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Brenna Schaake and Traigh Priest high five as they enter the auditorium during the processional of the North Pole commencement Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at the Carlson Center. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
North Pole High School Class of 2012
FAIRBANKS - North Pole High School graduated 110 seniors Tuesday night at the Carlson Center. The class of 2012 valedictorian was Jessica Taylor Garvin, and the salutatorian was Caitlin Marie Ellio...
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U.S. senators request overhaul of military restructuring
Updated 9:35 a.m. to add that Sen. Lisa Murkowski also signed the letter. FAIRBANKS — A bipartisan group of senators, including Alaska Sens. Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski, has asked the Depart...
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Fairbanks schools get a clear start on saving lives
FAIRBANKS — A community group is getting ready to celebrate its successes next month as a vigorous fundraising project settles down. The Automated External Defibrillator group Helping Hearts has h...
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Shopping spree with a fraudulent credit card nets felony charges for Fairbanks woman
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks woman with an apparent taste for cosmetics, lingerie, high-end clothing and body building has been charged with 51 class C felony counts for allegedly stealing another woman...
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Vehicles pass through the intersection at Danby Street and Wembly Street Tuesday afternoon, May 15, 2012. Department of Transportation statistics show a high accident rate at the intersection off of the Johansen Expressway, and a roundabout is being considered to address the problem. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Roundabout option circled for busy Danby Street intersection
FAIRBANKS — A drive to work or the grocery store could involve a roundabout trip for residents of the Aurora neighborhood in a few years. State transportation planners are developing a plan to rev...
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Principal named for Two Rivers elementary school
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District named Lori Swanson as the new Two Rivers Elementary School principal. Swanson began teaching in 2003 in Haines, Ore. In 2009, she moved...
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Lynette Thompson smiles after accepting the Principal s Award from Jeanette Hayden, principal of Hutchison High School, during their commencement Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at Hering Auditorium. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
Hutchison High School graduates
Hutchison High School seniors walked the stage at the Hering Auditorium on Tuesday evening. The school graduated 67 students, including valedictorian Sky Roehl and salutatorian Kyle Milke. The fol...
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Looking back in Fairbanks — May 16
10 YEARS AGO May 16, 2002 — Democrats seeking to hang on to the governorship and to gain a legislative majority are gathering in Fairbanks this weekend for discussions on how to tilt Alaska politi...
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Kaylynn Bishop
Fairbanks police investigating Kaylynn Bishop's death as a homicide
Correction: Ken Crewes' name was incorrect in earlier versions of this story. FAIRBANKS - The death of the woman whose body was found near the Richardson Highway and Badger Road last week is b...
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Sports
Nanooks rifle, basketball ink more athletes
FAIRBANKS—The Alaska Nanooks rifle team added one of the nation’s top junior shooters to its roster for the 2012-13 season, as Tim Sherry of Highlands Ranch, Colo., signed a National Letter of Inte...
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Grizzlies basketball team wins state title
FAIRBANKS—Mason Campbell has been with his group of junior high basketball players since they were in fourth grade, and this past weekend, Campbell and his Grizzlies 8 comp team won the First Annua...
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Registration open for Senior Games
FAIRBANKS—Registration for the 10th annual Alaska International Senior Games is now uder way. The games are scheduled for Aug. 10-18 and will feature 21 different sports for athletes age 50 and ol...
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Malemutes, Ravens have most Interior athletes for state track
FAIRBANKS—The Lathrop Malemutes and Eielson Ravens lead Interior Alaska high schools in representation for the respective meets of the Alaska School Activities Association/First National Bank Alask...
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Rollergirls prepare for final bout; registration open for Alaska Statehood race
FAIRBANKS—Fairbanks roller derby fans are in for a treat Saturday night in the final competition of the season at the Carlson Center. The Fairbanks Rollergirls will host a doubleheader with the Fa...
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Lathrop running and skiing standout Megan Edic is all smiles with her parents Kathleen and David after signing a National Letter of Intent to Northern Michigan University on Monday, May 14, 2012, at Lathrop. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
Lathrop’s Edic will run and ski at Northern Michigan
FAIRBANKS — Lathrop activities coordinator Steve Zanazzo called Megan Edic one of the best athletes to ever come through Lathrop High School, and she’s got the resume to prove it. She’s been part ...
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Monroe, Lathrop notch prep baseball victories
FAIRBANKS — The Monroe Catholic Rams and the Lathrop Malemutes won high school baseball games in dramatically different fashion Monday night. The Rams rolled to a 15-2 Mid Alaska Conference victor...
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Nelson, McWayne post victories in Murphy Dome Roam
FAIRBANKS — Ben Nelson and Dorli McWayne took top honors in Sunday’s 16th annual Murphy Dome Roam on a perfect Sunday morning for a run in the hills. Nelson, 27, was the overall winner of the extr...
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West Valley soccer teams clinch berths to state tournament
FAIRBANKS — The West Valley boys and girls high school soccer teams clinched berths in the Alaska School Activities Association state tournaments later this month by winning and tying Saturday’s ga...
