“I feel pretty good because I’m happy that it will be a room that people can go and hang out in and either use the light if they feel a little bit sad and it’s dark outside,” Marriott said, adding that seasonal depression is a real thing that impacts a lot of students and people who live in places where winters are dark.
“We’re so far on either end, both parties, and unfortunately money is also driving their decisions. ... Right now, corporate PAC money is driving the elections,” she said. “So what makes me most different, really, is that I’m not taking a dime from any of them.”
“They kind of watch the weather and go to where the weather is,” Hill said. “With aviation, it’s a little bit easier (than automotive testing). They find the window and it’s a five- or six-hour flight to get there. If they have a testing window on Jan. 15 and they want to see X degrees, who’s got it?”
A Fairbanks man is dead after deliberately causing a head-on collision in a stolen car in a suicide attempt and then shooting himself later after he was contacted by law enforcement officials.
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