sunday. Investigation of the incident revealed that Noorvik residents Jack Wells, 18; Thomas Nay, 28; and Johnathon Carter, 20, as well as a number of family members and friends, had been involved in a fight over stolen items.

by GoToAK.com News Staff Monday, December 14, 2009 Snowmachine buffs with a yen to blaze their own trail into the wilderness, over the tundra and up and down steep mountain passes, or compete in races big and small, will find plenty to like in Alaska. It is possible to ride for miles and miles in some areas of Alaska and never see another person. Numerous residents of rural Alaska use snowmachines to commute between villages in winter, just as they once used sled dog teams, compensating for a lack of roads.

An Anchorage snowmachine and ATV salvage store appears to be the latest retailer caught up in a theft trend. An Alaska Snowmobile Salvage employee alerted co-owner Todd Anderson on Fri. morning thieves had hit his store, stealing and damaging an estimated $20,000 in merchandise and products they were repairing. “They had come through here like a bull in a china shop,” Anderson says.  “There was a glass case right there. They shattered that. Stole a bunch of stuff…including four motorcycles.

Winter means ski season, as well as avalanche season, but researchers in Canada believe infrared technology can help predict where and when an avalanche will happen.   With the click of a button, researchers at the University of Calgary take a snapshot of temperatures within a snow pack. During the winter, layers of snow get wet, freeze and are buried. The temperatures inside those different layers hold important clues. "We think the infrared camera will allow us to see the process of the crust developing a poor bond to this overlying snow.

The Alaska National Guard team is set to tackle the trail of the Iron Dog, billed as the “world's longest, toughest snowmobile race,” ready to leave Big Lake Feb. 17 enroute to Nome, then onto Fairbanks in a 2,000-mile race. Warrant Officer Michael Williams and Staff Sgt. Vincent Salzbrun, both of 1-207th Aviation, Alaska Army National Guard, are team 28 and representing the Alaska National Guard, the presenting partner of the Iron Dog since 2009. They have known each other for more than a decade and have been riding together the past three years.

  Definitions: Fastest , means the least time, usually between checkpoints or shortest duration on the course between locations. Cash , usually means a check or other monetary compensation other than a product, certificate or service.   Prize Details Category Sponsor Amount Fastest All-Rookie Team from Nome to Ruby (Southbound). Product certificate. Rookies ABC Motorhomes* $1,500 First Place All-Rookie Team on Arctic Cat to Finish in Fairbanks.

Location and Climate Willow is located in the Mat-Su Borough, between mile 60 and 80.7 of the George Parks Highway, north of Houston. Its western boundary is the Susitna River. The community lies at approximately 61.747220° North Latitude and -150.037500° West Longitude.  (Sec. 08, T019N, R004W, Seward Meridian.)   Willow is located in the Palmer Recording District.  The area encompasses 684.8 sq. miles of land and 8.0 sq. miles of water.  January temperatures range from -33 to 33; July can range from 42 to 83. Rainfall varies from 16 to 27 inches, with 48 to 150 inches of snowfall.

When the Renewable Energy Fair started seven years ago at Chena Hot Springs near Fairbanks, a lot of what we saw back then wasn't tried and true. Today, many of those technologies -- wind, solar and biomass -- are in use across Alaska, where some of the highest energy costs in the nation have made necessity the mother of invention.    One of the displays this weekend that attracted attention was an electric snowmobile, developed by students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.