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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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NewsProtesters in Fairbanks gathered Saturday to demand accountability from Troopers after they fatally shot a man experiencing a mental health crisis and seriously injured his brother. // The Alaska Federation of Natives recently released a study looking at ways to reduce overrepresentation of Alaska Native people in the state’s prison population.
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A budget proposal that would provide $100 million for repairs on schools and state facilities statewide is on its way to a full Senate vote. // The Borough mayor says he’s withdrawn from discussions about leasing the vacant Pearl Creek Elementary building to a charter school. // The Alaska House rejected a Senate effort to levy corporate income taxes on energy producer Hilcorp and other oil and gas companies. // Applications are now open for a summer program that provides food assistance for schoolkids in rural Alaska. // The Alaska Mining Hall of Fame on Thursday will celebrate the birthday of Felix Pedro. His gold strike sparked the 1902 Fairbanks Gold Rush.
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