Local News
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Advocates of legislation to raise the age of consent from 16 to 18 hope to get lawmakers to pass the measure this session. // The new planetarium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will open to the public this Saturday. // An emergency program that delivers boxes of food to struggling Alaskans is set to end this summer. // Two local residents are being held at Fairbanks Correctional Center on charges related to a shooting Sunday at a home on the west side of town. // The Alaska Department of Transportation will temporarily close a Parks Highway bridge near Denali Park later this week and next week for maintenance.
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NewsProtestors rallied in Fairbanks this month to call for greater transparency for families of police shooting victims.
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NewsLeading bids for the Fairbanks North Star Borough animal shelter replacement project came in about $10 million below borough engineers’ estimates. // President Trump has appointed Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy to a seat on the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. // A Slovakian musher living in Tok is suing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Biden-administration officials over a denied immigration petition. // Last week, 150 Alaskans fanned out across the Capitol to make the case for their industries, ranging from drilling and mining to tourism and fishing. // The U.S. Coast Guard announced that the first of its two new medium-weight icebreakers will be homeported in Alaska.
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This National Library Week, we invite you to take a look back into KUAC’s TV archives.Whose stories get remembered? And how do we see—or hear them again—years later?
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This National Library Week, we invite you to take a look back. And unlock KUAC’s broadcast history.
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Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about transformation of the snowpack as temperatures warm.
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NewsA startup has ideas to build a luxury resort and event center in the hills of Fairbanks, but it’s not short on skeptics. // Alaskans have been paying more for gas due to the conflict in the Middle East, and economists say it’s not an area where people tend to have wiggle room in their budgets.
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NewsA new company says it’s cooking up plans to build a luxury resort and event center in the hills of Fairbanks, on land with ties to gold mining history and a brief stint on television.
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Dan Bross talks with National Weather Service hydrologist Heather Best about the upcoming breakup season and what factors figure into ice jam flood potential.
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