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Dan BrossDan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Alaska thunderstorms and how they're different from the cumulonimbus clouds that form in the Lower 48. -
The Alaska Division of Elections' attorney told a judge Thursday that the agency could find a solution so that voters could tell the difference between U.S. Sen. Sullivan and a challenger of the same name. // A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree assault for shooting a person in Fairbanks on June 9. // A dead fin whale found attached to the bow of a cruise ship that arrived in Seward last week likely died from being hit by an ocean-going vessel. // A group of Alaska researchers that study how permafrost affects farming in the far north have expressed their discoveries through printmaking. An installation of their artwork is on display on the UAF campus.
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NewsThe Fairbanks North Star Borough School District's board president says that means Pearl Creek STEAM Charter School won't open in the fall. -
NewsFirefighters continue to battle a lightning-caused wildfire that led to ongoing evacuation orders for the city of Anderson. // The state Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant a fast-tracked review of a lower court ruling in the legal dispute over a new charter school in Fairbanks. -
NewsThe city of Anderson is under evacuation orders due to a wildfire that was reported on Saturday. // Firefighting crews are also battling a blaze east of Delta Junction, among other lightning-caused wildfires that ignited over the weekend. // Alaska lawmakers convened a new special session in Juneau on Saturday. // A critical deep ocean observation network that includes a long-standing station off the coast of Alaska has been saved from getting dismantled. // The state of Alaska has advanced more than 400 projects to the next step in its grant application process for the Rural Health Transformation Program. -
WildfiresThe 550-acre Starry Fire was reported Saturday evening just south of Anderson. -
Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Summer Solstice and how this time of year's solar heating and moisture provide prime conditions for thunderstorms. -
NewsIt’s been a whirlwind of a week in the dispute over Pearl Creek STEAM Charter School. // The University of Alaska Fairbanks has entered into an agreement with Eielson Air Force Base to provide campus housing for servicemembers.
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NewsA Fairbanks Superior Court judge denied Pearl Creek STEAM Charter School's motion for preliminary injunction Wednesday that sought to force Fairbanks North Star Borough School District officials to execute a contract. -
NewsAn attorney advising the Legislature says the state likely lacked legal justification for disqualifying Dan Sullivan of Petersburg from running in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy has until later today to veto or sign two dozen bills into law. // A Juneau artist created a magazine for Indigenous writers to share their perspectives without having to simplify them to fit into the bounds of media run by non-Native people.
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NewsLocal animal control officials arrived at a kennel just outside Fairbanks in May to find 40 sled dogs and five puppies living in filthy conditions. People who helped move the dogs to new homes say the response from authorities was disappointing. -
As time runs short in the special legislative session, state senators are studying a House-passed bill offering tax cuts for a North Slope natural gas pipeline. // Animal control officials last month found 40 sled dogs and five puppies living in filthy conditions at a Fairbanks-area kennel. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other members of Congress are trying to stop the National Science Foundation from eliminating a system that monitors the oceans. // GCI internet and mobile service has been restored in western Alaska and the Aleutian Islands after an undersea fiber-optic cable was damaged three weeks ago.
