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The sounds of silence aren't hard to find in Alaska
by Miki Collins / In the Bush
2 days 11 hrs ago | 1 1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
LAKE MINCHUMINA - I was in my ninth grade math class at Ryan Junior High School when the teacher made an announcement. “I was snowshoeing this week-end,” he said. “And when I stopped in the woods, ...
Fairbanks Arctic Bears end season with win
by Bob Eley / beley@newsminer.com
2 days 12 hrs ago | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS — The Arctic Bears of Fairbanks concluded the girls high school hockey season on a winning note Saturday afternoon, defeating the Mat-Su Ravens, 4-1. The Mat-Su Ravens won the first two ...
Buffalo Center Diner serves last sandwich
by Michele Trainor / Delta Wind
4 days ago | 6 6 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
DELTA JUNCTION — Ed and Ann Richards have been serving meals to the Delta area community from the Buffalo Center Diner since 2002. Originally a Tastee Freeze, it later was the Delta Diner, Peaches ...
Eielson’s King set to play football at Southern Utah
by Danny Martin / dmartni@newsminer.com
5 days ago | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS — There’s an old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. To Charles King, a picture was worth signing a national letter of intent to an NCAA Division I-AA football program. The ...
North Pole boys, girls ring up Ravens
by Bob Eley / beley@newsminer.com
6 days ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The North Pole boys and girls basketball teams rang up a pair of nonconference high school basketball victories against the Eielson Ravens on Tuesday night in North Pole. The North Pole girls star...
Raven gown flies the coop
by Mary Beth Smetzer / msmetzer@newsminer.com
7 days ago | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS — Leah Clemmons Madonna would like to know where the award-winning gown she designed and fashioned for Kathy Hartman, Miss Alaska-Universe 1971, is stowed. She’s hopeful it’s safely hang...
Effie Kokrine cagers win at Fort Yukon
by Staff Report
7 days ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS - The Effie Kokrine Warriors opened a two-game nonconference prep basketball series at Fort Yukon on a winning note Monday night. The Warriors pulled out a 47-45 victory in the girls gam...
Warwick claims two wins in Sunday’s skijor fun race
by Staff Report
8 days ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS - Andy Warwick Warwick posted a pair of victories to highlight Sunday’s Alaska Skijoring and Pulk Association Fun Race at the North Star Golf Club. Warwick, with his dogs Zip and Joba, p...
Glennallen tops Hutchison, Monroe hoops
by Bob Eley / beley@newsminer.com
9 days ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS — The Glennallen Panthers boys and girls basketball teams flexed their muscles against two Fairbanks-area teams the past two nights. After sweeping the Hutchison Hawks on Friday night, t...
Galena blasts Eielson in Aurora Conference basketball
by Bob Eley / beley@newsminer.com
10 days ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS — Playing their first conference home games of the season, the Galena Hawks boys stormed past the Eielson Ravens in Aurora Conference high school basketball action Friday night. Galena u...
Monroe races past Delta Junction
by Bob Eley / beley@newsminer.com
11 days ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Monroe Catholic Rams opened a three-game Aurora Conference high school basketball road trip by sweeping past Delta Junction and spoiling the Huskies’ homecoming night. The Monroe boys held Del...
Ravens find complete game package and use it on Malemutes
by Bob Eley / beley@newsminer.com
13 days ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS - The Eielson boys basketball team put a complete game together on Tuesday night and the Lathrop Malemutes paid the price. Eielson broke away from a 15-15 tie after the first quarter and...
Final Flint Hills ski race slated on Saturday
by Staff Report
14 days ago | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS - The Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks will host the final event of the 2009-10 Flint Hills Town Race Series on Saturday at the Birch Hill Recreation Area. The Kendall Auto of Fairbanks Suba...
Fairbanks Arctic Bears are on a roll
by Bob Eley / beley@newsminer.com
16 days ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks Arctic Bears girls high school hockey team completed a three-game sweep of Service/East on Saturday, but not without a little drama. The Arctic Bears scored three power-p...
Eielson edges Monroe Catholic by 1 point in boys game, loses in girls game
by Bob Eley / beley@newsminer.com
16 days ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS — The Eielson Ravens came up with a big Aurora Conference boys high school basketball victory on Saturday night at Monroe Catholic’s Boileau Hall as Jake Pulsifer’s rebound basket with th...
North Pole boys hoops team nabs tournament win in Anchorage
by Bob Eley / beley@newsminer.com
18 days ago | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS — The North Pole Patriots opened the Dimond Prep Shootout high boys school basketball tournament with a 59-51 victory against the Grace Christian School Grizzlies on Thursday night in Anc...
Hawks’ Rima overwhelms Ravens
by Matias Saari / msaari@newsminer.com
20 days ago | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Keenen Mays raced his Hutchison Hawks to a quick lead and Kevin Rima dominated thereafter. The combination of Mays’ thievery and perimeter shooting and Rima’s all-around play overwhelmed the Eiels...
Local photographer to display civil rights exhibit in Alabama museum
by Dermot Cole/News-Miner
22 days ago | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS - Jim Barker received the call on a Friday afternoon in March 1965 at Washington State University. A campus group had collected enough funds to send three people to represent WSU at a ci...
Eielson, Glennallen split basketball games
by Bob Eley / beley@newsminer.com
23 days ago | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS — The Eielson Ravens and Glennallen Panthers split their Aurora Conference high school basketball games on Saturday afternoon at Eielson. The third quarter was the turning point in both ...
Monroe tops Hutchison in high school hoops
by Bob Eley / beley@newsminer.com
24 days ago | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
FAIRBANKS — The Monroe Catholic boys executed their game plan to perfection Friday night in rolling to a boys prep basketball victory against the defending state champion Hutchison Hawks in the Aur...