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The Fairbanks North Star Borough is applying for federal funding to rebuild its deteriorating animal shelter, and state biologists released a herd of wood bison in a wilderness area southwest of Fairbanks. -
Sen. Lisa Murkowski did not rule out running for governor during a Monday news conference in Anchorage. // Fairbanks researchers recently successfully tested the feasibility of a system that stores heat in the ground in summer for use during winter. // A lack of reliable housing and other infrastructure leads to health and economic problems for kids in rural Alaska, according to panelists at a conference last week in Anchorage. //Wildfire season has slowed, but not ended. Warm, dry weather over the weekend created conditions in an area about 120 miles northeast of Fairbanks that've led to an uptick in fire activity there.
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NewsA former Fairbanks North Star Borough assembly member is trying to create a new state political party, and local hotels and AirBnbs are seeing more vacancies than last year. -
Mike Sfraga, the new interim chancellor for the University of Alaska Fairbanks, began his first day at the job on Monday. // The federal Bureau of Land Management will reopen portions of the popular White Mountains Recreation Area this week. // The Trump administration wants to eliminate funding for the Denali Commission, the federal agency that's helped Alaska villages develop more than $2 billion in infrastructure. // The Alaska International Business Center's president and CEO says President Trump's proposed tariffs will hurt Alaska businesses that export their products. -
Researchers have begun using new and more accurate methods to measure wildfire smoke like the stuff that blanketed Fairbanks a few weeks ago. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly on Thursday postponed a vote on revising its ethics code 'til Aug. 14. // The Alaska Bar Association’s board of governors is considering whether to recommend disbarring former federal judge Joshua Kindred.
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NewsA Fairbanks woman has been charged with attempted murder. Former U.S. Representative Mary Peltola is suing the owners of the aircraft that her late husband was piloting when he died. A UAF institute will showcase the fruits of its research at events in Fairbanks and Palmer. What you need to know ahead of the special legislative session. -
NewsNORAD says it tracked Russian warplanes flying in international airspace off the coast of Alaska, and a Miss WEIO contestant channeled her grief into inspiration for her pageant performance. -
NewsThe Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has signed onto a lawsuit that aims to force the Trump administration to release frozen federal education funds. The former Alaskan priest kidnapped in Nigeria more than 50 days ago has been freed, according to the Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks. Competitors in WEIO's ear weight challenge talk about fears, strategies and the deeper meanings that underlie pain management. -
A former Fairbanks Catholic priest is still being held by kidnappers in Nigeria.An IT outage led to a system-wide grounding of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air flights on Sunday.Independent investigators say Anchorage police were justified in killing a man last May.The Rural Alaska Honors Institute graduated more than 40 high school students in the college orientation program.The Department of Fish and Game and the owner of a wildlife facility are arguing over the fate of the animals. -
A Fire truck is vandalized at a camp near Haystack mountain.The filing period for city councils, borough assembly and school board is openLongtime Arctic leader takes over as UAF chancellor until a new one can be recruitedFolks say goodbye to the Polaris building in downtown Fairbanks with a good whack. -
NewsCrews installed the bronze statue of hall-of-famer and former Goldpanner David Winfield in Fairbanks Thursday. The legal deal defining the tax value of the Trans-Alaska pipeline is set to expire at the end of the year. The bill defunding public media and some foreign aid programs has now cleared the House and Senate, despite objections from Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski. The U.S. Department of Agriculture axed a program this week that was supporting farmers and food producers in Alaska.
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Golden Valley Electric Association is looking to clear up groundwater contamination in Healy caused by its old coal ash ponds, and groups in Fairbanks community groups are hosting events to honor Congressman John Lewis today.
