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Recent controversy over reports of cutbacks at UAF's primary research institute for Alaska Native languages drew the attention of state lawmakers this week. // The Fairbanks borough has the highest residential vacancy rate in the state. That should be good for renters, but it isn’t that simple. // Alaska lawmakers are considering two bills that would eliminate the need to change our clocks twice a year. // University of Alaska staff voted to form a union. The Coalition of Alaska University Employees for Equity will be the UA system's largest union. // The federal government has announced that it’s giving Alaska $109 million to help pay for replacing two old bridges on the Alaska Highway. -
Patrick Gilchrist/KUACA look inside the community with the state’s highest rental vacancy rate shows what that data point can capture – and what it can’t.
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A national Republican senators organization has filed a complaint alleging that Senate candidate Mary Peltola spent campaign money on personal expenses. // Mayors of five Alaska boroughs where the proposed Alaska gasline would pass through disagree with the governor's plan to give tax breaks to the project. // Golden Valley Electric Association will hold a meeting Wednesday in Fairbanks to talk about its need to generate more electricity. // Thousands of Alaskans turned out Saturday in several communities around the state to protest the actions and policies of the Trump administration. // More than 1,700 comments had been posted online as of Monday in response to the federal government’s review of Alaska’s subsistence management program. -
NewsThe state seismologist says the project is still several years and millions of dollars away, but the $2M appropriation is an important milestone. -
NewsA Nome-based Superior Court judge has resigned while awaiting a final ruling from the Alaska Supreme Court following a judicial misconduct investigation. // Federal funding is bringing Alaskans a small step closer to getting alerts on their phones several seconds before an earthquake hits. // An eighteenth candidate joined the race to be Alaska’s next governor last week. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s deputy legislative director was arrested and charged with driving under the influence Thursday in Juneau. // Delta Junction residents posed questions to Golden Valley Electric Association CEO Travis Million about rate hikes at a meeting earlier this month. -
Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about spring snowpack levels around mainland Alaska. -
A Democratic congressman is criticizing the Trump administration’s deal to buy a stake in Trilogy Metals, the company trying to develop Alaska’s Ambler mining district. // A federal mine inspector didn’t find any safety violations related to a fire that broke out in January at the Kinross Fort Knox Mine near Fairbanks. // Developers of the Alaska LNG project are pressing lawmakers to pass a tax bill proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy last week. //University of Alaska Fairbanks students are trying to solve Fairbanks Police Department’s oldest cold case homicide as part of a new criminal justice course at UAF. -
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The Fairbanks Children’s Museum will soon begin a multi-year relocation into a 15,000-square-foot space inside city hall, where the nonprofit will offer childcare. // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning short- and medium-term solutions to catastrophic flooding caused by a melting glacial around Juneau. // Three Alaskan entrepreneurs say they’re relieved that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled President Trump exceeded his authority last year when he imposed sweeping tariffs that've hurt business owners worldwide. // Several moose have had to be killed in Bethel over the last few months after this winter’s deep snow forced them to look for food in areas inhabited by humans.
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The Fairbanks City Council voted on priorities for the site of a demolished building downtown, and a team of UAF researchers are on a snow machine expedition to study ice on Alaska's coastlines.
