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News-Miner Editorials
A sinking AGIA ship
Legislators need to speak up if they want a gas line lifeline
May 17, 2008
Alaska’s legislators will likely soon be called upon to undertake the arduous task of deciding whether to grant a Canadian company an exclusive license to build a natural gas pipeline to get North Slope gas to markets in the Lower 48.
9 commentsAnd the winner is?
There’s great interest in timely naming of Ice Classic winner(s)
Published May 16, 2008
4 commentsCause for concern
Polar Bear listing potentially costly, ineffective
Published May 15, 2008
2 commentsPowerful votes
GVEA ballots are in the mail; will you participate?
Published May 14, 2008
3 commentsCommunity Perspectives
Digital TV conversion is coming
Published May 17, 2008
February 17, 2009, is an important date for anyone who uses a television with an antenna.
Grocery policy shortchanges Fairbanks-area hungry
Published May 13, 2008
“I don’t know where my next meal is coming from.” Turn on the radio and TV news programs and hear that statement over and over. Money is tight these days, there is no job security and there are many job layoffs. The prices of everything — including food and fuel — are soaring.
25 commentsPower plant can help clear the air
Published May 12, 2008
From time to time, I see photos in the paper showing downtown Fairbanks, usually with articles regarding downtown air quality.
14 commentsTake note of graffiti ‘blooming’ in your neighborhood
Published May 11, 2008
Have you noticed that more and more stylized scrawling is blossoming on traffic signs and bridge foundations around Fairbanks? I thought that this was just another sign of global warming, but it has more to do with testosterone than CO2, and we actually can do something to control it.
8 commentsAll Alaskans need immediate energy cost equalization
Published May 11, 2008
Like a man dying of thirst in the middle of the ocean, Alaskans are adrift in a sea of state cash while our residents drown in a tidal wave of unjustified costs for heating oil and electricity for homes and businesses.
11 commentsLetters to the Editor
Thanks to all
Published May 17, 2008
On May 5, my mother broke down on the side of the highway in Salcha.
3 commentsBuyer beware
Published May 17, 2008
Anyone considering installing a new roof should strongly consider sticking with local roof businesses and contractors.
2 commentsDone with Don
Published May 17, 2008
Don Young’s statements, made in the context of his request that the House Transportation subcommittee add 72 cents to the ...
3 commentsI'm not (that) Lisa
Published May 17, 2008
I just want to clear up that I am not the Lisa Smith who wrote the letter to the editor ...
5 commentsBus ROAD-E-O
Published May 16, 2008
To whom do we entrust our children’s lives every day of the week? Would you drive a vehicle the length ...
10 commentsEnergy savings
Published May 16, 2008
Regarding the Assembly’s actions to approve the mayor and Assemblymember Brown’s declaration of an energy emergency, they are mostly appropriating ...
3 commentsDUI fines
Published May 15, 2008
Just a note to give some additional information as to why the drunken driving laws don’t work up here.
67 commentsChild safety
Published May 15, 2008
My husband and I were backing out of our parking space at Wal-Mart, when suddenly a little toddler, no more ...
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