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Hundreds of Fairbanksans are expressing concern about federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the city. That’s after a local resident was detained earlier this month. // The North American Aerospace Defense Command detected and tracked Russian military surveillance planes that were flying through international airspace off the coast of Alaska on two consecutive days last week. // A researcher at UAF's Alaska Center for Energy and Power has designed a program meant to help small communities make big energy decisions. // Fairbanks Police and Alaska State Troopers arrested a man Saturday after he shot at officers during a pursuit before being captured by a SWAT team. -
Immigration and Customs EnforcementFairbanksans flooded social media with concern and gathered for a protest after ICE detained 42-year-old resident Atcharee Buntow earlier this month.
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The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities will host two meetings today to talk about the agency’s study of airports in and around the Denali Borough. The study is being done to determine which of the eight existing airports should be improved to best serve the needs of the borough’s pilots and public. -
NewsMushroom hunters all over Fairbanks say enthusiasm for morels is spreading, and fires close to town have made them a lot easier to reach. -
NewsThe Harold T. Caven Professorship in Business and Finance at the University of Alaska Fairbanks lets Kim McGinnis give her students more hands-on opportunities. -
NewsThe North Pole City Council wants kids to stop going into the street to collect donations from people in cars, and Fairbanks morel hunters say last year's wildfires brought about a bountiful harvest this summer. -
Former state senator Tom Begich is running for governor. // State and federal officials gathered at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage last week to promote investments in Alaska aviation safety. // A Fairbanks jury found 22-year-old Kapri Raymond Willis not guilty last week of first-degree murder and witness tampering. // North Pole's City Council postponed voting Monday on an ordinance that would prevent people from accepting money from vehicles on city streets. // U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last week arrested and held a man with no criminal conviction. // Regional air carrier Ravn Alaska announced Thursday that it was shutting down. -
President Trump and Russian President Putin met Friday on Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage to talk about Russia’s war against Ukraine. // Alaskans who came out to rallies for and against the Trump-Putin meeting had a lot to say about it. // Military officials on Friday scaled down a big training exercise they’re holding this month to avoid disrupting the Trump-Putin meeting // Local plumber J.T. McComas-Roe says he’s reviving his campaign for Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly. // A semi-tractor trailer that hauls gold ore hit the ditch Sunday after the driver lost control of the rig near mile 1402 Alaska Highway, about 20 miles south of Delta Junction. -
NewsAlmost 400 people crowded on either side of the road with flags, signs, and musical instruments before President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin. -
NewsHundreds of Fairbanksans protested in solidarity with Ukraine ahead of the Trump-Putin Alaska summit. Residents can expect increased activity in airspaces around Eielson and throughout the state for the next 10 days due to a military training exercise. The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly approved a revision of its ethics code last night in a tight vote. Housing Secretary Scott Turner went to Bethel Wednesday, but few details about the visit have been made public. -
NewsAlaska Department of Fish and Game personnel killed two Dall Sheep near Salcha they feared had been exposed to bacteria that could've endangered other sheep. A Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly candidate announced he's suspending his campaign. A man is facing a criminally negligent homicide charge for allegedly throwing a fatal punch in South Fairbanks. How investments for aviation safety in the budget reconciliation bill could be spent in Alaska. The Trump-Putin Alaska meeting Friday is set to take place at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. -
NewsJuneau’s annual glacial outburst flood is expected to break records today, and a resolution that would have required more transparency about plans for a pile of rubble in downtown Fairbanks died without a vote.