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News-Miner Editorial
We’re No. 3!: Alaska’s falling oil output is nothing to cheer
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial Sure, it’s just numbers and a ranking. Who cares that Alaska has fallen behind North Dakota on the list of states producing the most barrels of oil per day? ...
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Letters to the Editor
Correcting credit
Letter to the editor May 14, 2012 To the editor: I would respectfully like to correct a statement made in an article published on May 14 about my recent retirement from the Fairbanks school di...
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Neurofibromatosis
Letter to the editor May 13, 2012 To the editor: May is Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month so, in honor, I would like to share my story. My 5-year-old daughter Holly is the first in our family ...
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Much appreciated
Letter to the editor May 12, 2012 To the editor: I just wanted to take a minute to thank all of our local military personnel who came out for S.T.O.M.P. and gave us the opportunity to show the...
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Impressive parade
Letter to the editor May 12, 2012 To the editor: The Salute To Our Military Parade was heart-warming and impressive. Much appreciation to the organizers, and sincere thanks to all the military...
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Features
Associated Press American TV chef Julia Child shows a salade nicoise she prepared in the kitchen of her vacation home in Grasse, southern France. Child changed the way Americans look at food as well as the way women looked at cooking and themselves.
Julia Child: a legacy of teaching the joy of food
Massaging poultry, dropping food and utensils, and warbling her way through boeuf bourguignon and coq au vin, Julia Child left an indelible mark on American food. As television’s towering, ebullie...
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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
Extreme dream: Cindy Abbott trains for Iditarod to raise awareness of rare disease
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...
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Steve Bouta, coordinator of exhibitions and design for the Museum of the North, works on the display for photographer Adam Ottavi. Ottavi along with four other Interior artists are featured in videos demonstrating their art and the process behind making it. Sam Harrel/News-Miner
Making art: University of Alaska Museum exhibit focuses on the creative process
FAIRBANKS - Museums are known for being vessels full of art, beautiful places where stunning and thought-provoking works hang on walls or settle on shelves. Mareca Guthrie, fine arts curator at the...
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This photograph of a grizzly bear missing its right front paw was taken last summer near the entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve. The bear reappeared in the same area a few weeks ago. / Photo courtesy of National Park Service
"Tripawed" grizzly makes return appearance at Denali Park
FAIRBANKS — A three-pawed grizzly bear that turned up in Denali National Park and Preserve last summer with a bloody stump for a right, front foot is back, just in time for the start of the tourist...
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Thai meals are inspiring and easy to clean up
FAIRBANKS — As I sat down to write this month’s column, I started thinking about what I’ve been cooking in my own kitchen lately. I’ve been a bachelor for the past few weeks, so I’ve had some eclec...
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Robin Eagleton, 12, a sixth-grader from University Park Elementary School, tests the functions on her team’s craft. Eric Engman/News-Miner
Fairbanks students put their robots to the water test
FAIRBANKS — It took months to assemble the remotely operated vehicles and their controls, but Friday at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Patty Center pool, dozens of elementary school students pu...
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Ernie Jessen’s political cartoon strips illustrate changing times in Alaska history
FAIRBANKS - Born in Seattle in 1890, Ernest “Ernie” Jessen headed north to Alaska at the age of 15 to join his older brother who operated a bakery in Fairbanks. In the course of the next five years...
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Lily Tomlin brings her one-woman stand up show to Fairbanks Tuesday as the Fairbanks Concert Association’s season closer.
There’s no stopping Lily Tomlin: Legendary comedienne brings her classic characters to Alaska
FAIRBANKS - “Hi, it’s Lily.” Despite a spotty long-distance phone connection, the warm voice on the other end of the line is instantly recognizable. Lily Tomlin is one of the most successful femal...
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Photo by Skip Ambrose An American peregrine falcon soars above the upper Yukon River, home to one of the densest and most studied peregrine populations in North America. More than 50 pairs of peregrine falcons nest in cliffs and rock outcroppings along the 160-mile stretch of the river between Circle and Eagle.
Passion for Peregrines: Ambrose keeps count of falcons on upper Yukon River
FAIRBANKS — Though he lives in Utah, Skip Ambrose keeps close track of how breakup is progressing on the Yukon River near Circle each spring. That’s how he knows when he can start counting his pere...
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Suzanna Caldwell/News-Miner Sorted vegetables get ready to go into veggies boxes at HomeGrown Market.
Veggie box, done locally
FAIRBANKS — For the HomeGrown Market, things often slow down in the winter. So front manager Monica Mazakis came up with an idea to get more people in: Create a veggie box filled with as much local...
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Local Columns
Tri-Valley Volunteer Fire Department intern program moving forward
HEALY — Personal donations make up most of the $8,500 raised to date for the Tri-Valley Volunteer Fire Department’s new summer intern program. Promises of additional donations should bring the tot...
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Old books can be put to use
Community Perspective FAIRBANKS — It’s been said that a good book is like a good friend. If that’s true, then I have a lot more friends than the number that shows up on my Facebook page. Our ba...
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Corrections