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Alaska Rep. Nick Begich co-sponsored a bill the U.S. House passed Wednesday that requires voters to show proof of citizenship to register to vote, and a photo ID to get a ballot. // The U.S. Interior Department has extended the deadline to March 30th for public comments on proposed changes to the Federal Subsistence Board. // The nation’s anti-drug czar was in Anchorage Thursday to declare that state and federal law enforcement are keeping fentanyl and other narcotics out of Alaska. // 30 teams will compete in the 2026 Iron Dog snowmachine race scheduled to kick off Saturday in Big Lake and end next week in Fairbanks. // Organizers of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race say there’s enough snow on the ground in the Mat-Su Valley this year to launch the race in Willow on March 7th. -
A tight state budget is leading some Alaska lawmakers to consider again sending Alaska inmates out of state to serve out their sentences. // A Delta Junction man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for six years. // Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Carney on Wednesday asked legislators to fund new judges and long-delayed courthouse maintenance. // A Juneau state representative’s proposal to ban law enforcement officers from wearing face masks on duty got a chilly reception from some lawmakers.
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NewsThe 11th Airborne Division will begin a major training exercise Monday near Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base. // Despite the state education commissioner overturning their decision, the president of the Fairbanks school board is standing behind the board’s unanimous vote to reject a charter school application last year. // The family of one of the victims who died in a Bering Air plane crash last year is suing the regional airline. // Mushers pulled their bib numbers at a Yukon Quest Alaska event Thursday. // One of Alaska’s most prolific murderers is buried in a place of honor, in a cemetery for veterans in Sitka. But that could change – with an act of Congress. -
Fairbanks school district administrators are proposing almost $7 million worth of reinvestments to lower class sizes and restore some programs. // Fairbanks cross country skier Kendall Kramer is days away from competing in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. // The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Aaron C. Peterson of Anchorage to be a federal District Court judge in Alaska. //The federal government is seeking public input on a proposal to open up ocean waters off Alaska for seafloor mineral-mining lease sales. // Former Sitka state representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins this week became the third Democrat to run for governor. -
The New York Times reports that 11th Airborne Division soldiers from Alaska have been told they no longer need to prepare to deploy to Minnesota. // Industry groups are pushing state lawmakers to quickly pass an appropriations bill to avoid losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal matching funds. // The federal government has begun a scoping process that could lead to wide-ranging changes to federal subsistence management in Alaska. // Residents of the western Alaska village of Brevig Mission are organizing to stop development of a huge open-pit graphite mine they say would threaten local hunting and fishing. -
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District might have return more than $11 million to the borough after the district ended last year with a budget surplus. // We’re only one month into election year 2026 and it’s already clear that the incumbents in Alaska’s federal races have a lot of money to defend their seats. // The UAF Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks launched its first rocket of the year last week as part of a project to study the aurora borealis.
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NewsThe Fairbanks North Star Borough approved tax incentives for new multi-family housing, and another government shutdown is looming — though it might not last as long as the last one. -
NewsA judge ruled this week against a former Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly member who appealed an ethics violation that led to a $1 fine. // The state House ethics committee has launched an investigation into Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance. // How Nome reuses leftover Christmas trees. // Scientists have confirmed that destructive landslides are happening more frequently across Alaska using news articles dating back more than a century. -
NewsA federal inspector is investigating a fire that heavily damaged a large conveyor belt at Kinross Alaska’s Fort Knox mine. // Fort Greely restored its regular dining facility hours last week after a service disruption that lasted almost four months. // ConocoPhillips says its plans to drill four new wells this winter on the North Slope will go forward despite Friday’s accident involving a massive drilling rig. // The Fairbanks City Council failed a newly-introduced ordinance Monday that would’ve given the mayor a roughly 55% pay raise. // The rate of Alaskans dying from drug overdoses declined by 5% in 2024 compared to the year before, according to a recent state report. -
An Interior Gas Utility tanker trailer was damaged in a wreck last week, but other tankers are still managing to bring loads of liquified natural gas to Fairbanks. And Indigenous advocacy groups are hosting a webinar on how tribal members should deal with federal immigration agents. -
A massive oil-drilling rig toppled over Friday and crashed into the frozen tundra near the North Slope. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced a series of bills on Friday and Monday that he says would stabilize the state’s finances. // Crews extinguished a fire early Friday morning that followed an explosion at the Alaska Army National Guard Readiness Center in Fairbanks. // A Superior Court Judge accepted the sentence Monday for a Fairbanks youth pastor convicted of felony child sex abuse. // Musher Pete Kaiser earned a record-setting first-place finish this year in last weekend’s Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race.
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NewsCrews extinguished a fire Friday morning that followed an explosion at the Alaska Army National Guard Readiness Center in Fairbanks. // A University of Alaska Fairbanks student is out on bail after ripping almost 60 images off the walls of a university art gallery and eating them earlier this month. // A report found that former Alaska Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum deviated from state policy when committing millions in state savings to a private equity fund. // The majority owners of Alaska’s proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline announced new agreements they say moves the project’s first phase into early development.
