Like many who come to Alaska, Marilyn Forrester arrived in the state after her life had come to a dead end. Forty, childless and freshly divorced, she departed her Canadian home in 1977 with dreams…
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EAST FORK OF THE GULKANA RIVER — In early August, a few months before this mossy valley will feel the sting of 40-below air, bright red salmon dart through a crystal clear pool amid fragrant green …
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FAIRBANKS – A few years ago, Ronald Daanen was driving north of Coldfoot on the Dalton Highway, looking for drunken trees. He pulled over when he saw some tipsy spruce on a hillside. The University…
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LAKE MINCHUMINA, Alaska — When my sister Miki and I adopted our little black Lab mix from the Fairbanks Animal Shelter, we decided to keep the name the staff bestowed on her — Ellie, or, affectiona…
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FAIRBANKS – Four summers ago, Syndonia Bret-Harte stood outside at Toolik Lake, watching a wall of smoke creep toward the research station on Alaska’s North Slope. Soon after, smoke oozed over the …
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Editorial As expected, there’s much gnashing of teeth about Rep. Don Young’s forthcoming bill to negate all federal regulations of the past 20 years. It’s entirely likely the congressman doesn’t …
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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial The decision not to pursue a connection to the downtown power plant for the Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery may have trimmed $2 million off the construction …
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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial City voters will have a chance Tuesday to make a little more room in the annual budget for city services by voting for Proposition 1. It’s a solid plan that w…
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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial The University of Alaska Board of Regents put itself in a difficult position when it granted a substantial pay raise to the institution’s president last week….
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Editorial Editor’s note: This Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial from Oct. 7, 1961, reported on the first use of vote-counting machines in an Alaska municipal election. It also reflected the pe…
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