Patrick Gilchrist

The Fairbanks City Council voted 4-1 Monday to award the ESP program contract to Fairbanks Integrated Community Services, which incorporated in October 2024.

The Alaska Court of Appeals opinion, published Friday, also clarifies some of the powers of the Alaska Parole Board.

Mt. Spurr is teetering toward a possible eruption nearly 300 miles south of Fairbanks. Despite that distance, officials at Alaska’s second busiest airport are keeping a close eye on the developing situation.

Monitors spotted 35,000 acres of spruce beetle activity in 2024. The current outbreak peaked in 2018 at nearly 600,000 acres.

The agreement means the case will not go to a jury for trial, which was scheduled for this December.

The Environmental Protection Agency said in early February that it would allow for additional comment because of feedback about a new home energy audit requirement. Now, that second public comment period has begun.

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Joseph Evans, who had been representing the officers, said he could no longer act as their counsel due to a conflict of interest.

Newly-elected councilmember Ellen Glab says she and her family are moving out of state.

Links for the former Nanook Diversity and Action Center website now lead users to the Wood Center's page.