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Photo by Dave Menke A black-billed magpie in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.
Magpies a more common sight throughout Alaska
FIRBANKS - A while back, Ron Koczaja was walking a riverbank in Kasigluk with a village elder when a large, striking bird perched on a power line. “What is that bird?” the woman asked. “A magpie,...
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  • Did mammoth hunters warm the world?
    by Ned Rozell / Alaska Science Forum
    05.05.12 - 10:37 pm
  • Scientists measure snowpack on Valdez glacier after extreme winter
    by Ned Rozell / Alaska Science Forum
    04.28.12 - 10:51 pm
    • In the Bush
    Photo by Miki and Julie Collins Julie stands on the brake so the dogs can cool off halfway home from the post office. The post behind the lead dogs keeps traffic on the trail, away from the open hole on the right, caused by swamp gas.
    Loyal sled dogs make lake travel easier
    LAKE MINCHUMINA, Alaska - Springtime travel on lake ice isn’t as dangerous as on river ice, but meltwater raises the lake level so the ice breaks away from the shore. As these photos demonstrate, t...
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  • Soft spring snow doesn’t slow down Alaska trapline musher
    by Miki Collins / In the Bush
    04.28.12 - 09:57 pm
  • An ax can help with any chore in rural Alaska
    by Julie Collins / In the Bush
    04.15.12 - 12:09 am
    • Linden Staciokas - Gardening
    Photo courtesy of Linden Staciokas Cherry punch tomatoes awaiting transitional transplanting to larger quarters, where they will live until put into the garden. When these plants are mature, in around 50 days, they will be about two feet tall and three feet across. The fruits, which grow in grape-like clusters, will be about an inch in size.
    The pros and cons of transplanting
    FAIRBANKS - My leeks are left alone now, except for the occasional trimming of the leaves by around half an inch so the plants will get stockier. Most of my attention is going to the sowing of oth...
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  • Encourage hearty seedlings after they sprout
    by Linden Staciokas / Gardening
    04.21.12 - 10:10 am
  • Start leek seedlings with a good soak
    by Linden Staciokas / Gardening
    04.08.12 - 10:12 am
    • Judy Ferguson
    Courtesy of Virginia Lacy From left, Virginia Lacy’s grandmother, Matrona Chimaviskey Tiedeman, Chief Makari Chimaviskey, Dr. Frederica de Laguna, Norman Reynolds and Dr. Kaj Birket-Smith, circa 1930, as seen in “Chugach Legends: Stories and Legends from the Chugach Region.”
    Recollections of Cordova’s ‘Oldest Eskimo’
    BIG DELTA, Alaska - Before the arrival of the Russians, the more southern Eskimo called themselves Sugpiaq — “the real people.” The Russians began calling them “Aleuts” which eventually applied to ...
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  • Kuskokwim trip ends with 1850s church visit, former magistrate’s tales
    by Judy Ferguson / For the News-Miner
    02.06.11 - 12:32 pm
  • History of Kuskokwim traders unfolds as river trip continues
    by Judy Ferguson/ For the News-Miner
    01.09.11 - 12:26 am
    • Ray Bonnell: Sketches of Alaska
    Drawing by Ray Bonnell Taku Chief tugboat at Nenana as it would have looked before its retirement in 1978.
    Taku Chief a relic of Interior Alaska’s steamboat days
    FAIRBANKS - When the tug boat Taku Chief began its career in Southeast Alaska in 1938, the age of steamboating on Interior Alaska rivers was dying. Gold mining, which had spurred a few decades of f...
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    Photo by Janiene Licciardi Cindy Abbott at the Circle checkpoint during the Yukon Quest 300. Abbott carried the National Organization for Rare Diagnosis banner in her pocket. The Quest 300 was the first race Abbott completed on her way to qualifying for the Iditarod. Photo by Janiene Licciardi Cindy Abbott at the Circle checkpoint during the Yukon Quest 300. Abbott carried the National Organization for Rare Diagnosis banner in her pocket. The Quest 300 was the first race Abbott completed on her way to qualifying for the Iditarod.Photo by Janiene Licciardi Cindy Abbott at the Circle checkpoint during the Yukon Quest 300. Abbott carried the National Organization for Rare Diagnosis banner in her pocket. The Quest 300 was the first race Abbott completed on her way to qualifying for the Iditarod. Photo by Janiene Licciardi
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    Extreme dream: Cindy Abbott trains for Iditarod to raise awareness of rare disease
    by Suzanna Caldwell / scaldwell@newsminer.com
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    FAIRBANKS - It took Cindy Abbott 14 years to learn she had Wegener’s granulomatosis, a rare vascular disease that affects about 1 in 20,000 to 30,000 people. In an attempt to raise awareness abou...
    Book Reviews
    Wireless Internet and the Alaska connection
    FAIRBANKS - Alaskans, like pretty much everyone these days, love their wireless devices. Drop into any coffee shop, bookstore or library and you’ll see numerous people glued to laptops and tablets....
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    Brookelyn Bellinger: Girl in the Woods
    Photo by Brookelyn Bellinger A kuksa, seen here, with several birch burls harvested by columnist Brookelyn Bellinger and her family.
    Now is the time of year to carve a kuksa
    DELTA, Alaska - Now is the time of year when sitting around a campfire feels good, even when there’s still a lingering nip in the air. Last weekend my daughter and I cut some small burls from trees...
