Tom Hewitt

Those of us who got to see the whole arc of the Fairbanks Sears store’s tenure are feeling a little conflicted to see it go. Before it was a store we felt like we didn’t need, it was a store we desperately did.

The farthest-north baseball stadium in the United States is a little dated and deeply quirky.

The farthest-north baseball stadium in the United States is a little dated and deeply quirky.

“You’re probably wondering why I’m calling out of the blue,” the voice on the phone said. “It’s about my dog — she’s been missing.”

The Anchorage Concert Chorus is singing in person again. I missed it more than I knew.

How do you go from the Fairbanks Curling Club to the Beijing Olympics? The short answer: 20-plus years of hard, unrelenting work.

We want to recognize those acts of neighborliness, big and small, that make this a great place to live.

April 1 will once again be Poem Day in the ADN’s letters space. If the muse strikes you, submit a poem to letters@adn.com.

If a UNESCO World Heritage Site is erased by a million tons of ice and there’s no one around to see it, what does it mean?

Do you have a letter to the editor or a commentary you’d like to deliver in person? A question or comment about local issues you’d like to share?