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1. Alaska State Troopers have recovered the body of Fairbanks trapper Lawrence Feltman in a remote cabin on the Porcupine River near the Yukon border. //2. State Legislators questioned two University of Alaska Board of Regents appointees at length last week in a Senate Education Committee meeting. //3. The JoAnn Fabric and Crafts chain is closing its stores, including one with a large footprint in Fairbanks. And local sewers and crafters are trying to find a another source of their favorite fabrics. //4. Chum salmon stocks have been on the decline in recent years, and soon the federal government might finally do something about it. // -
The Alaska House may cut both the Permanent Fund Dividend and promised funds for schools in order to balance the state budget.Alyeska Pipeline monitors found a flaw near Delta Junction they will dig up and fix this spring.A community discussion on how President Trump's executive orders fit into history and the present was held Saturday.The regional office that supported Alaska Head Starts has closed.The Alaska Humanities Forum has lost its federal funding.
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Delta Junction City Council agrees to experimental stopgap solution for ambulance services. Golden Valley Electric Association launches belated rate case study. New report says Alaska rent costs are now in the middle of the pack compared to other states. -
NewsA Fairbanks resident has invited experts and representatives from different political groups to a bipartisan panel. Alaska education leaders spoke at a U.S. Senate hearing on behalf of programs that support Indigenous students. The University of Alaska Board of Regents' decided to scrub mentions of DEI off of their webpages last month. Now, critics are concerned about the transparency of that process. A local tea company is offering to pay its employees’ college tuition. -
NewsThe City of Fairbanks is reviving its Emergency Services Patrol program. A Canadian company is exploring the possibility of building a new gold mine in Juneau. One of the last sled dog races of the season will start in Kotzebue tomorrow. The State House passed a bill last week that would help protect foster kids from unnecessary stays in acute psychiatric care facilities.
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Alaska's Congressional Delegation supports leavinG the USPostal Service as a government service - not privatizing it.FNSB mayor Grier Hopkins releases his plan for next year's budget.The AK appeals court decides to uphold the parole denial for a North Pole man convicted of murder nearly 40 years ago.The pilot of a plane crashed last week and saved in a dramatic rescue might not have been legal to fly.An executive order adjusting rules around voting could hurt voters in rural Alaska Native communities. -
3.2 Earthquake felt in Interior.Downtown Fairbanks fight send two stabbing victims to hospital.Executive Order on Elections may not take in Alaska.Native shareholders question their corporation's migrant detention contracts.Fairbanks area schools will be redistricting this summer.REAL ID deadline is May 7.Sudden CDC cuts will affect health delivery in rural Alaska. -
NewsFairbanks International Airport officials are keeping a close eye on the imminent eruption of Mt. Spurr. Three Bears Alaska will soon unveil its latest retail outlet in the state — a grocery store and gas station in Delta Junction. Last weekend’s T-Dog sled dog race brought 39 mushers from across the country to Fairbanks.
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A 16-year-old snowmachiner died Saturday after he was caught in an avalanche in Turnagain Pass, in SouthCentral Alaska.Two injured climbers were rescued Sunday from a site high up on the slope of a mountain in the eastern Alaska Range west of Black Rapids. Three people were rescued Monday morning after their small plane went through the ice near the east side of Tustumena Lake, on the Kenai Peninsula.The plan to clean up polluting particulates in the air in Interior Alaska gets another comment period.People living in the northern part of the state will have a chance to watch rockets soar through aurora-lit night skies for the next couple weeks.
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A report written by lead authors in Fairbanks that highlighted the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous people was removed from several federal websites last month. The University of Alaska system is adjusting to scrubbing DEI language from websites and materials, leaving faculty and students wondering if they can still teach and study.The attorney who represented the four Fairbanks police officers in a lawsuit against them and the City related to the Fairbanks 4 case is allowed to back out.
