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A Gazebo in the Woods
by D. Helfferich

The Hamster That Roared
The Golden Hamster Saga
by Deitlof Reiche, illustrated by Joe Cepeda
book reviews
by David A. James

Calendar of Events

Cartoon
"Trifecta of Greed"
by Dan Darrow

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Editorial
Seasons

Firebreak
column by Tori Clyde & JD Ragan

Movie Reviews
Video Dreamland
Hannibal Rising
Black Snake Moan
Sweet Land
Premonition
The Shooter
Fay Grim
Venus
Apocalypto
movie reviews
by Thela Clayton

poetry
"Warblers"
by Ray Hadley

"Salt Peanuts in Fairbanks"
by Marjorie Kowalski Cole

The Postal News
public announcements

Ansgar's Birthday/Major Miner Day

Ester Li-Berry Music Festival!

"Hero for the Planet" on Biodiversity

Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

Wedding Announcement: The Mayor & the Fireman

Obituary
Summer Passing: Ray Kulp
by D. Helfferich

Ray's View from the Lump

Summer Wings
the Sandhill Crane
courtesy the Alaska Bird Observatory

Victuals & Drink
Drilling Into the Onion: The Future of Food
movie review by David & By Valentine

Fried Gum
by Jeffrey A. Rogers

Moose Spaghetti
by Dirk R. Nelson

The Noble Nasturtium
by Judy Stauffer

FEATURES

Attack of the Beluga Terrorist
by Sören Wuerth

At the hearing to discuss the fate of Cook Inlet's beluga whales, the author discovered that saying the wrong thing to the wrong person might mean talking to a cop unfamiliar with the concept of "free speech."

Correcting Corruption: Public Financing of Elections Can Restore (some of) the Legislature's Credibility
by Richard Seifert

Running for political office requires many things from a candidate, among them financial backing. In Alaska, much of this comes from special interests. How to control the undue influence of corrupt money? Public financing!

Less is More: Energy Efficiency in Alaska
part one of three by Brian Yanity

In a cold region like Alaska, no discussion of sustainable resources is complete without mentioning energy efficiency.

The Long View: That's How It's Done
by Ross Coen

Our modern-day corrupt politicians haven't got a thing on Alexander McKenzie and Arthur Noyes, who outright stole millions of dollars' worth of claims in Nome in 1900.

The Missionary Position on the Final Answers
opinion by Neal Matson

Answers to the last remaining questions by Dr. Thompson for Christianity.

Outpost Agriculture: "Chicken one day, feathers the next"
by Philip A. Loring

It's ironic that, as a researcher of and advocate for sustainable agriculture and community food systems, I'd never actually slaughtered any livestock animal--until a few days before writing this column.

What to Do About That Vertical Adrenaline: Filling in Old Mineshafts
by Joe Wehrman

Several of the mineshafts covered in this first round of closures by the Abandoned Mine Land Program are more than sixty feet of pure vertical adrenaline followed by a split second of regret.

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