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Christopher Eshleman

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Call Christopher at 907-459-7582.

Christopher Eshleman started reporting six years ago as a freelance writer in Pennsylvania. Since then he has written for daily, weekly and monthly publications including, for the past three years, the Daily News-Miner. With experience covering planning and zoning, municipal and state politics, taxes, road planning and neighborhoods, he currently covers local government for the Daily News-Miner. He has studied English, economics and other fields and holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Pittsburgh. Eshleman lives in the Goldstream Valley and is often spotted hanging out in radical places like public libraries. He encourages readers to contact him at ceshleman@newsminer.com.

Recent Stories

Luke Hopkins, Tammie Wilson reveal earnings in financial disclosures: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009; FAIRBANKS — Luke Hopkins and Tammie Wilson, the two finalists for mayor of the Fairbanks North Star borough, filed disclosure statements with the state early in their campaigns that show Hopkins works part-time while also receiving retirement payments and Wilson’s family collects income from a range of sources including rental properties in Illinois.
Legal bills rise in oil pipeline tax battle: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009; FAIRBANKS — The legal bills continue to climb in the fight between local governments and major oil companies about the trans-Alaska oil pipeline’s property assessment.
India trip provides Delta man with water inspiration: Monday, Oct. 19, 2009; FAIRBANKS — Prins Samuel, a native of Sri Lanka, made his first ever visit to the country’s larger neighbor, India, last year. He returned to Alaska, where he’s lived since the 1980s, with an unexpected and distinct awareness of India’s growing water crisis and an empathy that led him to get personally involved.
Fairbanks borough mayor candidates’ differences are illustrated by junkyard debate: Monday, Oct. 19, 2009; FAIRBANKS — The two finalists for borough mayor, Luke Hopkins and Tammie Wilson, were the only two incumbent Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly members on the original six-candidate ballot.
Polaris project still muddled: Friday, Oct. 16, 2009; FAIRBANKS — A developer has confirmed he wants to redevelop an empty downtown hotel, although the proposal continues to draw doubt from public officials.
Fairbanks housing sales rebounding from slump: Friday, Oct. 16, 2009; FAIRBANKS — Reported third-quarter home sales leveled off this summer to match previous years’ numbers. That bucks a trend of sagging quarterly sales, by volume, seen in Fairbanks since the winter.
Managers change buyer incentives for land auction: Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009; FAIRBANKS — Saturday’s auction of undeveloped home sites will be run a little different from past auctions, according to public land managers with the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Fairbanks borough mayor finalists want to grab the rest of the voter pie: Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009; FAIRBANKS — A week after they said they’d stick to their campaign messages during a runoff for mayor, both finalists are looking to attract new support for those messages following a fractured first election round.
Nadine Winters keeps seat on Fairbanks Borough Assembly: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009; FAIRBANKS — Nadine Winters has retained her seat on the Borough Assembly.
Fairbanks borough planners eye process for property 'grandfather' rights: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009; FAIRBANKS — Public planners are looking to refine the process used to figure out when landowners can employ “grandfather” property rights to stray from prescriptions in land-use laws.

Recent Photos

: Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009; Delta Junction’s community weekly, the Delta Wind is owned by Mike Paschall, who took over operations in 2006. Paschall, shown here in the papers offices Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, said subscribers, advertisers and the community generally have supported his effort to expand the paper — albeit with the occasional constructive criticism thats expected.
“We wanted it to be more of a newspaper,” Paschall said of Delta Wind, which circulated every other week before he bought it. The paper now is printed once each week. “I thought that was the product that was needed.”