Sam Harrel
Chief photographer
Call Sam at 907-459-7534.
Photo editor Sam Harrel has been at the News-Miner since October 1994. He was hired on as a part-time photo lab technician and moved into staff positions as they came open. Born and raised in Pratt, Kan., Harrel attended the University of Kansas where he received a Bachelors of Science in Journalism with an emphasis in photography. After graduation in 1985, he moved to Kansas City, Mo., where he worked as a freelance photojournalist for various newspapers and the Associated Press wire service. Looking for a change, he moved to Fairbanks in the spring of 1994. When not on assignment for the paper, Harrel and his wife, Jillian Rogers, enjoy river trips in the summer and mushing in the winter.
Recent Photos
- Friday, July 4, 2008
- A whitespotted sawyer crawls on a bush Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The wood-boring , long-horn beetle seem to be invading Fairbanks. Other than their nasty bite, though, the beetles are basically harmless, Diane Claassen, pest management technician at the Alaska Cooperative Extension Service said. They don’t kill trees because they target only dead or dying trees to deposit their eggs, she said. The beetles lay their eggs under the bark and the larva bore their way into the sapwood to spend the winter before emerging as adult beetles the following summer
- Friday, July 4, 2008
- A whitespotted sawyer crawls on a bush Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The wood-boring , long-horn beetle seem to be invading Fairbanks. “They do bite and they bite hard,” Diane Claassen, pest management technician at the Alaska Cooperative Extension Service said, speaking from experience. “Almost everyone who has called me says they’ve been bitten or they know somebody that has been bitten."
- Thursday, July 3, 2008
- Penny Wakefield hangs a small quilt as she helps set up the 2008 Quilt Alaska show in the Bear Gallery. The biennial show features assorted quilts by Interior artists.
- Thursday, July 3, 2008
- Athletes in Action starting pitcher Todd Jeffress, right, walks from the mound after being pulled by head coach Mike Gillespie in the first inning of their game against the Mat-Su Miners on Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at Growden Memorial Park. Jeffress worked for 2/3 of an inning giving up six hits for six runs.
- Thursday, July 3, 2008
- U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, left, visits with H. Leo Brown during the open house at his Fairbanks campaign headquarters Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in the Cornerstone Mall on the Old Steese Highway.