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  • Firefighters say they found human remains in a home off Farmers Loop Road after they responded to a structure fire Saturday morning. // Fairbanks police busted an alleged illegal gambling operation Friday. // Assemblymember Scott Crass will be the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly's presiding officer for the coming year. // The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for today around the eastern Alaska Range south of Delta Junction. // Palmer Republican Sen. Shelley Hughes resigned from the Alaska Senate Friday to pursue her run for governor next year. // The Juneau Assembly tonight will consider whether the borough should adopt a ranked-choice voting system for municipal elections beginning next year.
  • Clouds drift behind the Catholic Schools of Fairbanks building May 28, 2025, in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    The attorney for Monroe Catholic High School has filed a motion for reconsideration.
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    Glennallen’s only hotel burned to the ground on Wednesday. Powerful solar storms brought a dazzling light show to the skies above the Northern Hemisphere early this week. The number of Democrats running for governor of Alaska grew to two on Monday. A month after ex-typhoon Halong struck Western Alaska, the flow of relief supplies to shore up villages is going strong in Bethel.
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    Fairbanks school board members discussed an application to create a new charter school in Two Rivers, and the University of Alaska Board of Regents approved a tuition increase.
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    Atcharee Buntow said she’s happy to be back, but she’s afraid of what will happen next.
  • A Fairbanks woman is grateful to be home with her family for the holidays, after spending a month in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. // Alaska’s newest American Legion post in Salcha will observe Veterans Day along with other local military service organizations. // The state of Alaska is reducing its payments to SNAP recipients by about a third this week, in response to federal guidance. // Kodiak-based Alaska Aerospace Corporation is partnering with the UAF Geophysical Institute to expand their statewide capabilities and space missions. // Nine puppies found abandoned in a crate at the Fox transfer site last week were all adopted by new families in a single day.
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    An ensemble of paperwork, small group conversation and the occasional door prize announcement set the casual but enthusiastic tone at YQA office Saturday.
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    One food bank CEO said that, between benefits lapsing and high winter demand, she expects “a lot of silent hunger behind closed doors.”
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    The Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to remove radioactive materials from an old nuclear power plant on Fort Greely, and a global organization is bringing traditional foods to villages impacted by ex-Typhoon Halong.
  • Cuts in federal SNAP benefits program have made it harder for Alaskans who already are struggling with high food prices. // Six mushers signed-up Saturday for the 2026 Yukon Quest Alaska sled dog race, which begins and ends in Fairbanks in February. // The Alaska Supreme Court has ordered disgraced former U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred to be disbarred for inappropriate relationships he had with two federal prosecutors. // The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation may soon regulate the state's hazardous wastes if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency authorizes it.
  • Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about October precipitation.