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Alaska Redistricting BoardAlaska's 5-member Redistricting Board complies with Supreme Court ruling after twice rigging election districts in Eagle River in favor of one party. -
Brian Pitts / Alaska Fire Service/The federal Alaska Fire Service and U.S. Army Alaska set fires in a big military training range near Fort Greely over the weekend. And they’ll probably ignite a few more blazes in training areas around Fairbanks over the next couple of weeks to reduce the amount of grass and other vegetation that could fuel bigger and more destructive wildfires.
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50-degree high temperatures across the Central Interior are accelerating snow melt and transitioning rivers toward break up. -
As the Interior warms after near-record winter snows, neighborhood flooding can block streets and flood residences. While the state and federal agencies are watching Alaska’s big rivers for flooding, the Fairbanks Stormwater advisory committee is monitoring city streets.
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Leaders commented on the council's failure last month to pass a resolution calling for a Native land acknowledgement at the start of council meetings.
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A bill that would require schools to post online all curriculum related to diversity, equity, race, gender and sexuality had its second hearing in the state Senate earlier this week.
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As of Friday evening, 51 people filed to finish out Don Young’s term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Some may have decided to drop out and they have until noon Monday to withdraw or their names will be on the Special Primary ballot. The election will be historic for several reasons.
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Advocates for police accountability are holding rallies today in Anchorage and Fairbanks to mark the anniversary of the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old Black man by Anchorage Police on April 1, 2019.
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Kinross/Fort Knox is a KUAC sponsor.Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) announced it will perform an independent Corridor Analysis of the 240 mile route heavy ore trucks will take from the Mahn Choh gold mine near Tetlin to the Fort Knox milling facility north of Fairbanks.
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A rally to remember five recently-missing persons in Fairbanks was held at the J.P. Jones Center on Thursday. It was organized to remember four people who have not been seen since 2020. But shortly before the event, a fifth person disappeared near town.
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Among all the other work this year at Alaska’s Division of Elections is the important job of producing the “I voted” stickers. For this election cycle, the division got help from Alaska’s children.
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A talk from the University of Alaska Fairbanks delves into the narrative Russian President Vladimir Putin is pushing to justify the invasion of Ukraine, and the war’s potential impacts to Alaska. A link to the recording is posted below.
