Hello old friend. I thought you were dead. Sorry, but remember last year, when you didn’t show up? It was the first recorded winter in Fairbanks when the thermometer at the airport didn’t register minus 30 Fahrenheit. I didn’t know what to think. But here you are, a blob straight from the North Pole, squatting […]
Survivor Day: International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day | November 19 November 19 is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day—a day when people who’ve lost a loved one to suicide come together. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention invites you to join a 90-minute online program including a screening of the documentary Life Journeys: Reclaiming Life after Loss, […]
Biologist Susan Sharbaugh, formerly of the Alaska Bird Observatory, once spoke about the strategies birds employ to survive in our season of darkness and cold. She talked about the flighty birds that split, and the hardy few that stay. I thought I knew something about birds, but she kept delivering facts that were new to […]
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) will end seasonal maintenance, including snow and ice removal, on the Denali Highway, Taylor Highway, and the Road to Tanana, in October. ADOT&PF does not maintain these highways through the winter. The department encourages drivers to remember that travel on a non-maintained highway during the […]