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    "deck": "For 25 dollars, you can throw your name in for your own slice of the Alaska Interior.",
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    "body_md": "The Fairbanks North Star Borough is selling 54 borough-owned parcels in the new West Chatanika River Recreation Subdivision, located about 38 miles north of Fairbanks near the Chatanika River, through a lottery sale expected to open in late June 2026.\n\nTickets cost 25 dollars each, and buyers can purchase as many tickets as they want. Each ticket represents one chance at a parcel, though a buyer can win only one. Winners must still purchase the land they win.\n\nThe parcels range from just over two acres to nearly 18 acres of white spruce and mixed forest. They are zoned for non-commercial recreational and seasonal use, such as hunting camps or weekend cabins, and are accessible only by trail rather than a maintained road.\n\nFor residents of Fairbanks, North Pole and the wider Interior, the sale offers a rare chance to own a remote parcel of borough land.",
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