Dermot Cole

‘Svelte Spelts’ capture Biz Bee title; library ‘Bookends’ come second
FAIRBANKS — Anthea Craven, Paula Long and Rich Seifert — appearing as the “Svelte Spelts” — won the 20th Biz Bee at the Westmark Thursday night. As a judge, working alongside Nicole Stewart and Be...
Feb 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘It’s the production rate, stupid,’ Anchorage attorney says of oil
FAIRBANKS — Brad Keithley, an oil and gas attorney in Anchorage, gave a presentation last month to the Alaska Support Industry Alliance in which he quoted some columns of mine about a recent court ...
Feb 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Verizon Wireless readies plans for Fairbanks cell phone towers
FAIRBANKS — Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless carrier in the country, is taking the next step as it prepares to offer service in the Fairbanks area. The borough planning commission unanimousl...
Feb 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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With Eielson on chopping block again, Alaska needs new strategy
FAIRBANKS — The Air Force issued a white paper last week on how it plans the tricky maneuver of shrinking and reconfiguring its operations with a new focus on Asia and the Pacific. The news that t...
Feb 06, 2012 | 4 4 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Court ruling could have ripple effect on many election districts
FAIRBANKS — In a wide-ranging decision that touches on such far-ranging subjects as the Peloponnesian War and Balto’s role in the serum run to Nome, Superior Court Judge Michael McConahy has set th...
Feb 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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A tale of two ConocoPhillips presentations with Alaska comments
FAIRBANKS — The Make Alaska Competitive Coalition has a PowerPoint presentation on its website from Marianne Kah of ConocoPhillips titled “Alaska’s Role in World Energy Supplies.” The contents are...
Feb 03, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Flint Hills plans four-day shutdown to complete heat recovery project
FAIRBANKS — The Flint Hills Refinery at North Pole is expected to start a four-day shutdown today to finish a project under which the refinery is installing facilities to recapture some of the heat...
Feb 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Buffalo, N.Y., family seeks to return 1968 Lathrop High School class ring
FAIRBANKS — In snowless Buffalo, N.Y., Kathy and Wayne Wilhelm visited Wayne’s parents for dinner not long ago and spent some time looking through a box of old keepsakes. As they sorted through th...
Feb 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Should a McDonald’s menu get the same treatment as a secret oil document?
FAIRBANKS — When the state Department of Revenue receives information from oil companies, it almost always treats the information as confidential, interpreting the law so broadly that even document...
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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State audit says human rights commission needs new approach
FAIRBANKS — A recent legislative audit concluded the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights is not investigating complaints in a timely manner and that there are other shortcomings in the operati...
Jan 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Finance analyst says next budget plan ‘critical to Alaska’s future’
FAIRBANKS — As David Teal, the head of the legislative finance division, drafted his overview of the next proposed state budget, his Juneau staff members found it “pessimistic, even borderline depr...
Jan 22, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gleason oil tax decision should not be dismissed as ‘distraction’
FAIRBANKS — The chief public spokesman for cutting taxes on the major oil companies, former UA President Mark Hamilton, referred to Anchorage Judge Sharon Gleason as “Jackie Gleason,” the rotund co...
Jan 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fairbanksan offers $1,000 reward for best constitutional letter
FAIRBANKS — Once every 10 years in Alaska, the voters have a chance to decide if there should be another constitutional convention. The last time this issue came up was in 2002, when Alaskans reje...
Jan 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘Guys Read’ seeks volunteers to teach healthy page-turning habits
FAIRBANKS — The cold snap has put a chill on the volunteer training turnout for Guys Read, but there’s still time for guys to sign up and help show fourth-grade boys reading is rewarding. Voluntee...
Jan 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Transportation planners remove ‘gateway arch’ from Fairbanks road project
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks Metropolitan Area Transportation System planning group stripped the steel ‘gateway arch’ from the proposed Illinois Street renovation project Wednesday, opting to create a...
Jan 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Election plan links Rosie Creek farmers with Salcha farmers
FAIRBANKS — The local election district plan crafted for Fairbanks by former Rep. Jim Holm, a member of the Alaska Redistricting Board, would pair Chena Ridge, University West and Ballaine Road wit...
Jan 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pioneer Lillian Crosson witnessed Alaska aviation history
FAIRBANKS — A former Alaskan who was one of the last links to the early days of Alaska aviation has died in a Seattle suburb at 103. Lillian Crosson Frizzell, born March 9, 1908, to parents from C...
Jan 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Conflicting numbers in oil reports will play part in tax debate
FAIRBANKS — On Jan. 5, two Anchorage Democratic legislators alleged BP “withheld evidence” from a state court in a 2006 case about the tax value of the trans-Alaska pipeline system. BP says it was ...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Retired UAF scientist Glenn Shaw looks back on life in physics
FAIRBANKS — The title of Glenn Shaw’s new book, “Fingerprints on the Moon: My Life in Physics,” is a bit of a misnomer. Shaw does not have his fingerprints on the moon. But he did work on travelin...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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UAF scientist offers update on Alaska’s changing climate tonight
FAIRBANKS — The high temperature Wednesday in the hills edged toward 30 above. By Saturday we could be looking at highs with the same number preceded by a minus sign. A 60-degree temperature swing...
Jan 11, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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