The city of Fairbanks recorded its first 40-degree below zero temperature of the winter.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke plans to discuss trade and rural development opportunities when he visits Anchorage this week.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke plans to discuss trade and rural development opportunities when he visits Anchorage this week.

Alaska Native corporations and a multinational company are planning to build a fiber optic cable from Tokyo to London through the Arctic Ocean.

ART, EVENTS & PERFORMANCE

Young adult fiction is for readers in high school and older who like more involved plots and more mature themes than those found in chapter books. They are easy to spot: look for yellow-green stickers on the spines of books shelved in the adult fiction area.

January 15 marks the deadline for several big events around town. Here’s a look at what not to miss.

W hat if?What if there was an outbreak, presumably starting from someone getting bitten by a vampire bat, and suddenly people were turning into vampires? What if that outbreak became so rampant that before too long the army, the government, schools, car dealers, television news anchors, newspaper publishers and hospitals were made up of vampires? What if overnight, human beings were declared an enemy of the state and hunted by the government in order to farm them for blood?

Two-time Grammy award-winning songwriter and storyteller Bill Harley might be considered by some as a children’s performer, but he gears his shows toward the whole family.

A new series of books on traditional Tlingit carving offers an innovative approach to learning the art, by providing a detailed description of the techniques in printed form.