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Alaska’s four candidates for governor offered their plans to boost the state’s economy and address other issues during Thursday's Debate for the State. // President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally in Wasilla on Tuesday to promote Sen. Dan Sullivan’s re-election. // Delta Junction voters elected three City Council members in Tuesday’s municipal election. And voters in the town of Eagle re-elected their mayor. // Alaska’s major airports in Anchorage and Fairbanks are on track to set a new annual passenger record, after a busy first half of the year. // State wildlife biologists spotted something on the North Slope this summer that they believe has never been photographed alive before: a true albino caribou calf. -
Fairbanks North Star Borough canvass board members began work Wednesday on verifying votes cast in Tuesday’s election. // The top vote-getting Republican in the Alaska governor's race has a history of being sued for not paying her bills. // Alaska gubernatorial candidate Treg Taylor has agreed to pay a fine and update his campaign-finance disclosure reports as part of a settlement with state regulators. // A company planning to develop a coal project in western Mat-Su has leased over 800 acres to build a large-scale industrial park. //The remnants of a typhoon moving toward the Bering Sea is expected to bring elevated wind and water levels to Western Alaska.
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NewsVice President JD Vance visited Fairbanks last night to rally support for Republicans ahead of the midterm election, and the Alaska Federation of Natives will not endorse candidates this election cycle. -
NewsVice President JD Vance is visiting Fairbanks today for a midterm election rally, and the Alaska Earthquake Center in Fairbanks just launched an interactive map to help coastal residents prepare for tsunamis. -
South Korea's national industry minister says the country has not agreed to invest $54 billion in the proposed trans-Alaska gas pipeline. // The Alaska Office of Special Prosecutions has decided not to prosecute a state Trooper who fatally shot a man in Fairbanks last July. // The Fairbanks City Council has postponed an ordinance that would define how the city handles e-bikes. // Local produce were in the spotlight last weekend at Soldotna's Harvest Moon Local Food Festival. // A financial adviser and an economist offer some expert advice on how you should spend your Permanent Fund dividend. -
NewsAt the Equinox Marathon in Fairbanks, runners can count on official aid stations for water and fuel. But along the course, locals have created a few unofficial stops of their own. -
President Trump announced Wednesday that South Korea would invest more than $50 billion for the Alaska LNG project. // Funding for the Alaska LNG Project is part of a trade deal between the United States and South Korea. // This year's $1,200 Permanent Fund dividend will be direct-deposited into Alaskans’ bank accounts starting today. // Hundreds of people gathered in the village of Teller last weekend for two nights of singing, drumming and celebration. // Wednesday was Orange Shirt Day, a day to commemorate the loss of Indigenous peoples' lives, language and culture caused by residential schools in the United States and Canada. -
Heavy fall rains have rivers running unusually high across the Interior and Western Alaska. // The National Weather Service is forecasting the first serious snow of the season will come Thursday. // A monument honoring Alaska Native veterans was unveiled last weekend at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage. // Fat Bear Week has a new weighty winner – and it’s a bear who became famous as a cub for hitching rides on his mama's back. // Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin talks about last week’s New York Times story about U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s occasional angry outbursts. // Three of the four candidates for governor asked Alaskans in Southeast during a Tuesday forum in Ketchikan to support their campaign.
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NewsA UAF climatologist said they could cause problems heading into winter. -
A Fairbanks real estate company is suing the Fairbanks Native Association for allegedly breaking its lease for office space. // The Army Corps of Engineers opened a 45-day public comment period earlier this month for the first proposed mine in the Ambler Mining District. // The State of Alaska is proposing changes to how it distributes nearly $40 million in federal disaster relief to communities still recovering from ex-Typhoon Merbok. // The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a $315 million contract to build a new fuel pier and cutter mooring on Kodiak Island for four new ships to be based there.
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NewsThe public is asked to comment on a draft environmental review of the proposed Donlin Gold Mine, and mama bears are the stars of this year's Fat Bear Week.
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NewsAid station volunteers served up unusual refreshments at a Fairbanks marathon, and a family in Haines is working on a way for visitors to see the Lynn Canal — from several stories above the ground.