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  • Spring (and the sun) have returned to Alaska
    by Brookelyn Bellinger / Girl in the Woods
    04.21.12 - 10:16 pm
  • Easy pocket Altoid stove handy for wilderness travel
    by Brookelyn Bellinger / Girl in the Woods
    03.25.12 - 12:00 am
    • Nancy Tarnai: Homegrown Agriculture
    Photo by Todd Paris/UAF The kitchen was abuzz while the scallops were prepared for the second course.
    Fairbanks scholarship dinner emphasizes eating locally
    FAIRBANKS - Chef Michael Roddey wasn’t sure what to expect when he went courting Alaska farmers and producers about food for the scholarship dinner of the culinary program at the University of Alas...
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  • LED lights prove to be a powerful growing tool
    by Nancy Tarnai / Homegrown Alaska
    04.21.12 - 10:14 pm
  • Without the Morrill Act, UAF might not exist
    by Nancy Tarnai / Homegrown Alaska
    04.08.12 - 10:10 am
    • Community Features
    March was chillier than normal for most of Alaska
    FAIRBANKS - Temperatures were substantially below normal this March for all of the 10 stations discussed here. This is in contrast to February, which was warmer than normal. Most of Alaska was bel...
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  • Real Alaskan Magazine an April Fools’ delight
    by David A. James / For the News-Miner
    04.01.12 - 12:42 am
  • Frigid weather dominated Alaska throughout January
    02.17.12 - 06:06 pm
    • Interior Scrapbook
    We probably shouldn’t run pictures twice, but it has been 57 years since this photograph appeared in the Daily News-Miner, which means most Fairbanks residents have never seen it. A Mother’s Day celebration at the Eagles Hall on May 8, 1955, honored several women, including Mrs. Vesta McCarthy, mother of J. Ellsworth McCarthy, Fairbanks High School principal and the oldest mother at the celebration. This picture shows six daughters in the front row, from left to right: Mona Johnson, June Woods, Charlene Burtchin, June Rowan, Donna Rust and Vivian Christie. The mothers being honored behind them are, left to right: Mrs. Virginia Johnson, Mrs. Vesta McCarthy, Mrs. Tilly Link, Mrs. Evelyn Brandt, Mrs. Clara Rust, Mrs. Nita Carter and Mrs. Bruce Barber. Photo courtesy Francine Mears, daughter of Tilly Link. — Candy Waugaman
    We probably shouldn’t run pictures twice, but it has been 57 years since this photograph appeared in the Daily News-Miner, which means most Fairbanks residents have never seen it. A Mother’s Day celebration at the Eagles Hall on May 8, 1955, honored several women, including Mrs. Vesta McCarthy, mother of J. Ellsworth McCarthy, Fairbanks High School principal and the oldest mother at the celebration. This picture shows six daughters in the front row, from left to right: Mona Johnson, June Woods, Charlene Burtchin, June Rowan, Donna Rust and Vivian Christie. The mothers being honored behind them are, left to right: Mrs. Virginia Johnson, Mrs. Vesta McCarthy, Mrs. Tilly Link, Mrs. Evelyn Brandt, Mrs. Clara Rust, Mrs. Nita Carter and Mrs. Bruce Barber. Photo courtesy Francine Mears, daughter of Tilly Link. — Candy Waugaman
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    The Episcopal Church raised funds to build St. Matthew’s Hospital on First Avenue in Fairbanks. Called the Bishop Rowe Hospital Building Fund in 1904, monies were raised quickly and St. Matthew’s Hospital was opened near the present day church on First Avenue. Dr. Sutherland was one of the few doctors in Fairbanks at that time, transferring here from Dawson City in 1904 to work out of St. Matthew’s and St. Joseph’s hospitals. St. Matthew’s was still open in 1913 when it had a successful annual fair to raise funds. — Candy Waugaman
    The Episcopal Church raised funds to build St. Matthew’s Hospital on First Avenue in Fairbanks. Called the Bishop Rowe Hospital Building Fund in 1904, monies were raised quickly and St. Matthew’s Hospital was opened near the present day church on First Avenue. Dr. Sutherland was one of the few doctors in Fairbanks at that time, transferring here from Dawson City in 1904 to work out of St. Matthew’s and St. Joseph’s hospitals. St. Matthew’s was still open in 1913 when it had a successful annual fair to raise funds. — Candy Waugaman
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    This 1939 real photo postcard by Hylen Photo shows contestants for the Miss Alaska title in the “Fairbanks Ice Carnival 1939.” While I don’t have the names of the guards on the ends, the ladies (and one gentleman) from left to right are Mary Eagan Cook (Miss University), Edith Hoop (Miss Nome), Ethel Elvin (Miss Juneau), Lou Colbert (King Regent), Irene Reenstrom (Miss Seward, who was named Miss Alaska that year), Alice Handley (Queen Regent), Jane Gordon (Miss Fairbanks), Mary Abercrombie (Miss Anchorage) and Antoinette Hobbs (Miss Yukon). This identified photograph is from the Pat Cook Collection. — Candy Waugaman
    This 1939 real photo postcard by Hylen Photo shows contestants for the Miss Alaska title in the “Fairbanks Ice Carnival 1939.” While I don’t have the names of the guards on the ends, the ladies (and one gentleman) from left to right are Mary Eagan Cook (Miss University), Edith Hoop (Miss Nome), Ethel Elvin (Miss Juneau), Lou Colbert (King Regent), Irene Reenstrom (Miss Seward, who was named Miss Alaska that year), Alice Handley (Queen Regent), Jane Gordon (Miss Fairbanks), Mary Abercrombie (Miss Anchorage) and Antoinette Hobbs (Miss Yukon). This identified photograph is from the Pat Cook Collection. — Candy Waugaman
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