Americans For Prosperity is holding a training in Fairbanks this weekend on how to influence lawmakers and community policy.

An ordinance is in the works to again amend how Fairbanks North Star Animal Control deals with aggressive dogs.

A reconsidered resolution about a gold ore trucking plan was toned-down considerably last week by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly. The Assembly passed a resolution March 9 to oppose the plan to bring ore on heavy trucks 240 miles up the Richardson Highway from the Manh Choh mine in Tetlin. But one member who voted for it then, moved to look at it again.

The spin-off Aquagga is pursuing a new technology, and severed ties with a UAF graduate student who co-founded the company.

The US mining company Contango Ore is a 30% partner in the Mahn Choh mine in Tetlin. Contango also has gold prospects in Southcentral Alaska. The company president gave a report about the profitability of the project to business leaders Tuesday in Fairbanks.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education passed a $222,873,000 budget Wednesday night – about 15.3 million dollars less than last year’s spending. The recommendation includes about a $56 million ask from local taxpayers. The budget goes now to the borough assembly for approval.

Advocacy is at the top of the agenda for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board. As they continue work on cutting back for an austere budget, board members and the administration are asking parents to call the legislature about increased state funding.

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The championships which concluded Thursday at Birch Hill, are the last for long time Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks race organizer John Estle.

Three Bears Alaska is now the owner of the Gold Hill liquor store in Ester, a small community near Fairbanks. The Wasilla-based retail chain closed the deal on Wednesday, then began replacing signage and equipment and inventory in time to reopen this morning as the 20th Three Bears store in Alaska.