Although most people outside the Bethel region have never heard her name, Diane Carpenter’s contributions to Alaska — especially to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta — were immense.
Pioneers of Alaska Museum at Pioneer Park
Tundra swans — at 15 pounds and with a wingspan of almost 6 feet — are now touching down on the ponds and snowfields of Alaska.
Fairbanks artists are opening their doors — and their creative process — to the public during the first Fairbanks Art Studio Tour.
We've all heard the age-old question at least once: “What were you thinking?”
Civil War veteran Charles Raymond was 27 when he accepted an assignment to visit the new U.S. territory of Alaska, a place so far away from his home in New York City he couldn’t imagine it.
The book explores 12 key cases where Alaska Natives, with mixed results, fought against federal, territorial and state governments, corporate interests and others to retain traditional access to lands, waters and the wildlife living there.
Hardy, versatile and delicious, haskaps — also known as honeyberries — are an easy-to-grow berry thriving in Alaska, offering gardeners a flavorful new option with minimal fuss and maximum reward.
From fierce talons to stolen nests, the great horned owl’s wild success across two continents — and its surprising connection to hares — is a story of survival, strength and a little bit of scavenging.
Annie Wenstrup was not yet a poet when she signed up for a poetry writing workshop during the 2016 Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival taught by the nationally known Jeanne E. Clark.
Thrivalaska is a Fairbanks-based nonprofit organization that is dedicated to empowering families and helping children, particularly through its Head Start program.
Book Review: Naomi Klouda's debut work draws on her knowledge and experience of covering Alaska during her journalism career.
An invaluable gift came to the University of Alaska Museum of the North (UAMN) last year — the Erritzoe collection from the House of Bird Research in Denmark.
Just over a ridge west of Fairbanks, Minto Flats is an oval of swampy lowlands larger than Anchorage. It has intrigued oil and gas developers, as well as seismologists who know the self-healing surface hides the scars of large earthquakes.
Spruce, a loyal and spirited sled dog, balances his impressive leadership and gentle nature with a few endearing flaws, making him a beloved and invaluable companion.
Video games can teach kids a lot of things, and sometimes they can launch young people on the path their life takes as an adult.
Annie Wenstrup’s "The Museum of Unnatural Histories" isn’t just a poetry collection — it’s a haunting, intimate exhibit of memory, identity and survival.
A strong weather pattern is partly to blame for the so-far historic lack of snow in Alaska’s largest city, which forced the Iditarod sled dog race to start in Fairbanks.
Steve and Sara Masterman turned a curiosity about growing apples in the Arctic into a full-blown cold-climate fruit-growing obsession.
LA PAPAYA, ECUADOR — About 10 years ago, with no fanfare or publicity, Alaska became more known in South America with the creation of Alaska del Sur, a specialty coffee farm, high in the Andes mountains of southern Ecuador, where the Saraguro people have been living in harmony with nature an…
Pete Wilda, a Fairbanks reader of this column, wanted to know how the snow here can bend off railings and loop from power lines without breaking. He grew up in eastern Wisconsin and doesn’t remember the snow defying gravity there.
‘It is difficult, if not impossible, for any person living in Canada today, Inuit or non-Inuit, to imagine what it was like to live as Inuit traditionally did,” Noel McDermott, one of the editors of “Unikkaaqtuat: An Introduction to Inuit Myths and Legends” writes in the introduction. “The s…
Even if you’ve been reading the News-Miner for over 20 years, it seems unlikely you still remember the Flat Stanley story. However, a major new development recently occurred so I’ll give you a brief recap.
Art Attack AK opened in 2022, shortly after Daniel Ponickly and Zoe Quist settled in Ester.
The re-routed Iditarod trail followed the frozen Chena River for a few miles in Fairbanks before merging with the wider Tanana. From there it led about 50 miles to Nenana, then through frozen swamps to Tolovana Roadhouse.
A disease once thought eradicated in the United States is back again following outbreaks in 12 states, leading to the death of at least one child, health officials say.
Atmospheric chemist Glenn Shaw was for years a scientist and professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute.
Whether writing the great novel, a grant proposal or a wrathful email to a politician, careful phrasing can make or break your success, Miki Collins writes in this week's In The Bush column.
Book review: The creation of Anchorage visual artist and comics creator Nathan Shafer, “Wintermoot” is a yet-to-be completed series of 12 comic books.
‘Painting for me is very much like a puzzle,” Deb Horner said, describing her artistic process. “I love figuring out what colors work best, what brushes work best, what stage of the water works best.”
We can’t see them, but there are more microbes — tiny fungi, bacteria, worms and other living things — in a teaspoon of soil than there are people on Earth.
