Dermot Cole
Columnist
Call Dermot at 907-459-7530.
Dermot Cole is a longtime columnist for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and author of five books, four of them about Alaska history. He writes a daily general interest column in the local section of the newspaper, writing about everything from politics to community events. Cole has written extensively about Alaska and Alaska history for nearly 30 years. He has worked for the Daily News-Miner since the 1970s, but he also spent one year at The Associated Press in Seattle. His books include: "Frank Barr: Bush Pilot in Alaska and the Yukon", "Amazing Pipeline Stories: How Building the trans-Alaska Pipeline Transformed Life on America's Last Frontier," "Fairbanks: A Gold Rush Town that Beat the Odds" and "Fairbanks: A Pictorial History." Cole grew up in Pennsylvania and lived in Taiwan, Montana and Hong Kong before moving to Alaska in 1974. A graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Cole is married to writer Debbie Carter and has three children.
Recent Stories
- GOP congresswoman finds no wildlife or trees on '2,000-acre lot in ANWR'
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008
- One of the 11 members of Congress on the government-funded "American Energy Tour" believes she learned a lot during her weekend in Alaska. If only she had learned a little more.
- Year's worth of bottles provide flotation and a reason to switch to tap water
- Monday, July 21, 2008
- Only one of the 50 entries in the KUAC Red Green River Regatta consisted of water bottles sewed into a giant Visqueen bag sealed by duct tape.
- Thanks to what you read here, Golden Days Parade weather gets positive spin
- Sunday, July 20, 2008
- I wrote in this space Saturday morning about how rotten the weather was going to be for the parade, and you see what happened.
- Even if it rains, Golden Days offers chance to witness life’s passing parade
- Saturday, July 19, 2008
- The weekend forecast is for rain, but a little wet weather shouldn’t be a problem for the Golden Days parade.
- Electric, heating bills widen economic gap between Fairbanks and Anchorage
- Friday, July 18, 2008
- The cost of living in Fairbanks has long been higher than that in Anchorage.
- Helen Atkinson, Con Frank and Robert Charlie to receive Golden Citizen honor
- Thursday, July 17, 2008
- It’s safe to say that the three people to be recognized today at the Golden Citizens’ Luncheon at Pioneer Park have helped build Alaska.
- Extra state checks should be based on dividend rules, not six-month residency
- Wednesday, July 16, 2008
- The Palin administration’s one-time plan to give $1,200 to every Alaskan contains a new definition of state residency, saying that those who are here for six months would qualify for the extra payment.
- Tanana Raft Classic participants to mark 40th anniversary of ragtag flotilla
- Tuesday, July 15, 2008
- In 1967, Neal Brown and George Cresswell built a raft and traveled from Fairbanks to Nenana, a journey that provided the inspiration for the rite of passage known as The Great Tanana Raft Classic.
- ‘Backbone’ attack backfires by claiming deceased leaders would oppose Palin
- Monday, July 14, 2008
- The latest incarnation of Wally Hickel’s “Backbone” organization misfired with its claim that more than five dozen dead Alaska leaders would oppose Gov. Sarah Palin’s pipeline plan.
- Paskvan tosses first pitch at Growden after anxious moments over loaded guns
- Sunday, July 13, 2008
- Joe Paskvan left the Tanana Valley Bar Association picnic at Pioneer Park Friday evening, bound for Growden Memorial Park.