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Dermot Cole
Public invited to help honor artistic leaders at reception tonight
Our local mayors and the Fairbanks Arts Association plan to honor seven prominent artists and supporters of the arts at a reception at 6 p.m. today at the Pioneer Park civic center. Jo Scott, Penn...
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Alaska Mining Hall of Fame honors two prominent figures of past
FAIRBANKS – Two more names will join the lengthy honor roll of the Alaska Mining Hall of Fame Foundation tonight at the Westmark — John P. Clum and Irving McKenny Reed. Clum, who died in 1...
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Denali Park
Healy courthouse gets modern makeover
If you have any business to conduct at the state courthouse in Healy, be sure you do it before March 19. That is the last day the courthouse will remain open. All court business is moving to the n...
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Denali school district science project offers hope for chronic multitaskers
DENALI PARK – “Is multitasking really worth it?” At last, someone used the scientific method to answer that ever-perplexing question. In this case, the scientist was eighth-grader Abel K...
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At the Library
Being ‘funemployed’ is enjoyable, but ‘intexicated’ can be dangerous
FAIRBANKS – Some suspicious terms made the Oxford American Dictionary editor’s “Word of the Year” list this year, such as “funemployed — taking advantage of one’s newly unemployed status t...
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Old dictionaries and books on naming children anything but John Doe
One of the oldest books at Noel Wien Library is a 1765 edition of Samuel Johnson’s “A Dictionary of the English Language,” the first great lexicon of our tongue originally published in 1755. Other...
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Outdoors
You can pack heat in Alaska’s national parks, but leave bullets home
FAIRBANKS – A new law went into effect on Monday that allows visitors to carry guns in national parks in the United States. But it won’t have much of an impact on Alaska because we’ve been...
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Fairbanks needs a good, old Lower 48 blizzard
It’s not fair. They’re not supposed to have things in the Lower 48 that make Alaskans jealous, with the exception of fresh sweet corn and apple cider. They’re definitely not supposed to have more ...
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Pinching Pennies
Maintain smoke and CO2 alarms
FAIRBANKS – Many of us rely on detectors in our homes. We have smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors that sense when something is awry and allow us enough time to get ourselves and...
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Basic computer care can save money, headaches down the road
FAIRBANKS – Computers have made our life easier and more complicated. Last month, my computer crashed. This made me investigate how I can avoid this problem in the future. Like many of you...
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Energy Focus
Ask a Builder: Get the LED out (they work well)
FAIRANKS – Q: I’ve read LED lights perform well in cold temperatures. What about in Alaska? Absolutely. LEDs are generally pretty tough. They are shock and cold resistant. In fact the ...
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Get in the know about plugging in your car
Ask a Builder Q: Is there anything I need to be cautious about when plugging in my automobile? For starters, there are the basics of electrical safety: when you are plugging in anything, you d...
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Cooperative Extension
4-Hers visit Alaska Legislature in Juneau
FAIRBANKS – In February, eight Alaska teens in the 4-H Youth In Governance Program, four from the Fairbanks area, traveled to Juneau to learn about the Legislature. Two meetings were held...
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Fairbanks to host agriculture conference
FAIRBANKS – The Sixth Annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference and Organic Growers School is scheduled for March 17 at the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge. Everyone is welcome, from t...
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