Amanda Bohman
Reporter
Call Amanda at 907-459-7544.
Amanda Bohman grew up in northern Illinois about 10 miles from a Six Flags amusement park, where she whiled away many summers. In 1990, she graduated from Round Lake High School after learning rudimentary Spanish, landing a bit part in the play "Twelve Angry Men," and writing for the school newspaper, "The Blaize." Amanda moved to Fairbanks in 1996 and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She enjoys road trips, bargain hunting and bluegrass music. Amanda has been a staff writer at the News-Miner since 1999 and previously wrote for the Kodiak Daily Mirror. Amanda lives with her partner, Alec Turner; their daughter, Jade; four dogs and eight chickens.
Recent Stories
- Hopkins, Wilson get support from politicos before runoff
- Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — The two remaining candidates for mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough have gathered an array of endorsements leading up to the Nov. 3 runoff election.
- Recount verifies Doug Isaacson as North Pole mayor
- Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — North Pole Mayor Doug Isaacson will be sworn in to his second term on Monday after a recount of ballots from North Pole confirmed he won by two votes.
- Court upholds conviction in fatal 2005 Fairbanks crash
- Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — A 46-year-old man who went to prison after fleeing a fatal multi-vehicle accident four years ago lost an appeal of his criminal case.
- Longtime Fairbanks pilots win aviation safety award
- Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks pilots Tim Sander and Pete Haggland won the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, a prize for pilots who have conducted 50 or more consecutive years of safe flight operations.
- Tight North Pole mayoral race to get recount
- Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
- FAIRBANKS -- Municipal officials will conduct a recount in the North Pole mayor’s race, the city clerk said Wednesday.
- Doug Isaacson keeps North Pole mayor seat by slim margin
- Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — North Pole Mayor Doug Isaacson won re-election by two votes after about 40 outstanding ballots were counted Tuesday.
- Ahead of the Nov. 3 runoff for borough mayor, Luke Hopkins leads in the money game
- Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Money-wise, Tammie Wilson has work to do if she wants to catch her opponent, Luke Hopkins, in the race for mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
- Remaining ballots to be counted today in municipal elections
- Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — Several close municipal races will be decided today after more than 1,000 absentee and questioned ballots are counted.
- Coghill Senate confirmation looks likely
- Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — North Pole Rep. John Coghill needs five votes from among nine Republican senators to join the Alaska Legislature’s upper body. Coghill said Monday that at least three have said they support him. A fourth senator told the Daily News-Miner she would support him.
- Court rules Fairbanks double-murderer must stick to his plea deal
- Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009
- FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Court of Appeals won’t let a convicted double-murderer renege on a plea deal.
Recent Photos
- Sunday, May 3, 2009
- Two-year-old Cara Stokes shows her approval of the Mongoose bicycle that her father, Jay Stokes, picked out at the Fairbanks Cycle Club Bike Swap at Beaver Sports on Saturday.
- Friday, Aug. 1, 2008
- Flood waters seeped into an out-building on Harry Bader's property off Perkins Drive in Fairbanks.
- Friday, Aug. 1, 2008
- Flood waters surround Harry Bader's home off Perkins Drive in the Rosie Creek area.
- Friday, Aug. 1, 2008
- Harry Bader stands in his downstairs living room as he surveys damage from Tanana River flooding in his residence off Perkins Drive.
