An alert system to warn drivers they are near a school bus is being tested in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The state Department of Transportation is piloting a smart-phone app, that uses the busses’ GPS location system.

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is showing off its career possibilities to high school students this week. Staff members are giving tours of the laboratories and have set up demonstration stations to give students some hands-on experience in the health care field.

Archeologists excavating an ancient pit house near Delta Junction say the artifacts they’ve found have helped them understand more about the people who lived in the area over the past 14,000 years -- and their possible canine companions.

Fort Wainwright will celebrate the opening of its new Child Development Center today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The $35 million facility is the Army’s newest and largest child-care center.

KUAC will broadcast the forum on Monday, May 6 at 11:00 a.m. Representatives from Citizens for Transparent Government and Golden Heart Strong present arguments for and against Proposition A on the May 7th FNSB special election ballot.

The early voting station will be open until Thursday, when it switches over to an in-person absentee voting location on Friday and Monday.

The FNSB Assembly held a finance meeting on Saturday, April 20.

A group of Fairbanks parents held a press conference April 10 to share concerns about governor Mike Dunleavy’s stance on education funding.

The Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce hosted speakers supporting and opposing the ballot measure on the May 7th special election for the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Speaking in favor of the proposition are representatives of the ad hoc group, Golden Heart Strong. Co-chairs Morgan Dulian, a parent at Pearl Creek School and Lael Oldmixon, a former chair of the Chamber's Education and Workforce committee made the presentation.

The Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce hosted speakers supporting and opposing the ballot measure on the May 7th special election for the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Speaking in favor of the proposition are representatives of the ad hoc group, Golden Heart Strong. Financial advisor Joshua Church and former Assembly member Aaron Lojewski made the presentation.