Today's News
Man drowns in Selawik
ANCHORAGE -- Authorities are investigating a drowning in Selawik.
State Habitat division back under Fish and Game banner
JUNEAU -- The state Division of Habitat has officially moved back to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Kenai Peninsula utility rates climb
KENAI -- Kenai Peninsula residents can expect to see bigger electricity bills.
More information released about 3 California men killed in Parks Highway crash
ANCHORAGE -- Authorities have identified the hometowns of three California men who died and two Michigan men who were critically hurt after a vehicle rollover on Alaska's Parks Highway.
Oil's role in Alaska economy explored
ANCHORAGE -- The State of Alaska most likely earned more than $10 billion this fiscal year from oil and gas operations, according to a new look at the role of the industry in the state economy.
Surveys show increasing support for ANWR drilling
Record-high gasoline prices are causing Americans to rethink their opposition to drilling for oil and natural gas in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other federal areas, according to several recent surveys.
Fairbanks pooches, dog owners speed through Tanana Valley Kennel Club agility trials
Some athletes run, jump and perform for money, endorsements or fame. Gael does it for a trip to the cheese chair.
Public Safety Report — July 6
The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with public safety officials. Individuals named as arrested and/or charged with crimes in this report are presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.
Same streets, different lanes
John Hartman, Marvin Roberts and Arlo Olson — three young men embracing adult freedoms. All were about to collide through a life-shattering crime — the first, murdered for no apparent cause; the second, jailed and convicted with three others in the slaying; the third, destined for the misery that dogs the life of a reputed snitch.
A decade later, John Hartman’s murder remains divisive
Part 1 of 7
More than a decade after John Hartman's murder, Alaska courts still wrestle with the case. Court reviews and appeals, based largely on procedural issues, have worked their way up to the Alaska Supreme Court. There are also larger questions about the integrity of the Fairbanks legal system that trouble Athabascans tied by family and heritage to three of the convicted men.
Alaska Goldpanners bats go silent in loss to Peninsula Oilers
One night after hammering out 13 hits in a lopsided 13-5 victory over the Peninsula Oilers of Kenai, the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks couldn’t come through with a clutch hit.
Goal of ‘self sufficiency’ is good, but don’t get too ambitious
Becoming more self-sufficient with your food supply takes time. If you don’t have the experience it takes to construct an outhouse, you don’t inaugurate your building career by designing a cathedral.
Pleasurable experiences make people happier than possessions
My happiest time is Saturday, when my husband and I do mindless errands. We go to the grocery, pick up the dry cleaning, and stop at the pet store to buy dog food for our collies and litter for our persnickety cat.
Daredevil dragonflies win Alaskan hearts, state title
An energetic campaign by students from the Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School in Aniak, Alaska declared a state insect in 1995. The winner was the four-spotted skimmer dragonfly. It mauled the mosquito. It battered the butterfly. And it bested the bumblebee in a tight contest to be the Last Frontier’s official insect.
Gold mining family in Flat, Alaska, looks back on 100 prosperous years
On Christmas Day 1908, nearly a hundred years ago, gold was first discovered three miles from Flat at Discovery Claim on Otter Creek. The strike started off the two-years-in-the-making Flat/Iditarod gold rush, the third largest in Alaska.
‘Great Land’ brings Russia’s history in Alaska to life
“The Great Land” is the story of how it almost came to pass that the West was won by Kossaks, not cowboys.
You want what kind of fries with that?
After nearly five years of weekly columns sharing observations and reflections on the business page of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, of which 44 columns were on customer service, I feared that there was little left to share on the subject.
Timber harvests, recreational use among Tanana Valley State Forest's many benefits
FAIRBANKS — The clean scent of fresh-cut spruce filled the air at Northland Wood Products as a sharp-toothed chain wailed, slicing the ends off huge tree trucks.
Forestry division looks into possible use of pellet fuel
FAIRBANKS — It sounds a little like a superhero, and in a way, it could save the day.
Frank to serve another term as trustee
FAIRBANKS — Steve Frank of Fairbanks was re-appointed to the six-member Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Board of Trustees.
Delta Junction farmer to represent producers on state panel
FAIRBANKS — Several Interior residents are among those recently appointed to state boards by Gov. Sarah Palin.
ANWR numbers
Poll results show a long-awaited change
Supporters of drilling for oil in a sliver of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have known all along this day would come. They’ve kept the faith that some day, a majority of Americans would come around to the idea of getting oil out of an area that Congress had already set aside for that purpose.
Letters to the Editor
Climate projections
After reading Mr. Freiberg’s report about the permafrost conference issued on June 30, I wonder on which basis estimates for 2030 are made.
Gas line stability
It is not good for any business to foster mistrust, misinformation or hard feelings. These can often lead unforeseen costs and potentially harmful consequences. In my view, this reflects the ...
Street people
While I mean no disrespect to Virginia Alexander’s letter concerning the drinking people on the streets, I must seriously disagree with her.
Durga’s sister
I see Paris Hutton is at it again. He was never friends with Durga Owens and has never been a friend of the Owens family. His interest in seeing Durga’s ...
McCain is on collision course with Alaska’s habit of seeking federal funds
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is still running against the “bridge to nowhere” in Alaska, one of the projects championed by the Alaska congressional delegation, even though the bridge is going nowhere fast.