Municipal Elections are October 6, 2026. Early Voting starts September 21. Your opportunity to hear from the candidates on the Municipal Ballot for Fairbanks City Council is here.

Municipal Elections are October 6, 2026. Early Voting starts September 21. Your opportunity to hear from the candidates on the Municipal Ballot for Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board is here.

Municipal Elections are October 6, 2026. Early Voting starts September 21. Your opportunity to hear from the candidates on the Municipal Ballot for Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly is here.

Fairbanks Police are investigating the shooting deaths of two people that occurred Wednesday at a residence on the city’s east side. According to a police news release, investigators believe the first shooting was accidental, and the second was a suicide.

A creeping landslide, driven by permafrost thaw, has limited visitor’s access to the park since 2021.

Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Chinook wind microclimates north of the Alaska Range.

Fairbanks Police are investigating the shooting deaths of two people that occurred Wednesday at a residence on the city’s east side. // Magistrate Kyle Reardon, who's been nominated to serve as a federal judge in Alaska, had a confirmation hearing this week with the Senate Judiciary Committee. // A cruise ship hit an endangered fin whale Thursday morning while the vessel was en route from Hoonah to Sitka. // The state Department of Natural Resources will soon begin requiring Alaskans who want to stay in a state public cabin to make reservations no more than three months in advance. //Using barter instead of cash to pay for goods and services is becoming more popular. Some Alaskans who use that form of exchange say the system does more than just save money.

The State of Alaska has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit alleging the Elections Division violated Alaskans’ right to privacy by giving voter information to the federal government. // Two people were killed Tuesday when their plane crashed after taking off from a western Alaska moose-hunting camp. // The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Wednesday on last month’s plane crash in western Alaska that killed all eight people on board. // The growing population of Sandhill Cranes that come to Creamer’s Field is making it more difficult for the state Fish and Game Department to keep them away from aircraft around Fairbanks International. //University of Alaska leaders are considering adopting an artificial intelligence policy that require all three campuses to have an AI plan. // A Senate committee has passed a bill sponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan that aims to reduce the pollock fleet’s bycatch of salmon. // Denali National Park has reopened a scenic road now that a new bridge has been built.

1. A Fairbanks woman died Monday after falling into a river in a remote site about 40 miles west of Delta Junction. // The Pentagon wants to build up to a dozen military data centers near bases across Alaska. // Ex-Attorney General Treg Taylor pitched his record in Gov. Dunleavy’s administration to listeners Tuesday in an Alaska Public Media radio talk show. // The National Weather Service predicts wet, windy weather for Fairbanks and most of the Interior into Thursday. // The long-awaited Nome port expansion project took a symbolic step forward a couple of weeks ago.

The Pentagon wants to build up to a dozen new military data centers near Anchorage, Healy, and Fairbanks.