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  • Patrick Gilchrist/KUAC
    Gov. Dunleavy's line item veto of education funding means Fairbanks school board likely must cut another $2.5 million from its budget. Local photographer and master of rare technique is exhibiting his work at UAF. North Slope Borough officials say petitioners failed to obtain enough signatures to hold election for recalling the borough mayor.
  • KUAC
    A legislative task force has two years to change Alaska education policy.Another climber dies on Denali.Summer camps in Denali National Park are back on but disrupted by federal layoffs.A Korean fighter plane crash at Eielson AFB is still being investigated.A micro-nuclear power plant get the next step to be built on Eielson.A local Rotary Club hosts a special event for Foster care families.
  • The City of Fairbanks has started to pay off a big lawsuit settlement.A fuel spill on the Alaska Railroad is getting cleaned up.A Fort Yukon man died in an ATV accident.The families of the victims of last week’s helicopter crash on the North Slope talk about their work and lives.About 40 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees from other parts of the country are being held in Alaska jails.A graphite mine in Alaska may help make cars in Arizona.
  • Veterans hold a D-Day commemoration rally with lots of complaints about the current administration.The pilot of a helicopter that crashed on the North Slope has been identified.Fairbanksan Matthew Meyers found guilty of murder and assault.The Morning Midas cargo ship with car batteries on fire is adrift in the Aleutians.A new, but not-so-new icebreaker is on its way to Alaska through the Panama Canal.
  • News
    Wildlife managers, scientists and students are raising the alarm over the potential loss of Alaska’s cooperative fish and wildlife research unit.
  • News
    Fairbanks bishop requests continued prayer for safe return of former Alaska priest kidnapped by a terrorist group in Nigeria.Trump's proposed budget would cut program that produces data scientists use to answer key wildlife management questions. Fairbanks marathon runner looks to celebrate her 70th birthday by running 70 miles. Teacher recruitment from the Philippines spells brain gain in Alaska, but does that mean brain drain for the Asian country?
  • Denali National Park rangers recovered the body of a mountaineer Wednesday who fell to his death on the mountain on Monday. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski told the Commerce secretary Wednesday she’s concerned about the impact of staff and budget cuts on Alaska. // Alaska school districts are recruiting hundreds of Filipino teachers to fill a shortage of local applicants. // A 6,000-acre wildfire in northeastern British Columbia is disrupting traffic on the Alaska Highway.
  • News
    The Summit Lake Wildfire has torched over 6,000 acres since it started last week, and it’s nowhere close to being contained.
  • News
    Bad weather has halted a search for a mountaineer who went missing on Denali, and the Fairbanks City Council has to decide how it will come up with the money to settle a wrongful conviction lawsuit.
  • A rollover crash on the Parks Highway last weekend killed a woman and put a man in the hospital.Another survey shows Alaska businesses have the jitters about the economy.Libraries in Alaska's little towns could cut off borrowing across the state if a program is not restored after a federal Executive Order.Alaska's trying to recruit Filipino teachers, but the paperwork is daunting.In Anchorage, pedestrians are hurt in two crashes on the same street in three days.
  • Education
    After eight years on the job, Chancellor Dan White is retiring from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. An announcement late Friday says he’ll be leaving at the end of July. In spite of cuts in research funds, he says the institution is stable and well-positioned.
  • Jonisha Wilson and her family in Unalakleet, like many other sport minded families across Alaska, see basketball as a way for their family and their community to come together.