by Hank Nuwer | Oct 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Hank Nuwer | Oct 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Soon after I turned 18 and secured my driver license, I asked a pal named Mary to go to a drive-in movie with me. It was my first time, and I begged my father to use his brand new ’65 Ford. Other friends told me wild drive-in stories. Some stuffed other friends into... by Hank Nuwer | Oct 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer Guarding a former king was a royal pain My response to the ascendency to the throne of King Charles III is simply to stifle a yawn. Hey, I’ve suffered a personal run-in with the British Crown. I have a right to my opinion. I remember well that July day...
by Hank Nuwer | Oct 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of the best Alaska traditions to grip the imagination of the world is Fat Bear Week, with voting beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Alaska time. The event was started nine years ago as Fat Bear Tuesday by Mike Fitz, then a Katmai National Park ranger and now the... by Hank Nuwer | Oct 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Weekends fly by all too fast, don’t they? One week ago Saturday my wife Gosia and I enjoyed the incredible vistas on the highway south of Delta Junction and north of Paxson. The next day I took Gosia for her first trip on the Dalton Highway, but we did not drive too... by Hank Nuwer | Sep 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Last week I found my wife Gosia and our visitors from London and Poland in an excited state. Gosia explained that a raptor swooped out of the sky, and its wings blocked her view from the van’s windshield. Gosia braced for impact that never came. At the moment of...
