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  • A sign advertising units available for lease hangs from the side of Jillian Square Apartments April 1, 2026, in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    A 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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    If you think this past winter in Fairbanks felt colder than ever before, well, the National Weather Service says you’re right. // The committee proposing a charter school in Two Rivers presented its resubmitted application this week. // The Alaska House passed a bill Wednesday that would help the state capture more tax revenue from companies that sell to Alaskans online. // Arctic sea ice has been shrinking in recent decades, reaching record lows both in summer and in winter. A new study shows a continuation of the trend.
  • 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.
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    The state seismologist says the project is still several years and millions of dollars away, but the $2M appropriation is an important milestone.
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    A 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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    Authorities say a man died of injuries sustained in a house fire in Fairbanks Sunday. // The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has tentatively decided that oil and gas exploration should be allowed on state land near the Yukon River. // The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case challenging mail-in ballot deadlines. In Alaska, the court’s decision could extend to other types of voting as well. // The Fort Yukon girls basketball team won its third 1A title in a row at the state tournament in Anchorage earlier this month. // Around 25,000 Alaskans lost all or part of their health insurance subsidies in 2026 due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But there are some options for getting health care that don’t involve insurance. // A servicemember stationed at Eielson Air Force Base has been sentenced to serve two years in prison for possessing child sexual-abuse materials.