It was on July 22nd, 1902 that Felix Perdoni, an Italian immigrant, better known to history as Felix Pedro, would secure his place in Alaska history when he discovered gold one a small tributary of Cleary Creek. That discovery in the Tanacross Hills northeast of present-day Fairbanks would spark a full-fledged gold rush. The gold […]
What would you say is one of the inventions created in the last half of the twentieth century that powers our modern economy? Maybe the computer? Perhaps cell phones? GPS? How about the internet? There is one product, invented in the United States that makes all those, and so many other inventions, possible: the semiconductor […]
UPDATE: One of the drivers, taken to the hospital with serious injuries, died at the hospital while undergoing surgery. The two drivers who perished, one in the maroon sedan, and the other in the white hatchback have been identified as Rachel Stinson, age 58 of Anchorage, and Katheryne Murray, age 33 of Wasilla. The […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska –Due to reduced wildland fire activity associated with the Minto Lakes Fire (#349), the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office rescinded the fire closure order that temporarily prohibited public access to the western portion of the White Mountains National Recreation Area (NRA). The recension took effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, […]