KULA, Hawaii (AP) — Musician Paul Simon joined environmentalists trying to reinvigorate a Hawaii forest on Maui and planted a tree during a ceremony, a report said.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — More than two decades before Jeffrey Epstein took his own life, a woman went into a California police station and filed one of the earliest sex-crime complaints against him: that he groped her during what she thought was a modeling interview for the Victoria's Sec…
NEW YORK (AP) — Jack Whitaker, whose Hall of Fame broadcasting career ranged from the first Super Bowl to Secretariat's Triple Crown to short essays from major sporting events, died Sunday morning, CBS reported.
One day when I was biking around town photographing flowers and gardens (yes, I love my job!), I was surprised and delighted to discover a gem of a garden, farm even, behind the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge. Both the size and appearance of the garden impressed me. I’ve seen tiny hotel …
Alaska had been a state for one year in 1960 when its department of fish and game conducted a wolf-planting experiment on Coronation Island in southeast Alaska. At the time, the remote 45-square-mile island exposed to the open Pacific had a high density of blacktailed deer and no wolves. Tha…
We had paused after a creek crossing below the Alaska Range some 20 years ago — Julie, the pack horses, trail dogs and me — when our lead mare Lilja opened her squinty eyes wide, gazing studiously toward a hillside a half-mile away. She did not look alarmed, but her intent focus attracted my…
“For two days in July 1915, the George C. Thomas Memorial Library in Fairbanks was the scene of a remarkable meeting of fourteen Tanana River Athabascan tribal leaders with federal government officials, including Alaska’s delegate to Congress, James Wickersham,” historian Thomas Alton writes…
The armed services appreciation trip is the result of collaboration between Trout Unlimited and Kinross Fort Knox. The two organizations have worked together “on abandoned mine site remediation and reclamation work around the country” and Kinross Fort Knox “has a high level of environmental safeguards with respect to the fisheries at Fort Knox,” Weiss said.
“Angst” is a relatively new word in the English language, when in 1944 it had ceased to be quoted as the foreign word it was in psychology.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic "Easy Rider," has died. His family said in a statement that Fonda died Friday morning at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Fonda, 'Easy Rider' star, counter-culture figure and brother of actress Jane Fonda, has died at 79.
BOSTON (AP) — Chef Mario Batali, whose career crumbled amid sexual misconduct allegations, no longer owns a stake in Eataly, the Italian marketplaces he once heavily promoted.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Actresses America Ferrera and Eva Longoria are leading a group of more than 150 writers, artists and leaders who have written a public "letter of solidarity" to U.S. Latinos after the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, and an immigration raid in Mississippi.
Oral histories and bone records indicate that large herds were present centuries ago, and a few even survived into the early 20th century.
People struggling with addiction face these three obstacles to recovery: a lack of connection, a lack of purpose and a lack of hope.
Two long half days of paddling brought us to Fort Selkirk at the confluence of the Pelly and Yukon rivers.
This year, the festival will feature guest speaker Gary Ivey, from the International Crane Foundation, and artist Herb Melchior.
Members of the public are invited to comment on proposals at upcoming outreach events or in writing.
North Light Community church will be making a big announcement about preview services that will begin in September.
The application period for entering the draw is Monday to Oct. 11.
Tattoo artists from the reality TV series “Ink Master” are in Fairbanks this weekend for a three-day event that’s all about the buzz.
DETROIT (AP) — Regardless of her reputation as a performer, Aretha Franklin's cancer doctors say she was no diva as a patient.
Derral Gleason is coming home to where his Alaska music career started: The Howling Dog Saloon.
“Dandy Dungeon” is probably one of the most peculiar games I have ever played. While it refers to itself as an RPG, I would say that it defies genre while containing some elements of an RPG. It is also remarkably difficult to properly describe in text without explaining it piece by piece.
Two Fairbanks theater groups have announced auditions for upcoming productions.
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KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Country musician Zac Brown has lost a bid to limit snoopers on his private property in Alaska, the latest case where the desires of the wealthy or celebrity for privacy have been at odds with public access.
The 12-year-old protagonists of "Good Boys" have mastered the use of lingo like "lit" and "burn," but they are foggier on just exactly what a tampon is and swear that a nymphomaniac is someone who has sex on land and on sea. They are tantalizingly close to young adulthood and yet tragically …
ATLANTA (AP) — Reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley pleaded not guilty Wednesday to tax evasion and other federal charges that their lawyers said stemmed from false allegations made by a former employee.
Beginning 8 a.m. Thursday, 225 household permits for the 2019 Chatanika River Personal Use Whitefish Spear Fishery will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Fairbanks Alaska Department of Fish and Game office.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang has denied a request for an emergency order to close an area adjacent to Denali National Park to the taking of wolves by hunting or trapping.
George Bernard Shaw wasn’t always right, but he was spot on when he said, “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” It’s awfully easy to leave out things we mean to impart and poorly organize our words, and human frailty doesn’t help. Recently I w…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two music companies canceled appearances by Placido Domingo and the Los Angeles Opera said Tuesday it would launch an investigation in response to an Associated Press story in which numerous women accused the opera legend of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior s…
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal grand jury in Atlanta on Tuesday indicted reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley on charges including tax evasion, alleging among other things that they tried to hide their income from "Chrisley Knows Best" from the IRS.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two music companies canceled appearances by Placido Domingo and the Los Angeles Opera said Tuesday it would launch an investigation in response to an Associated Press story in which numerous women accused the opera legend of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior s…
It's hard to have huge expectations for a movie called "The Angry Birds Movie 2." After all, it's not even a movie based on a smartphone game. It's a SEQUEL to a movie based on a smartphone game.
NEW YORK (AP) — If filmmaking is a war, then "Apocalypse Now" was very nearly Francis Ford Coppola's Waterloo.
For decades, Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated and powerful men in opera, has tried to pressure women into sexual relationships by dangling jobs and then sometimes punishing the women professionally when they refused his advances, numerous accusers told The Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Orchestra rescinds invitation to opera legend Placido Domingo after AP reveals sex harassment claims.
NEW YORK (AP) — In the summer of 1969, dreams of a new society played out in muddy wonder at the Woodstock music festival and in murderous parody during the Manson rampage in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Octavia Spencer will be honored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network with its Inspiration Award at a gala later this year.
NEW YORK (AP) — If filmmaking is a war, then "Apocalypse Now" was very nearly Francis Ford Coppola's Waterloo.
AP () — — AP Investigation: Opera singers accuse superstar Placido Domingo of sexual harassment, say he dangled roles for sex.
The unusually dry weather and high temperatures hitting Kodiak could mean danger for spawning salmon this fishing season, according to scientists and fisheries specialists.
NEW YORK (AP) — Spa visits and the money they generate reached record highs last year in the U.S. with $18.3 billion in revenue driven by 190 million pampering trips, according to the International Spa Association.
Woodstock is surrounded by myths, legends and misperceptions. Here's the real story about five of them.
BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) — They helicoptered over crowds into the Woodstock festival and hiked in past abandoned cars. They danced at dawn on a muddy hillside and dodged drenching rain. They barely slept, phoned Mom to say they were OK and marveled at their sheer numbers. They let behind sodden soc…
Pioneer Air Museum would like to thank Northern Power Sport for the loan of their four-wheeler transport.
Birds that spent their summer next to muskoxen are now leaving Alaska to spend winter with zebras.
“I make big abstract paintings that happen to look like birch trees,” Kesler Woodward said, describing his locally iconic images of the Northern landscape.
