by Hank Nuwer | May 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Last Frontier Tales He Had It Coming By Hank Nuwer Dan Berger was an Alaska sourdough who never struck it rich. He came to Alaska from Who Knows Where in 1897. He raced, too late, to every announced new gold strike. Finally, in 1906, he made...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
First published, Cordova Times’ Last Frontier Days By Hank Nuwer During the reign (1558-1603) of Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespearian actor Will Kemp supposedly declared that anyone achieving fleeting fame might be dismissed as a “Nine Days’ Wonder.”... by Hank Nuwer | Apr 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
This was a post from two years ago in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner when I was editor. October 2023. For someone with one of the most important Mover-and-Shaker positions in Fairbanks, Shelley Ebenel certainly looks relaxed as she arrives early for a meeting...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was stuck in time. Stuck in a Travelodge, no less, with repulsive, cutesy trademark Sleepy Bears. A Sleepy Bear in nightcap and nightshirt on the motel welcome sign. On the counter at check-in. Stuffed Sleepy Bear toys placed atop the guest...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
Pleased to receive 3rd place for Best Profile, small circulation papers. The certificate names wrong winng paper. It should be Cordova Times. Thanks for the recognition, APC!!! by Hank Nuwer | Apr 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
Although I found fault with “And So It Goes,” the biography of Kurt Vonnegut, I found this interview with Shields on editing to be well worth the reading. Perhaps the problem with accuracy lies with his editors. Shields said this to an interviewer: I don’t...
