05/06/11 The Alaska Redistricting Board has been using 2010 U.S. Census data to redraw Alaska's legislative districts. The final plan is due June 14. How are they doing? Here's a quick review using key criteria the plan must meet.
11/02/10 Posted: Nov 01, 2010 03:34 am EDT Wild, remote - and not as tall as other Alaskan massifs, the Brooks range proved otherwise a great adventure ground for Erik Peterson and Doug Piehl, who returned from their summer trip with a cool experience - and a brand new route under their belts.
06/27/10 Three Alaska Supreme Court justices joined local officials to celebrate the opening of a new courthouse in Nenana.
06/26/10 Three Alaska Supreme Court justices joined local officials Friday to celebrate the April 1 opening of a new courthouse in Nenana. The facility's first felony trial is scheduled to take place next month.
05/05/10 In the summer of 2007 I spent a week sitting in front of a microfilm reader on the third floor of the Rasmuson Library at University of Alaska Fairbanks.
04/26/10 Today's Looking Back can be found here . Back in the early days of Fairbanks, the city had quite a few newspapers in addition to the News-Miner. On April 1, 1960, the News-Miner ran a column r...
01/27/10 A few years ago, 82-year-old Wilfred "Wilf" Blezard remembered the coldest day recorded in North America's history. Blezard was one of four weathermen stationed at the Snag airport in Yukon, Canada, on Feb. 3, 1947. On that day, the temperature dropped to minus 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
12/31/09 Dean M. Brickson was recently hired into the Sales and Operations division of Jeff Foster Trucking in Superior, WI. The Duluth native earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Transportation Management from the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL in 1991.
11/22/09 Associated Press - November 22, 2009 3:14 PM ET FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - It's been bitter cold in Bettles, a small village 200 miles north of Fairbanks.
09/21/09 The first real snowfall of the season in Southcentral Alaska could happen tonight in higher elevations, including Anchorage's Upper Hillside, according to the National Weather Service.
08/12/09 Since he had a stroke nine years ago, Vern Scott has spent most of his time housebound and watching the world through his living room window in Egmondville.
08/11/09 JUNEAU - Alaska Interstate Construction won a bid Monday to complete one of the city's largest-ever earthworks projects. |