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Search under way for two climbers missing on Mount McKinley
Two mountain climbers are missing after setting out for a challenging peak on Mount McKinley, according to officials at Denali National Park.
Sonar king salmon count begins on the Kenai River
KENAI -- The count for kings has begun on the Kenai River.
Prosecutor protests conscientious objector ruling
ANCHORAGE -- The U.S. Attorney's Office in Anchorage is protesting a magistrate's ruling on the conscientious objector status of a soldier.
Ketchikan Christian Academy is closing its doors
KETCHIKAN -- Faced with declining enrollment, the Ketchikan Christian Academy is closing its doors after 32 years.
Juneau may get hydro power back by June
JUNEAU -- Juneau's electric utility says the community could get hydro power back by June 8.
Juneau lawmaker pans ferry vetoes
JUNEAU -- Gov. Sarah Palin's veto of $30 million for state ferries has a Juneau lawmaker steamed.
Military appreciation fishing tournament held in Seward
ANCHORAGE -- More than 200 soldiers got the chance to catch a big fish and win a truck during the Second Annual Armed Services Combat Fishing Tournament.
Robert Hale, known as 'Papa Pilgrim,' dies
ANCHORAGE -- The man who called himself Papa Pilgrim has died in an Anchorage jail.
Alaska tourism expected to take a hit this season
ANCHORAGE — With runaway fuel prices, it’s somehow fitting that Jim and Wilma Fowler’s Airstream Safari sports a green sign, “Alaska or Bust,” on the back window of the 25-foot travel trailer.
Natural gas to China? It could happen
JUNEAU — A few weeks ago, as Gov. Sarah Palin’s administration was studying the prospect of shipping North Slope gas into Canada and on to the Lower 48, Rep. Jay Ramras was smoking Double Happiness cigarettes with a Chinese “billionaire,” learning about capitalism in a communist country and trying to gauge China’s interest in Alaska’s gas.
Theft is latest tragedy to befall woman stricken with cancer
The last year has been an uphill battle for Sammie Dominick with scant promise of brighter horizons.
Wal-Mart steps up to fill recycling void in Fairbanks
Workers at Wal-Mart separate cardboard, plastics, paper and aluminum beverage cans before using a baling machine in the store’s back storage room to compress them into 600-pound cubes.
Public Safety Report — May 25
The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with public safety officials. Individuals named as arrested and/or charged with crimes in this report are presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.
Parton program brings books to local kids
The borough’s youngest residents now have the opportunity to build their own library even before they see the inside of their first classrooms thanks to country music star Dolly Parton.
Boehner: GOP needs to be more proactive
House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, last week said GOP leaders need to become more involved in primary fights to ensure the best candidates represent the party in the general election.
Stevens focuses on GI Bill during visit
Sen. Ted Stevens warned of a “mass exodus” from the military Saturday if the so-called 21st Century GI Bill goes into law without major changes.
Eielson, Hutchison split in soccer finale; North Pole, Lathrop draw
The Hutchison girls ended their season Saturday with a loss. The boys ended on a win.
Search for Nanooks women’s coach begins in earnest
Pamm Hubbard won’t get to enjoy a relaxing Memorial Day weekend.
West Valley comes out strong in prep baseball doubleheader sweep
The West Valley Wolfpack had their hitting shoes on Saturday in a high school baseball doubleheader sweep of the Eielson Ravens on Wright Field at Newby Park in North Pole.
Added athletes give Grace enough to win boys title
Grace Christian more than doubled its participation at the Alaska State Track and Field Championships and used the extra manpower to win the first boys title in Class 1A-2A-3A.
Punches thrown between fans, Corpus Christi players
In the end, all anyone could agree upon is that it’s really lucky no one got hurt.
Grizzlies’ new faces have same old effect against Corpus Christi
At this point, it’s become a cycle — the Grizzlies lose, John Fourcade promises changes, those new faces come in and the Grizzlies still lose.
Young Dimond team gets fifth state title
Kathleen Navarre saw that the Dimond girls track and field team was successful early in the regular season.
Bartlett staves off Palmer with late relay victory
On Saturday, the Bartlett Golden Bears saw the Palmer Moose surge late in the Class 4A state track and field meet.
Hutch’s Wilson pulls a quad — in victories
Hutch senior earns four golds
Hutchison High School’s humble senior Kim Wilson used a little hometown advantage to help secure a rare individual quadruple.
Reader tips for delighting and serving our community’s honored summer guests
Soon our hotels, restaurants and streets will be bustling with guests from around the world who we invited this summer to experience the community we call home.
What big teeth this Alaska dinosaur had
A long time ago, a dinosaur named Troodon lived in the area where Alaska’s North Slope is today. Troodon was a meat eater that looked like an eight-foot bird, with the mouth and tail of an alligator.
Joly’s trail guidebook gives couch potatoes a reason to get out
For all you tofu eaters out there, there’s a new guidebook on the racks that can help you plan those summer (and winter) adventures where you can get cold, wet, mosquito-bitten, sweaty, miserable, and — worst of all — in my way on the trails and rivers that surround our humble little burg.
Fire up those keyboards and don’t be afraid to (politely) comment
Like many other readers, I have found myself drawn in to the News-Miner Web site comments section in a manner that can best be described as perverse.
Rise of ‘cyberbullying’ gives a high profile to internet attacks
You are looking for a new job and know that employers nowadays check you out on the Internet. So you google yourself to see what an employer might find. To your horror, you find that you are the victim of character assassination.
Careful transplant is critical for sustaining frail seedlings
This is perhaps the best time of the gardening year, largely because it is all a dream. In your mind, by July, the rose bushes will be tall and fragrant, the tomatoes will taste juicy and sweet, and every stalk of corn will be showing two ears of creamy kernels.
A climb with a cause
Adventurers trek into unknown for cancer research
As the pilot guided the single-engine Piper Cherokee closer to an unclimbed mountain known as 8290, passenger Kevin Mahoney’s smile grew. Mahoney gazed at the sharp, snowcapped peak, sizing it up for an attempt he and three partners will make to be the first to stand on its summit.
Time to remember
Memorial Day is our opportunity to honor the fallen
East to west across our country on Monday, the sun will dawn on a day of remembrance, illuminating banners of red, white and blue ceremoniously flying at half-staff, to be raised briskly to full staff at high noon.
Letters to the Editor
Acord airport
This is a letter I originally sent to the News-Miner on May 8, 2004.
Energy ideas
I suggest Andy Warwick (May 4 letter) re-read David van den Berg’s community perspective column from April 30.
Mechanical know-how
Two weeks ago, my nephew Austin Sipes Jr. and Justin Grover of North Pole won the title as Alaska’s Best Student Auto Technicians.
Trash morons
Today I spent the afternoon with my daughter, picking up trash in the Johnson Road/Salcha Star area of Salcha.
Initial Attack
An article in last Sunday’s issue of the News-Miner quoted the Delta area forester as saying that “those big project fires were failures of Initial Attack.
Capital budget shows need for external review of legislative operations
So it won’t be “Christmas in spring” after all.
