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adn on August 5th, 2012

On Monday, Lowell and Tay Thomas took some friends to check out the surfaces of various planets and moons in our solar system. They did it at the Anchorage Museum… Click to Continue »

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There are lots of things to do out there. You probably don’t need a list of chores from me, but just in case, here are some things you should consider. Click to Continue »

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adn on June 17th, 2012

Alaskans seem to have a special relationship with fathers that goes beyond the breadwinner, protector, disciplinarian thing. Maybe it’s because many of us associate our dads with larger-than-life Alaska adventures, Click to Continue »

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Sprouting from your head at the rate of more than three inches a year, hair is a recorder of the things you eat and drink and where you ate and… Click to Continue »

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I have been a fan of yuraq — Yup’ik style “Eskimo dance” — since 1957, taking in performances at Cama-i, Quyana Night, the Fairbanks Native Arts Festival, Yupiit Yuraryarait events… Click to Continue »

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Now that we’ve all spent a month taking annoying little rocks out of our garden soil, let’s talk about putting some big rocks in — and about the amazing “rock… Click to Continue »

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After five years of toil, a consortium of several hundred U.S. researchers has released a detailed census of the myriad bacteria, yeasts, viruses and amoebas that live, eat, excrete, reproduce… Click to Continue »

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It would be hard to not noticed weeds have germinated and are starting to grow in Southcentral. Time to act. Click to Continue »

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Four Alaska arts groups — the Alaska Native Heritage Center, the Anchorage Museum, Out North Contemporary Art House and the Sitka Arts Campus — received a total of more than… Click to Continue »

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Things are a bit up and down for area farmers right now. “The fact is, (the crops) haven’t grown as they would normally have, thanks to the cold weather this… Click to Continue »

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