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WikipediaJournalist and author Neil Shea will talk tonight about his travels around the Arctic in a lecture at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He also will talk about a book he wrote about the impact of climate change in the region. -
Chena Hot Springs ResortArmy officials say geothermal energy could provide a back-up source of heat for Fort Wainwright. That’s why a contractor will soon be exploring the potential of tapping the resource in a series of tests it hopes to conduct in Fairbanks-area deep water wells.
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The Army Corps of Engineers has decided to begin demolition of Fort Greely’s long-mothballed nuclear power plant this summer, a year earlier than planned. That means trucks will begin hauling construction debris off-site this fall. -
The deadline to vote is a Golden Valley Electric Association board and by-law election is Tuesday. Reducing the cost of energy is the top priority among five candidates seeking election to two seats on the GVEA board. -
NewsGolden Valley Electric Association members will be paying less for electricity, beginning Saturday. -
Golden Valley Electric Association chief executive John Burns will retire next month, and the co-op’s board has selected chief operating officer Travis Million as the new CEO. Million says he intends to pick up where his predecessor left off in navigating Golden Valley’s transition to more cost-efficient and environmentally friendly ways of generating and transmitting electricity. -
The federal Department of Energy has awarded a half-million-dollar grant to help the Fairbanks-based Cold Climate Housing Research Center develop energy-efficient housing for low- to-middle income people around the Interior. -
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has no plans to clean up the site where a cargo plane crashed and burned near Fairbanks last month. The agency says tests show the fire consumed nearly all of the 4,700 gallons of fuel on board. -
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers will partner with Galena residents on a Yukon River hydroelectric project. -
The Pentagon may move ahead this summer on a proposal to build a small self-contained nuclear power plant on Eielson Air Force Base. A senior Air Force official updated state lawmakers on the project last week. -
The Tanana Chiefs Conference is helping Interior villages replace some of their diesel fuel-generated electricity with power generated by solar panels. -
A team of specialists with the Army Corps of Engineers and a contractor has completed another round of work in preparation for resuming a decommissioning and dismantling project on the old mothballed SM-1A nuclear power plant at Fort Greely.
