Guttenberg Pushes for Broadband Expansion

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By Erin Granger “I have had coverage across the Fairbanks he said, is fiber optic cable. Fairbanks area struck a chord [email protected] legislation in area. “I’ve talked to a lot of dif- among community members the past two “There are gaps all over ferent companies and a lot of in the audience, many of whom At his first constituency cycles to cre- Fairbanks between this ser- different people,” Guttenberg shared personal stories of their meeting since returning home ate a broad- vice plan and that service plan said. “You’re never going to own struggles with internet after a final legislative session band corpora- and it’s creating inefficiencies,” need more than fiber. There’s access. in Juneau, Democratic Rep. tion that would he said. “If they don’t want to nothing faster than fiber. It’s Guttenberg said he deals David Guttenberg, of Fair- build out the Guttenberg fix it, maybe we will.” the most reliable, the least with these same struggles in banks, focused on an issue gaps between In a presentation, Gutten- impacted by weather and con- his own neighborhood. quite separate from the state these private sector providers,” berg explained several options ditions and it’s an infrastruc- “There are 20 houses in my budget or tax reform. It’s one Guttenberg said. “They’re not for creating the infrastructure ture that once it’s in place, it’s neighborhood out in Gold- that has long plagued the out- doing things that we need.” needed to bring high-speed there, it’s done.” stream and none of us have lying neighborhoods of Fair- The central issue, as Gutten- internet to households across The need for more reliable banks — reliable internet. berg identified, is inconsistent the Interior. The most reliable, high-speed internet across the INTERNET » A5

GOOD MORNING Study: Suicide top reason

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cloudy. Lows in the ASSOCIATED PRESS mid to upper 50s. Light winds. JUNEAU — A new six- year study on guns in High today ...... 78 Alaska shows the state Low tonight ...... 57 has one of the top rates of gun deaths and inju- Sunrise: 5:09 a.m. ries in the U.S. Sunset: 10:43 p.m. The study was pub- lished Wednesday by WEATHER » A7 the Alaska Section Fairgoers try their hands at gold panning at the Alaska Miners Association booth on opening of Epidemiology, the Juneau Empire report- day of the Tanana Valley State Fair on Friday afternoon. ERIC ENGMAN/NEWS-MINER • • • ed. It examined three statewide databases and found almost 1,500 people were injured or Fair opens with mining showcase killed by firearms from the start of 2009 to the By Kevin Baird end of 2015. KBAIRD Figures compiled by @NEWSMINER.COM the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention After a few days show Alaska’s firearm TRAINING of rain, the drizzle death rate is the second- stopped just in time for highest in the country TIME the Tanana Valley State behind Montana. High school football Fair, and on Friday Deborah Hull-Jilly, teams tune up for Alaskans made their the public health expert regular season at way to the fairgrounds who coordinated the Interior Football for food and fun with study, said the main Jamboree. family and friends. reason for gun deaths in Alaska is suicide. But SPORTS Friday was Mining Day, and Roger Burg- the study left unclear Page B1 graf, 85, had on display whether the presence a collection of gold, of firearms contributes • • • silver, copper, rocks to Alaska’s suicides, or and mining equip- whether other factors SOURDOUGH JACK: ment. Burggraf came are causing the high to Alaska as a young rate. “Does that mean man looking for work, Of the 1,000 fire- we’re upgrading and eventually became Basil Foxx, 6, of Fairbanks, stands next to a curious goat in the Largen arm fatalities in Alaska from a big truck a gold prospector and Barn on Friday afternoon. during the six analyzed active member of the years, 750 were due to to a series of Alaska Miners Asso- lection was taken and he explained how answer questions, and suicide and 152 were tubes?” ciation. His collection from the region: large the rock is ground up the miners ran a gold homicides, according to comprised items he gold nuggets from the to extract the gold. panning operation for the report. The rest were had mined himself or Dome Creek Mine near Burggraf stressed the the children. Usibelli due to accidents, police acquired. Fairbanks, grains of importance of Fair- Coal Mine had a shiny intervention or could “Mining is a lot of placer mine gold from banks miners and min- piece of coal on display not be determined from work and I enjoy it,” Goldstream Creek, er history. that was cut from the the data. Burggraf said. “It’s and a rock from Ester “Fairbanks wouldn’t coal seams near Healy. The ratio of Alaskans hard work but it can Dome with gold flakes be here without the Throughout the after- killed by fire arms each be rewarding if you’re in it. Burggraf also had miners,” he said. noon, the fairgrounds year is 19.7 per 100,000, lucky. A few can make samples of rock from Mining companies began to fill up. according to the report. it.” the large-scale Pogo and organizations also The figure in Montana is Burggraf’s gold col- and Fort Knox mines, had officials on hand to FAIR » A5 19.85 per 100,000.

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