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The facts of Life Sciences: Governor must come out strongly for UA project
Editorial Those who are seeking to change the funding approach for the top University of Alaska construction project need to explain why they want to risk setting back a project that is the prio...
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Allies needed: Packing at public debates hurts gun rights progress
Editorial The recent strengthening of gun rights in Alaska and across the nation is a logical, long-overdue reaction to the criminal threats that normal people face every day. It also respects t...
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Help for CSP: Community Service Patrol needs more than a new van
Editorial Finding the money to buy a new van might not seem like such a big deal, but it is if you’re in a program that continually struggles for financial support. The Community Service Patrol ...
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Quiet title: Annexation progressed with no protest, as was appropriate
News-Miner editorial Last week was quiet in the Legislature and, in that slow moment when many legislators were out of town, a short but significant modification of the Fairbanks city boundary c...
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Community Perspectives
New science, new permits: Red Dog Mine has cleaned up the water
Community perspective The Red Dog zinc mine, owned by NANA Regional Corp. and mined by Teck, has been operating for more than 20 years in the Delong Mountains of northwest Alaska. The mine has...
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More wildlife helps Alaskans subsist: Federal agencies should accept predator control
According to Alaska law, subsistence is the priority use of fish and game throughout most of the state. Some Alaskans are born into a subsistence lifestyle. Others voluntarily select it. Alaska ...
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Deciphering the planners' code: Fairbanksans should resist false hope of ‘smart growth’
Community Perspective Urban planners think you drive too much. They think your yard (or the one you hope to someday own) wastes too much land. They’ve developed a scheme that they want to bring ...
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It’s really not railroading: The ice park land belongs to Alaskans
Community Perspective It might appear that the Borough Assembly is strong-arming the Alaska Railroad Corp. by asking the Legislature to transfer railroad riverfront property to the Fairbanks Nor...
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The abortion-breast cancer link: Alaska’s women need to know the research
Community Perspective I’m sure that everyone hates being lied to, as I do, but it’s especially disturbing when women are dying because the association between abortion and breast cancer has been...
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Letters to the Editor
Cox case
Letter to the Editor March 11, 2010 To the editor: I have four observations to make about the front-page splash regarding Schaeffer Cox: • There are two sides to every story. • Two wrongs don’t...
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Great books
Letter to the Editor March 11, 2010 To the editor: I would like to urge everyone to read “Stones Into Schools,” Greg Mortenson’s new book. It is a fascinating and well-written history lesson. My...
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Local control
Letter to the Editor March 11, 2010 To the editor: Fear not, wood burners: Our stoves won’t be taken away from us. The proposal before our borough actually grandfathers in those of us with older...
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Inspired event
Letter to the Editor March 9, 2010 To the editor: I have just returned home from the 2010 World Ice Art Championships full of inspiration and joy. I first discovered the World Ice Art Championsh...
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Hospitality
Letter to the Editor March 9, 2010 To the editor: Last weekend, Houston (Alaska) High School hosted the regional basketball tournament for the boys and girls teams from Lathrop, West Valley and ...
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Pollution parallels
Letter to the Editor March 9, 2010 To the editor: Two pollutants have figured large in recent local news. Tiny amounts of the chemical sulfolane have been detected in some North Pole water wells...
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Kookesh comment
Letter to the Editor March 5, 2010 To the editor: After reading and listening to several media sources around the state it is apparent that Sen. Albert Kookesh is blaming his ethics violation on...
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Red Dog driver
Letter to the Editor March 5, 2010 To the editor: As the president of the Alaska Peninsula Corp., a village corporation within the Bristol Bay Native Corp. region, I support the NANA corporati...
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