Blogs
How much should state spend to get 'cheap' fuel? by dermotcole
Mar 19, 2010 | 13 
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The state Legislature should appropriate money immediately to start building either a large-scale pipeline to Valdez or a bullet line from the North Slope to the Kenai Peninsula, according to former Sen. Ted Stevens. At the same legislative hearing Thursday, former Gov. Bill Sheffi... | 4 |
State energy policy is more fantasy than reality by dermotcole
Mar 18, 2010 | 12 | 5 |
Legislators will tell you that they've made great progress over the past year in developing an energy policy for Alaska. What they haven't done is make the difficult decisions required to make an energy policy more than words on paper. Here is one example of a difficult decision that... | 5 |
State Tournaments in Anchorage by kcapps
Mar 16, 2010 | 0 | 2 |
A big chunk of Healy, Cantwell and Anderson will travel to Anchorage this coming weekend for the state basketball tournament, the state Bantam hockey tournament, and the state Mathcounts competition. The Denali Borough School District has students competing in every one of those multi-day eve... | 2 |
Our Local Banker Is Not Leaving by kcapps
Mar 16, 2010 | 0 | 6 |
Don't panic, like I did, when you see the flyer on the post office bulletin board that advertises Teri Simmons' home on Coal Street as being for sale. Teri, of course, is in charge of the Healy branch of the First National Bank of Alaska and has been an active and integral part of the community ... | 6 |
Christmas ales? Winter warmers? All make great gifts and warming times by glennburnsilver
Jan 11, 2010 | 0 | 7 |
Christmas is a fine time to give beer to friends, families and occasional enemies. The hard part is deciding what to give. There are plenty of gift packs out there, such as the one from Flying Dog Brewery, that offer a variety of selections, and these work in a pinch. Personally, I p... | 7 |
SIlver Gulch taps new Winter Warmer by glennburnsilver
Oct 23, 2009 | 0 | 13 |
Winter is slowly making its way into the Interior, but Silver Gulch is ready with a new seasonal, the Osculum Infame or The KIss of Shame, a Belgian Godlen Winter Warmer. Warm is the right phrase for this beer. At 10.5% ABV, the beer immediately warms the belly, but dosn't burn on the way dow... | 13 |
I'm in Nome! by James_Brooks_FDNM
Mar 15, 2010 | 0 | 1 |
Looking Back Blog is in Nome this week, so no updates. :( You'll have to cope with ordinary news stories on the Iditarod instead. | 1 |
Kids celebrate Washington's Birthday by James_Brooks_FDNM
Mar 13, 2010 | 0 | 1 |
Today's Looking Back can be found here . From the Feb. 20, 1910 News-Miner, here's a depiction of the Fairbanks school assembly regarding Washington's Birthday: WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY IN FAIRBANKS' SCHOOLS Children in the Public Schools Know All About the Father of Their Country—... | 1 |