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Support for incumbent Sen. Sullivan
To the editor: As Alaskans, we know our state is unlike anywhere else in the country. We face unique challenges, especially during our long, harsh winters and with the high cost of heating our homes. We need someone in Washington who understands those challenges and is willing to fight for Alaska every single day. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. We have used your information to see if you have a subscription with us, but did not find one.
Double standard for the Delta High School rifle team?
To the editor: As the aunt of students on the Delta Junction High School rifle team, I feel compelled to speak up about a decision that is directly affecting these kids. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. We have used your information to see if you have a subscription with us, but did not find one. Please use the button below to verify an existing account or to purchase a new subscription.
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Delta River sunset
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On the front line in Delta Junction
To the editor: Considering we have nuclear missiles buried in the ground at Ft. Greely, is it wise to allow U.S. military to blow the tundra to smithereens and rattle homes like we’re having earthquakes 24/7, for several weeks on end in Delta Junction with live mortar round fire and infrasound blasts that are severe enough to register on seismometers at UAF? Homes as far away from the firing range as 50-plus miles are being inundated with the sensation we’re on the front lines in the Ukraine War.
Fueling up
Flower Cole photo, Delta Junction “Pine Grosbeak, Delta Junction, Alaska.” Thanks, Flower Cole of Delta Junction, for sending along this shot. You can submit your best photo online at newsminer.com.
Alcan road trip follies
To the editor: We just drove up the Alaska Highway after picking a vehicle in the Lower 48. We’ve been making these Alcan trips for over 50 years and have witnessed many changes along the highway. It was an enjoyable, pretty drive through Canada on good to excellent roads with wildlife viewing and nice accommodations. The Canadian Highway Department is doing a good job benefiting both commerce and travelers with their workmanship.
Outta my way
Flower Cole photo, Delta Junction “Caribou crossing, Delta Junction, Alaska.” Thanks, Flower Cole, of Delta Junction, for sending along this shot. You can submit your best photo online at newsminer.com.
Keep the use of flashing hazard lights to a legitimate need
To the editor: We are seeing more and more Kinross ore trucks on the highway between Fairbanks and Tok traveling day and night. What is peculiar about those truck is they’re traveling with flashing orange hazard lights front and rear. Those flashing lights are neither required by law nor appropriate. Flashing hazard lights on the highways have a distinct purpose and that is to warn traffic of existing or potential dangers.
Military convoys are a road hazard we don't need
To the editor: On Dec. 6, only one day of snow was forecast between Fairbanks and Delta Junction, with an expected accumulation for 3-4 inches. Even knowing those predictions, the military decided to flood the Richardson Highway with convoys. I left early that morning headed for Fairbanks and immediately fell in behind one of the convoys. I and the rest of that morning traffic followed behind in the blowing snow for miles, averaging about 30-35 mph.
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Why not haul by railway, Kinross?
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Kinross is misrepresenting facts
To the editor: The representative picture of an ore truck that Kinross provided at the DOT TAC meeting and used in the News-Miner article is both incorrect and misleading. The pictured truck is a Canadian grain hauler, not a rock truck. It is 82 feet long, not the 95-foot Kinross truck. It has eight axles, not the 16 axles on a Kinross truck. It can weigh about 110,000 pounds, not the 165,000 pounds for a Kinross truck. Kinross is flagrantly misrepresenting their intentions to the public.
Hold accountable all connected with Kinross/Contango ore hauling
To the editor: It’s clear that Gov. Mike Dunleavy supports Kinross/Contango’s development of a gold mine at Tetlin and the transport of raw ore to the Fort Knox mill using the public highway system. It’s also a fact that the Permanent Fund Corporation has invested in Contango, meaning the State of Alaska has a vested interest in the gold mine. The ore trucks will have an unimpeded use of the highway system from Tok through Fairbanks to Fort Knox.
Kinross trucking plan needs a thorough impact study
To the editor: The Kinross trucking plan must not be allowed to proceed without a thorough impact study. As a nearly 45-year resident, driving the highways between Delta Junction and Fairbanks, I have shuttled family, school students and neighbors year-round in various vehicles, including school vans.
Sellout senators
To the editor: How surprised everyone must be to see Senator Murkowski and Senator Sullivan tuck tail and surrender to Moscow Mitch and the president on impeachment. So now we will have a trial with no witnesses because the Republicans are too terrified to do their jobs. When they come up for reelection, everyone needs to remember that they are nothing but puppets to Moscow Mitch and the president. They are supposed to represent the will of the people, but, like always, they put party over country.
Stop contractor regulation bill
News-Miner letter to the editor: To the editor: Private property rights, as we know them, are scheduled to be curtailed this legislative session. You will be required to get permission from the state of Alaska to sell a house that you own and have built yourself. The process is currently almost beyond stopping at this point, but with enough objection by citizens like you and me, who knows?Two companion bills, SB 161 and HB 81, seem to be gathering our representatives’ unchecked nods.
Leave trapped fur alone
News-Miner letter to the editor: To the editor: On Feb. 28, I had a wolf taken from my trapline. I called Fish and Wildlife Protection and told them about the stolen wolf. Four hours later, the Protection Officer called and told me he was going to get my wolf and bring it to me. The person who stole the wolf had called Fish and Wildlife Protection to tell them he had taken it for fear it would spoil, and he had a cool place to keep it.
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