Nearly 42 percent of Alaskans call Anchorage home. The other 58 percent derisively call it "Los Anchorage." They're referring to the freeways, the highrises, the lattes, and all the other Los Angeles-like things that Anchorage has but the rest of Alaska doesn't.
University Fire officials are still determining the cause of a fire Wednesday night that claimed the life of a Fairbanks man. The man, who rented the 20-by-30 log cabin on Army Road, called 911 to report a fire and said he was trapped inside his cabin.
Willow and Houston residents, airing their views at a public hearing Saturday, said they would welcome a prison on the edge of Houston city limits if prison development would bring new supplies of natural gas to the region.
As I write this column Thursday evening, my granddaughter, Jennifer, and her friend, Mike, are airborne. They are headed to Fairbanks, Alaska, where they should be arriving about midnight.
A small crowd of people came on Veterans Day to the dedication of the new Edgecomb Town Hall flagpole. Selectman Stuart Smith, ably assisted by 8-year-old Alex, moved Old Glory up the gleaming aluminum shaft, and neatly stowed the lines away within the flagpole!
SOUTH BAY Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose. With Shri C.V. Chandrasekhar. Presenting ``Kalidasa's Ritusamhara -- The Varied Seasons.'' 7 p.m. Nov. 18, 4 p.m. Nov. 19. Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose. $15, $25 reserved, $10 students and seniors, $45 family of four. (408) 983-0491, www.abhinaya.org.
Imagine a giant, turtle-shaped aircraft, a combo of blimp, plane and hovercraft, filled with freight, quietly floating over the ocean. It sounds like science fiction, but serious experts insist it could someday be a reality in Alaska.
There's too much touchy feely today. I think there are a lot of CEOs running companies who were spanked when they were kids. It wouldn't be all bad if we went back to that era.
Did I want to borrow a plastic bead and line the poor dollies in the mouth when they made the mistake of touching that little store-bought plastic egg? Did I want one more fish that badly?
