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A Fairbanks resident has invited experts and representatives from different political groups to a bipartisan panel. Alaska education leaders spoke at a U.S. Senate hearing on behalf of programs that support Indigenous students. The University of Alaska Board of Regents' decided to scrub mentions of DEI off of their webpages last month. Now, critics are concerned about the transparency of that process. A local tea company is offering to pay its employees’ college tuition. -
The City of Fairbanks is reviving its Emergency Services Patrol program. A Canadian company is exploring the possibility of building a new gold mine in Juneau. One of the last sled dog races of the season will start in Kotzebue tomorrow. The State House passed a bill last week that would help protect foster kids from unnecessary stays in acute psychiatric care facilities.
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Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the possible impact of low snow in some areas of Alaska on early wildfire potential. -
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NewsThe 72-year-old decrepit structure currently sits half-demolished in downtown Fairbanks. -
NewsInterior business owners and checkpoint volunteers are busy readying food and beds for Iditarod teams after race organizers’ last-minute decision to push the starting line north. -
NewsAbout 50 people streamed into the Fairbanks Federal Building on Monday afternoon. -
School districts across the country received a letter from the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month, ordering administrators to remove any language or policies that focus on Diversity, Equity or Inclusion, also called DEI. The letter was sent late in the day on Friday, February 14. And it gave administrators two weeks to comply. Now, a day before the deadline, the impacts of the letter are being felt by school districts across Alaska. -
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A couple dozen Fairbanksans sang songs and rallied on a main street corner Monday in an impromptu marking of the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
