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Tim Mowry

Outdoors Editor

Call Tim at 907-459-7587.

Outdoors editor Tim Mowry, 44, has been at the News-Miner since November 1989. He hired on as a sportswriter and moved over to the outdoors beat in 1995. Raised on a dairy farm in Vermont and western New York, he drove to Alaska in May 1986 to take a job as a sportswriter at the Frontiersman newspaper in the Mat-Su Valley shortly after graduating from Ohio University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. A retired dog musher, Mowry completed the Yukon Quest (seven times) and Iditarod (twice) sled dog races before hanging up his harnesses. He now focuses his spare energies on cross-country skiing, gardening, running, hunting, fishing and camping with his family. He lives in Two Rivers with his wife, Kristan, their son, Logan, three pet Labradors and five retired sled dogs.

Recent Stories

Lathrop students in high spirits for Class of 2008 commencement: Saturday, May 17, 2008; The Lathrop High graduation Friday night wasn’t so much a ceremony as it was a roast. The 90-minute ceremony was full of laughs and inside jokes aimed at classmates and faculty members.
Lone Ice Classic winner takes it all: Friday, May 16, 2008; Every year since she moved to Alaska in 1975, Colleen Cloutier has purchased tickets for the Nenana Ice Classic. The number of tickets she bought varied over the years, she said, “depending on my bank account.”
Public Safety Report — May 15: Thursday, May 15, 2008; The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with public safety officials. Individuals named as arrested and/or charged with crimes in this report are presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.
Rex Trail users blast closure of hunting route: Thursday, May 15, 2008; Off-road vehicle owners tore into officials from the Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday night for the agency’s decision to close a popular moose-hunting trail south of Fairbanks this fall because of supposed damage caused by their rigs.
The Fairbanks Cycle Club has something for all pedal pushers: Thursday, May 15, 2008; From hammerheads to slowpokes, road riders to mountain bikers, men, women or children, the Fairbanks Cycle Club has a ride for you.
Local birder spots Eurasian duck in Fairbanks: Thursday, May 15, 2008; Fairbanks' 17-year-old bird watching wonder, Nick Hadjukovich, added another feather to his cap last week.
Public Safety Report — May 14: Wednesday, May 14, 2008; “The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with public safety officials. Individuals named as arrested and/or charged with crimes in this report are presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.”
Public Safety Report - May 13: Tuesday, May 13, 2008; The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with public safety officials. Individuals named as arrested and/or charged with crimes in this report are presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.
Biologist removes snare from Denali wolf: Saturday, May 10, 2008; The National Park Service didn’t spend almost $4,000 to catch a wolf and remove a cable snare around its neck last week for the sake of tourists who might be offended by seeing the gaping wound on the animal’s neck.
It was the wolf that officials at Denali National Park and Preserve say they were thinking about.
Iditarod musher Jeff King pleads not guilty to killing moose inside Denali Park: Friday, May 9, 2008; Iditarod champion Jeff King pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of illegally killing a moose in Denali National Park and Preserve and wants a jury to decide the case.

Recent Photos

: Thursday, May 8, 2008; Fairbanks dip-netter Jim Brashear holds a pair of Copper River red salmon after a successful dip netting trip to Chitina last summer.
: Tuesday, April 15, 2008; The first Canada geese of the season wander about Creamer’s Field Monday morning, April 14, 2008.
: Wednesday, March 19, 2008; North Pole recreational musher Miriam Cooper preps her sled for a run on the Chena Flood Control Project earlier this month. Cooper is founder and president of the Alaksa Recreational Dog Mushers Association.
: Wednesday, March 19, 2008; Recreational musher Zak Richter of Fairbanks lounges in front of his Arctic Oven tent in the Wickersham Dome trailhead parking lot Sunday with his dogs to keep him company. Richter used the parking lot as a base camp for the weekend to mush his dogs into the White Mountains National Recreation Area.