A need to remove a threat to salmon

It’s a story as old as the story of human progress. A new discovery or innovation heralded for its efficacy is suspected to have harmful effects that require ingenuity on the part of researchers to find an antidote to the unintended causes. I consider it compelling...

A classroom runs through the farm

Far from Randolph County: A classroom runs through the farm Hank Nuwer, now with the Winchester News-Gazette long distance. His column is called “Far from Randolph County”. https://www.winchesternewsgazette.com/ Chances are when you were back in school,...
Misadventures of a Short-Term Expatriate

Misadventures of a Short-Term Expatriate

Seven to nine years ago, I commuted from the U.S. to Poland to court my now-wife Gosia, and she did the same in reverse, meeting me by turns in Alaska and Indiana. We were good friends for two years before getting hitched, although I assure you that we both were...

Keeping the community in a community hospital

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 with the Daily News-Miner in a fifth-floor conference room. She opined that she rather likes the weather and...