Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner started its journey in 1903 as the Weekly Fairbanks News. Over the years, it evolved through various names, including the Daily News, Fairbanks Daily News, Fairbanks Daily Times, Fairbanks News, and finally, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Throughout its history, the newspaper changed ownership, publishers, and locations multiple times until 1950. That year, C.W. "Bill" Snedden became the owner and publisher. Under his leadership, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner played a vital role in the movement for statehood in Alaska during the late 1950s.

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2025 Alaska Goldpanners position preview: infielders and catchers

3 days ago | newsminer.com | Gavin Struve

The Alaska Goldpanners’ 2025 infield is the only position group without any returners (compared to the bullpen and outfield) from last year’s team, but it’s also the position group with the highest concentration of NCAA Division I players. Six of the eight infielders and catchers played for D1 programs this spring or have signed to do so next year. Ian Armstrong is one of two catchers on this year’s roster and one of two Goldpanners from Saint Mary’s College.
Amid national measles outbreaks, vaccination rates for Alaska children have fallen, report says

3 days ago | newsminer.com | Yereth Rosen

Alaska’s rates for childhood vaccinations are well below the national average, and the percentage of kindergarteners who had received all recommended vaccines was the lowest last year since at least 2017, according to a new report from the state Department of Health. Only 54% of kindergarteners in the state had received all of their recommended vaccinations in 2024, according to a bulletin issued by the department’s epidemiology section.
Two dozen Fairbanks soccer players earn 2025 Railbelt All-Conference honors

4 days ago | newsminer.com | Gavin Struve

Exactly two dozen soccer players from West Valley High School and Lathrop High School were named to the 2025 Railbelt All-Conference teams, one more than the 23 honored last year. Juneau-Douglas senior Kai Ciambor and Colony senior Avrie Geigerich were named the 2025 boys and girls Railbelt Conference Player of the Year, respectively.
The legends who live in library stacks

4 days ago | newsminer.com | Greg Hill

If Friedrich Nietzsche was correct in claiming that “In heaven, all the interesting people are missing,” I suspect that’s because so many of them are hanging out in American public libraries. When their library’s decent — and most are — the most interesting people in town are inevitably regulars.
Troopers honor retiring Cantwell trooper Gordon Young and his wife Eleaca

4 days ago | newsminer.com | Kris Capps

Cantwell Trooper Gordon Young signed off for good with Alaska State Trooper dispatchers last week as he retired from a 25-year career in law enforcement. He was the longest serving trooper in Cantwell to date — 11 years — and 100 people showed up for his farewell gathering in that small roadside community to wish him well. He and his wife, Eleaca Young, are heading home to Wyoming, where they graduated high school.
The greatest story of man and permafrost

5 days ago | newsminer.com | Ned Rozell

In 1973, Elden Johnson was a young engineer working on one of the most ambitious and uncertain projects in the world — an 800-mile steel pipeline that carried warm oil over frozen ground. Decades later, Johnson looked back at what he called “the greatest story ever told of man’s interaction with permafrost.”Strung over and beneath the surface of Alaska from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, the trans-Alaska pipeline is well into its second lifetime.
Race Against Racism honors diversity

5 days ago | newsminer.com | Kris Capps

Nearly 40 people celebrated diversity Saturday by participating in the annual Race Against Racism, despite a little rain and a little wind. The 5K/10K/Walk began and ended at the J.P. Jones Center and went past local landmarks named in honor of people from diverse backgrounds who have contributed to the quality of life in the Interior. Proceeds from the race go to the NAACP Scholarship Fund.
Literacy Council, Forget-Me-Not Books move to new locations

5 days ago | newsminer.com | Kris Capps

The Literacy Council of Alaska and Forget-Me-Not Books moved to a new location in May, and ended up in two separate spots. The former location on Gaffney Way, which housed both the literacy council programs and the bookstore, was sold. “It was a little challenging to find a place that fit both our programs,” said director Lucie McGrath. “We ended up with two different spaces.”For now, it’s a good move, McGrath said. “We are definitely breathing a sigh of relief,” she said.
Alaska Legislature makes progress on aid package for ailing seafood industry

5 days ago | newsminer.com | Yereth Rosen

To help pull the struggling Alaska seafood industry out of its tailspin, state lawmakers passed some bills aimed at lightening the financial load on harvesters and advanced others that are intended to help businesses and fishery-dependent municipalities. The bills stemmed from recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Task Force Evaluating Alaska’s Seafood Industry, which was created by lawmakers last year and which completed its work with a report at the start of this year’s session.
Izzy Kizer, Tristin Nicholson bring state track and field titles back to the Interior

6 days ago | newsminer.com | Gavin Struve

Monroe Catholic sophomore Tristin Nicholson became the only Fairbanks athlete to win a state title at the 2025 Alaska Track and Field State Championships this weekend, and North Pole senior Izzy Kizer became the only Interior athlete to win gold at the Alaska Division I Track and Field State Championships. Kizer, a Valdez transfer who won the triple jump title, became a third-time state champion after winning two Division II state titles her sophomore season.