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Patrick Gilchrist/KUACIf funded at assumed levels by federal, state and local sources and approved by the school board again later this year, the budget would lower class sizes and add music teaching positions and more support staff. -
Patrick Gilchrist/KUACThe board for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has adopted a recommended budget for next fiscal year with dozens of restored positions. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy is out with a new bill offering tax breaks for a planned natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska. // Results show tribal members of Kipnuk have voted overwhelmingly to relocate their community after devastation caused by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. // An auction of drilling rights in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska broke records last week. // Nine seismic stations in Alaska are fully funded again after a new agreement with federal and state agencies.
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Working in temperatures that reached the minus-30s, teams of kids carved whimsical animals and a towering Eye of Sauron. -
NewsA North Pole woman was sentenced Monday to 17 years in prison after fatally striking a Fort Wainwright soldier with her vehicle while driving intoxicated. // Voting began Wednesday for University of Alaska staff across the state to decide on forming a union. // A group of kids in Fairbanks put their creativity to the test in an ice sculpture carving competition last week. // Jessie Holmes won the Iditarod Tuesday, successfully defending his title from last year. -
NewsAn ordinance proposed by two Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly members would change the name of Pioneer Park back to "Alaskaland," its former name. The Borough Parks and Recreation Commission was tasked with weighing in on the ordinance. -
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly has been advised to come up with a new name for Pioneer Park, and a proposed law that would make it easier for out-of-state nurses to practice in Alaska is facing fierce pushback. -
Critics say the law adds new hurdles to a program that food-insecure veterans depend on. -
The head of a powerful state Senate committee is calling for stronger legislative oversight of the Alaska LNG project as its developer nears a final decision. // This year’s risk of river breakup flooding is above average for much of the state, according to a report by the Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center. // Rookie musher Jody Potts-Joseph is making a name for herself in this year's Iditarod for how she dealt with an unexpected obstacle she encountered on the trail. // Some Alaska veterans face a harder time receiving federal food assistance since Congress passed a law that requires many vets to work in order to get benefits. // Legislation intended to protect Alaskans from drinking water contaminated with PFAS chemicals got its first committee hearing Friday. -
The Army has quietly scrapped a plan to replace Fort Wainwright’s old coal-fired heat and power plant. Army officials decided in 2022 to replace the nearly 70-year-old facility. But they terminated that plan six months ago to comply with an executive order issued last year by President Donald Trump. -
NewsThe organization running Fairbanks’ only low-barrier overnight warming center announced Friday that it will not reopen next winter. // The Army has quietly scrapped a plan to replace Fort Wainwright’s old coal-fired heat and power plant. // The 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race hit the Norton Sound coastline over the weekend. -
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NewsSharon Hildebrand, of Nulato, beat incumbent Brian Ridley, of Eagle, and Darrell Hildebrand, also of Nulato.
