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Melted dream: Simpson’s snowmobile…

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The Hook Melted dream: Simpson's snowmobile race hopes dashed The Hook By Hawes Spencer | editor@readthehook.com Russ Simpson, the Nelson County man who vowed to race a snowmobile across the icy wilds of Alaska in search of adventure for himself and money for charity, has returned from more than...
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McKenna, VanMeter Claim 2012 Iron…

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KTUU.com McKenna, VanMeter Claim 2012 Iron Dog Crown KTUU.com It's also the first time the race's winners have driven Ski-Doo sleds to the finish line, an important detail for drivers heavily subsidized by corporate sponsorships. ...
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Heap of February fun marks Leap…

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Island Park News Heap of February fun marks Leap Year 2012 Island Park News Speakers include Yellowstone National Park Deputy Superintendent Steve Iobst, Connie Funkhouser of the Daisy's Angels foundation, Annie Emery of the Henry's Fork Foundation, Bill Smith on snowmobile events, Randy Gravatt on the Iron Dog race...
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Iron Dog: Former champs McKenna,…

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Alaska Dispatch Iron Dog: Former champs McKenna, VanMeter reach Nome first Alaska Dispatch Four years ago, he was trying to pass six-time champion Scott Davis along the coastline when one of the skis on McKenna's Arctic Cat hit a frozen tussock at an odd angle and sent the machine...
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Joyriding, Alaska Bush style –…

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Alaska Dispatch Joyriding, Alaska Bush style -- speed on snow Alaska Dispatch 15, at approximately 9:15 am, Alaska State Troopers received a report of a stolen black Polaris IQ Shift 550 snowmachine with a 121-inch track. It was reported that the snowmachine had been parked at the ERA (Airlines)...
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Thin ice on Big Lake, borough…

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Thin ice on Big Lake, borough cautions Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman According to a Mat-Su Borough press release late Friday afternoon unusually thin Ice on parts of Big Lake are causing some concern with the Mat-Su Borough Emergency Services, especially in light of the upcoming Iron Dog snowmobile race that...
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Two shot in Barrow attack – The…

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Two shot in Barrow attack The Arctic Sounder According to Chief Leon Boyea of the North Slope Borough Police Department, Dave A. Evikana, 20, fired four shots inside a Yugit Street home early Saturday morning then fled the scene on a black-and-yellow Ski-doo snowmachine. ...
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Can Sarah Palin Shake off Stigma of…

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CBC.ca Can Sarah Palin Shake off Stigma of Sex, Drugs Revelations? International Business Times The book goes on to claim that years later, Sarah had a six month affair with one of her husband's snowmobile dealership business partner, Brad Hanson. ...
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