Dermot Cole
Sheldon’s handmade auto will roll into Fountainhead museum
FAIRBANKS – One of the most important cars in Alaska history, built out of odds and ends 105 years ago, is set to roll across town today in a heated van. Bobby Sheldon’s handmade 1905 car ...
FAIRBANKS – One of the most important cars in Alaska history, built out of odds and ends 105 years ago, is set to roll across town today in a heated van. Bobby Sheldon’s handmade 1905 car ...
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Community to honor Jo Scott with ‘Legacy of Love’ fund for art
The Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival is hosting a nonpolitical tea party this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church at 2982 Davis Road. The “Festival High Tea” will feature music c...
The Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival is hosting a nonpolitical tea party this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church at 2982 Davis Road. The “Festival High Tea” will feature music c...
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Technology offers powerful means of dealing with distance
You’ve all seen the map in which Alaska is superimposed on the Lower 48. It’s the best argument we have for why our state should be a leader in finding technological solutions to the dilemma of di...
You’ve all seen the map in which Alaska is superimposed on the Lower 48. It’s the best argument we have for why our state should be a leader in finding technological solutions to the dilemma of di...
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After surviving the fire, Sam’s sourdough starter on the rise
FAIRBANKS – About 11 months after an electrical fire destroyed the old building, Sam’s Sourdough Cafe opens today in new quarters with room for 94, up from 66 in the old place. It was in 1...
FAIRBANKS – About 11 months after an electrical fire destroyed the old building, Sam’s Sourdough Cafe opens today in new quarters with room for 94, up from 66 in the old place. It was in 1...
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Veteran chimney sweep says wet firewood adds to stack trouble
Check your chimney or have someone else do it. Charlie Whitaker, who has cleaned chimneys for 25 years, sent me three photos of chimneys he cleaned this week. During his career in Fairbanks, Whita...
Check your chimney or have someone else do it. Charlie Whitaker, who has cleaned chimneys for 25 years, sent me three photos of chimneys he cleaned this week. During his career in Fairbanks, Whita...
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Healy coal plant likely to win endorsement in revised study
The consultants preparing the long-range electric plan for the Railbelt are likely to drop their opposition to restarting the 50-megawatt Healy Clean Coal Project that GVEA wants to put into ope...
The consultants preparing the long-range electric plan for the Railbelt are likely to drop their opposition to restarting the 50-megawatt Healy Clean Coal Project that GVEA wants to put into ope...
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Volunteers meet to consider turning Lions loose on Noyes Slough
FAIRBANKS – Noyes Slough isn’t much to look at these days, but a lot of people in Fairbanks hold out the dream that it could be more than a watery ditch. There have been various attempts a...
FAIRBANKS – Noyes Slough isn’t much to look at these days, but a lot of people in Fairbanks hold out the dream that it could be more than a watery ditch. There have been various attempts a...
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With cost close to $3 billion, road to Nome might stay out of reach
FAIRBANKS – A road to Nome would cost about $5.8 million per mile or more than $1,000 per foot, a new state study says, when the road, bridge and maintenance station building costs are add...
FAIRBANKS – A road to Nome would cost about $5.8 million per mile or more than $1,000 per foot, a new state study says, when the road, bridge and maintenance station building costs are add...
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Flock of sculpted geese earn honors for artist Rachelle Dowdy
FAIRBANKS — The oversized geese taking flight inside the Anchorage airport terminal are a creation of Fairbanks artist Rachelle Dowdy, who will receive an award from the Alaska Chapter of the A...
FAIRBANKS — The oversized geese taking flight inside the Anchorage airport terminal are a creation of Fairbanks artist Rachelle Dowdy, who will receive an award from the Alaska Chapter of the A...
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Details on security breach come to light on ‘Data Privacy Day’
A reader called to alert me to Thursday’s international observance of “Data Privacy Day,” which highlights the need to safeguard personal information. That this took place on the same day that the...
A reader called to alert me to Thursday’s international observance of “Data Privacy Day,” which highlights the need to safeguard personal information. That this took place on the same day that the...
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Golden Valley accepts compromise on state plan for utility collaboration
The Golden Valley Electric Association board signed off on a revised draft plan for the Railbelt utility merger effort Monday, though it is now more collaboration than consolidation. The new propo...
The Golden Valley Electric Association board signed off on a revised draft plan for the Railbelt utility merger effort Monday, though it is now more collaboration than consolidation. The new propo...
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Budget reserve recovers $1.4 billion loss, but stock risks remain
A couple of years ago, lawmakers saw the stock market soar and oil break the $100 barrier. They wanted the state to invest some of the Constitutional Budget Reserve in something more exciting than...
A couple of years ago, lawmakers saw the stock market soar and oil break the $100 barrier. They wanted the state to invest some of the Constitutional Budget Reserve in something more exciting than...
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Unlike other states, Alaska fails to offer job incentives for health care professionals
FAIRBANKS – A shortage of health care professionals afflicts Fairbanks and other towns across Alaska. One way to start to improve this situation is a bill by Juneau Rep. Cathy Munoz, HB 23...
FAIRBANKS – A shortage of health care professionals afflicts Fairbanks and other towns across Alaska. One way to start to improve this situation is a bill by Juneau Rep. Cathy Munoz, HB 23...
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Governor’s scholarship plan could raise stakes on college entrance exams
FAIRBANKS — When Gov. Sean Parnell first announced an ambitious new plan to grant scholarships to all high school students with mediocre or better grades, it seemed like an invitation to grade i...
FAIRBANKS — When Gov. Sean Parnell first announced an ambitious new plan to grant scholarships to all high school students with mediocre or better grades, it seemed like an invitation to grade i...
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Permanent Fund earnings reserve squeeze might trim $200 off next check
FAIRBANKS — The earnings reserve of the Permanent Fund might not hold enough money to pay the full 2010 dividend in the fall, a cash squeeze that could shave a couple hundred dollars or more off...
FAIRBANKS — The earnings reserve of the Permanent Fund might not hold enough money to pay the full 2010 dividend in the fall, a cash squeeze that could shave a couple hundred dollars or more off...
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