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Top Interior StoryFairbanks Motel Room Shootout Wounds 3 MenPolice say a drug deal in a Fairbanks motel ended in a shootout in which three men were wounded. Lt. Dan Welborn told The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner bullets were flying early Tuesday at the Super 8 Motel on Airport Way. There were eight people from Anchorage in the room when four men entered and ordered them to the floor. A fight erupted and at least a dozen shots were fired. Read more » More Interior StoriesFairbanks Assembly Repeals Bag TaxThe Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly decided to bag the bag tax. The assembly voted Thursday to repeal the 5-cent plastic bag tax, reversing a decision it made last month. Read more » Village Drinking Water System Shut DownThe drinking water system in a town on an island in the Bering Sea a few dozen miles from Siberia has been shut down over fears it is contaminated with gasoline. Read more » Election Results From Around the StateAlaska voters in Fairbanks and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough rejected sales taxes Tuesday while measures that could lead to increased availability of booze were winning in Bethel and Kotzebue. The Fairbanks 3 percent sales tax proposal was tied to a measure to reduce property taxes. The plan could have increased spending on roads, police and fire protection by $8 million. Former Mayor Steve Thompson, a supporter, said critics used scare tactics to defeat the measure. Read more » Interior Headlines
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