Alaska Peony Growers Association Conference is in Fairbanks this year, growers have big expectations about the cash crop.
This photo shows the old Fairbanks public school at Eighth and Cushman streets, which is now the site of city hall. The photo shows the addition of the gymnasium, built in 1927. The school burned in December 1932.
In December, more than 25,000 scientists traveled to San Francisco to present research on classic hard-science subjects and a few surprises, including the migration of creatures ranging from Alaska earthworms to humans threatened by rising sea level.
Jamie Smith’s cartoons have been a fixture in the News-Miner since 1988, and his work is a lot like Alaska itself — completely unpredictable.
The modern era has almost done away with tall caches, once a symbol of Alaska.
