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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in a North Pole workshop last week. A third victim who was in the shop was hospitalized and is still being treated. First responders suspect they were victims of carbon-monoxide poisoning. -
FNSB School District/The Fairbanks Board of Education is asking for public opinion about hiring a new superintendent. They want parents and community members to take on online survey in the next three weeks.
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Activists blocked a road leading into the Nenana Totchaket Agricultural Project for two days earlier this week. Members of Alaska-based Native Movement set up the blockade after work began on a road leading into the ag project, located just west of Nenana. The activists want state officials to reconsider their plans for both the road and ag project. -
The director of the recently released movie “Till” studied film at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Chinonye Chukwu will be celebrated following a Sunday afternoon screening of the movie at the Goldstream Cinemas in Fairbanks
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Unusual weather has cut Alaska’s hay harvest in half and sent the price of feed soaring, making it difficult for both farmers livestock producers who already were struggling with high fuel and fertilizer prices. State and federal experts are advising Alaska farmers to expect continued unusual weather and they’ve scheduled workshops next month to help farmers plan for the new normal.
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Alaska Air National Guard crews out of Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson rescued six snowmachine riders Monday who were stranded on a glacier in the Eastern Alaska Range near Isabel Pass, just north of Paxson.
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Two Eielson-based F-16 fighter jets intercepted a pair of Russian bombers in international airspace off Alaska earlier this week.
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Counting Absentee and Questioned Ballots has settled elections for Fairbanks City Council, Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly, and FNSB Board of Education. Election results are attached to this story.
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The Alaska Native Language Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary. It was established by the Alaska Legislature on July 6,1972, as center for research and documentation of twenty Native languages of Alaska. It has a permanent home at University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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Hundreds of refugees from the war in Ukraine have come to Alaska to settle, mainly near family in places with Slavic communities. But the wave of Ukrainian newcomers appears to have crested.
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Candidates for Seats C and I took questions from business leaders in Fairbanks on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.
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The man convicted of a cold-case murder and rape from 1993 was sentenced in Fairbanks Superior Court yesterday. Steven Harris Downs was sentenced to 75 years in jail for the rape and murder of Sophie Sergie in a college dorm bathroom.
