FEATURES 100 Years of Mining Our Own Business
by D. Helfferich The Fourth of July in Ester, once again: the skies cleared just before the parade, and so our annual picnic was a rousing success.
Her Life As An Artist
story & photos by Terry Glendinning An autobiographical installation by Mary Matthews features white papier mache and birch branches.
Hybrid Performance in Alaska: The Continuing Saga of a Toyota Prius
by Richard Seifert With spring and warmer temperatures, the performance of the Prius improved radically. Then I got to go on a long-distance trip to Palmer, and experiment with the car under various driving conditions.
Interviews with the Unknown Candidates: A Green Beginning
the editor interviews Jim Sykes, Green Party candidate for US Senate It's easy to find information on Tony Knowles and Lisa Murkowski, but it's a little harder to find a news story covering minor party candidates. Minor parties, in this writer's opinion, can bring entertaining, refreshing, and innovative solutions to the problems at hand, and so it is important to hear from them.
An Introduction to Petropolitics
by Richard A. Fineberg The theory of petropolitics explores to what extent the oil industry influences and dictates a country's social development, policy, and politics. Is oil just another commodity? or is it responsible for a unique kind of "resource curse"?
Goldstream Gazette Ananda Marga in Haiti: An interview with Dada Vimaleshananda
by Ulyana Korotkova The author, a member of Ananda Marga Meditation and Gathering Center on Murphy Dome Road, interviewed this visiting monk on the efforts to maintain schools in Haiti.
Blueberry Preserves
public announcement Blueberry fields forever! The Interior Alaska Land Trust is holding a fundraiser to create a patch of blueberry heaven in perpetuity.
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