The 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.

A 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.

The Army installation has restored its regular dining facility hours after a service disruption that began in October.

A 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.

Lizzy Hahn, the student journalist who broke the viral story, says the incident is shaping culture and policy around the use of AI on campus.

Crews 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.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy outlined his agenda for his final year in office in his annual State of the State address. // Alaska lawmakers failed Thursday to override Dunleavy’s veto of a bill that backers said would've modernized Alaska’s corporate income tax system. // Alaska Congressman Nick Begich has a new challenger: Bill Hill, a Bristol Bay fisherman and retired teacher and school administrator. // A draft ordinance proposes a roughly 55% pay raise for the of Fairbanks mayor. // A semi-tractor trailer wrecked Monday on a stretch of the Dalton Highway north of Fairbanks and leaked 14,000 gallons of liquified natural gas // The Trump administration is reviewing the 8A business-contracting program that benefits Alaska Native corporations and tribes.

A 29-year-old Fairbanks man is being held at Fairbanks Correctional Center on a first-degree murder charge for fatally shooting his grandmother. // A lawsuit filed this month claims Bible Baptist Church in Fairbanks has created an environment that lets men in positions of power abuse church members. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’ll soon propose a statewide sales tax as part of his larger plan to stabilize the state’s finances. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and a district in southwest Alaska are suing the state for failing to adequately fund public education.