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    A federal inspector is investigating a fire that heavily damaged a large conveyor belt at Kinross Alaska’s Fort Knox mine. // Fort Greely restored its regular dining facility hours last week after a service disruption that lasted almost four months. // ConocoPhillips says its plans to drill four new wells this winter on the North Slope will go forward despite Friday’s accident involving a massive drilling rig. // The Fairbanks City Council failed a newly-introduced ordinance Monday that would’ve given the mayor a roughly 55% pay raise. // The rate of Alaskans dying from drug overdoses declined by 5% in 2024 compared to the year before, according to a recent state report.
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    But the council voted to advance a separate ordinance boosting their monthly stipends by $250.
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    Lizzy Hahn, the student journalist who broke the viral story, says the incident is shaping culture and policy around the use of AI on campus.
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    Crews extinguished a fire Friday morning that followed an explosion at the Alaska Army National Guard Readiness Center in Fairbanks. // A University of Alaska Fairbanks student is out on bail after ripping almost 60 images off the walls of a university art gallery and eating them earlier this month. // A report found that former Alaska Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum deviated from state policy when committing millions in state savings to a private equity fund. // The majority owners of Alaska’s proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline announced new agreements they say moves the project’s first phase into early development.
  • Dan Bross asks Rick Thoman about barometric pressures and the conditions they can correspond with in Interior Alaska.
  • Gov. Mike Dunleavy outlined his agenda for his final year in office in his annual State of the State address. // Alaska lawmakers failed Thursday to override Dunleavy’s veto of a bill that backers said would've modernized Alaska’s corporate income tax system. // Alaska Congressman Nick Begich has a new challenger: Bill Hill, a Bristol Bay fisherman and retired teacher and school administrator. // A draft ordinance proposes a roughly 55% pay raise for the of Fairbanks mayor. // A semi-tractor trailer wrecked Monday on a stretch of the Dalton Highway north of Fairbanks and leaked 14,000 gallons of liquified natural gas // The Trump administration is reviewing the 8A business-contracting program that benefits Alaska Native corporations and tribes.
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    It's sponsored by Councilmember Crystal Tidwell.
  • A 29-year-old Fairbanks man is being held at Fairbanks Correctional Center on a first-degree murder charge for fatally shooting his grandmother. // A lawsuit filed this month claims Bible Baptist Church in Fairbanks has created an environment that lets men in positions of power abuse church members. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’ll soon propose a statewide sales tax as part of his larger plan to stabilize the state’s finances. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and a district in southwest Alaska are suing the state for failing to adequately fund public education.
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    The lawsuit claims the church has created an environment that allows men in positions of power to abuse church members.
  • Two Alaska-based infantry battalions are on standby to possibly deploy to Minnesota, and the state is launching a program to offer addiction treatment in mobile care units.
  • Two infantry battalions with the Army’s Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division reportedly are on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota. That’s according to reports from NPR and other U.S. and international news outlets.
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    The Fairbanks North Star Borough has launched a survey for residents to weigh in on the future of Joy Community Center. // An advocacy organization is suing the state for allegedly failing to provide food and necessities for older foster youth in their care. // Lawmakers return to the Alaska State Capitol today. And as always, they’ve got a long agenda to tackle. // A look at the race between Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola for U.S. Senate.