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Council adopts Cleworth plan for fluoride committee by dermotcole
Feb 09, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Six prominent local scientists have agreed to serve on a new city committee to prepare a report on the use of fluoride in the water systems in Fairbanks. Retired UAF Chemistry Professor Paul Reichardt is to lead the committee, while others named to the panel are UAF Chemistry Professor Emerit...
1BLE_ViperI6_antonov_039_m.jpg Giant Russian plane is one of a kind by dermotcole
Feb 08, 2010 | 7 7 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
The giant Russian plane due to land at Fairbanks International Airport Tuesday morning is the only one its kind flying today. It was designed to carry the Russian version of the space shuttle. While that program was canceled, the AN-225 has carried loads that don't fit in any other aircraft...
Jennifer Raffaeli in 2008. Photo courtesy Kent Miller, NPS New DNP kennel manager is rookie in Yukon Quest by kcapps
Feb 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
After a nationwide search, Jennifer Raffaeli of Fox has been named the new kennel manager at Denali National Park, the only job of its kind in the national park system. She'll begin that job in April, but she' s little busy this week. Raffaeli is a rookie in the 2010 Yukon Quest, after spending ...
Healy Hockey has new website by kcapps
Feb 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Healy Hockey is entering the digital age! The longtime non-profit organization has a new website: www.healyhockey.com. There's not much on there yet, but that's because Healy Hockey members need to send information to Vanessa Walters at healyhockey@gmail.com, so she can post it. Soon, ther...
Christmas ales? Winter warmers? All make great gifts and warming times by glennburnsilver
Jan 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
SIlver Gulch taps new Winter Warmer by glennburnsilver
Oct 23, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
You're crazy by James_Brooks_FDNM
Feb 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
If you're interested in doing more than just reading about history, the News-Miner's Julie Stricker and the Friends of the Tanana Valley Railroad are presenting tidbits about the life of Falcon Joslin, the railroad's founder, tonight at 7 p.m. at the railroad museum in Pioneer Park. Be sure to c...
Getting the dirt (from) Alaska by James_Brooks_FDNM
Feb 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Today's Looking Back can be found here . And here's the scoop on a student getting the dirt of Alaska from the Feb. 10, 1960 News-Miner: SEEKS ALASKA DIRT — Carol Koopman, a ninth grade student at South Side Junior High School, St. Petersburg, Fla., getting the dirt of (not on) Ala...