Patrick Gilchrist

Could other sources of revenue offset losing major grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting? Most managers said no.

The complaints conclude that victims now face “imminent risk of future identity theft and financial loss” due to what plaintiffs call Doyon’s “negligent conduct.”

The search for Christian Diaz, 24, lasted about two days after his friends notified authorities that Diaz didn't resurface when his kayak flipped Friday evening.

Assemblymember Tammie Wilson had introduced the idea of raising the rate as a way to put downward pressure on property taxes, which make up the majority of borough tax revenue. On Thursday, she encouraged her fellow assembly members to vote against her ordinance.

As wildfires raged, the Fairbanks North Star Borough told some neighborhoods to evacuate, but not everyone listened. Advocates say the so-called Big Beautiful Bill puts thousands of Alaskans subsidized health insurance at risk. The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly rejected an ordinance Thursday that proposed asking voters to approve a bed tax increase.

The final budget also provides $125,000 to the nonprofit that's preparing a lawsuit against the state for what the organization's leaders say is a failure to fund education adequately.

State officials are hopeful that the arrival of federal crews will bolster Interior firefighting efforts. Fairbanks area school board grapples with state education funding veto as they prepare to adopt their budget. Watchdog report finds gap in regulators' oversight of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.

Assemblymember Tammie Wilson is sponsoring the ordinance.

Interior Alaskans should get to soak up some midnight sun in t-shirt weather this weekend, but a red flag warning remains in effect. Thunderstorms sparked a dozen new wildfires Thursday, including one that triggered an evacuation. A Fairbanks woman drowned Tuesday after a rafting accident on the Chatanika River. Many Interior Alaskans got a text Thursday saying they had owed fines to the DMV, and yes, it's a scam. A Fairbanks North Star Borough assembly member wants to ask voters if the borough should increase its bed tax rate.