Erica Goff
Features editor
Call Erica at 907-459-7523.
Features editor Erica Goff left Petoskey, Mich., where she had been serving as editor of the Charlevoix Courier, in April 2008, heading north for new opportunities for her and partner, Joe. A lover of all things outdoors —hunting, hiking, fishing, jogging, canoeing — Fairbanks seemed a perfect fit. Prior to her work in Charlevoix she was managing editor at the Gratiot County Herald, located in “the middle of the mitten” in lower Michigan, feeling comfortable in the farming community after having been raised on a diary farm near Ludington, Mich. She earn her bachelor's and master's degrees from Central Michigan University, studying journalism, earth science, and professional communication. She now lives near Ester with Joe, raising a garden and chickens and enjoying all that Alaska has to offer.
Recent Stories
- Dance troupe brings emotion, power of flamenco to Fairbanks
- Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
- Most professional dancers have spent years, possibly close to their entire lives, learning, practicing and preparing themselves for a life of dance.
- Symposium brings mushers, community together
- Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
- Brent Sass was born and raised in Minnesota where he was a cross-country skier. He’s lived in Alaska for 10 years now, and until about six years ago, he had no connection whatsoever with sled dogs or mushing.
Now he’s considered one of the most up-and-coming names in the sport. - Fairbanks gallery blends art, science
- Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008
- FAIRBANKS — One artist and a group of scientists interested in both art and science, specifically marine science with focus on the Arctic Ocean and abstract painting, say they’ve found a way not only to marry two loves they share — art and science — but also to present them in a way that could make two seemingly polar opposite subjects seem closely and intrinsically connected.
- Writers series connects Fairbanks community with authors
- Friday, Oct. 3, 2008
- The midnight sun may have long since left the Fairbanks skies, but the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series is just warming up, ready to shine for its 14th season of connecting young academics and community members with writers new and old from across the country.
- Comedy served as cure for blues at The Blue Loon
- Friday, Oct. 3, 2008
- It all started, in a sense, as a joke. Now it is a career, of joking.
In 1992, while he was in college and loving college life, Brian Dunkleman was working at a bar and, after a few drinks and laughing at a few open mic comic shows, he had an idea. - The yolk's on you: Fairbanks spoof 'Omelet' makes debut
- Friday, Oct. 3, 2008
- Omelet, Yolkphelia and Grapefruit walk into a donut shop ...
No, it’s not the opening line for a new joke. It is a potential scene from a Fairbanks original play, written by local theatre buffs Claudia Lively and her sister, Holly Olsen, “Omelet, Prince of the Danish.” - Chena Fest supports Alaska-grown products, agricultural education
- Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008
- The seeds were planted months ago — literally — for the fourth annual Chena Fest benefit dinner. Ingredients for the soups, salads, entrees, even dessert and breads on the menu for the event were all planted or produced locally, and are available thanks to local growers and producers and, in part, students.
- A decade of dreams and science
- IARC heads into its teen years with continued vision of collaboartion
- Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008
- When Syun-Ichi Akasofu set out to expand research space and capabilities of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute in 1988, he was told it was “a Mission Impossible.”
- Local food, local support at annual benefit for Calypso Farm
- Friday, Sept. 26, 2008
- It all started with a simple idea: To help a community utilize local agriculture.
- More than mutts: Mixed breed dog show honors non-pedigree pooches
- Friday, Sept. 26, 2008
- Ever wonder if your mixed breed dog has the perkiest ears of any dog in Fairbanks? Maybe it is the curliest coat or expressive eyes that make your pooch special.