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Scientists at Alaska’s flagship research university staged a demonstration Tuesday to protest threats to research funding, federal government reorganization and the freezing of science grants. Two dozen researchers gathered on the plaza in front of the Margaret Murie building at University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Interior Alaskans responded to a call for a national day of protest on Saturday. 28 people were along the highway in Glenallen, 60 gathered at the major highway intersection in Healy, and 1,000 lined the sidewalks of the main street in downtown Fairbanks - three times the size of the last community demonstration in Fairbanks two weeks before.

A couple dozen retired and off-duty postal workers were joined by a handful of community members in front of the Downtown Fairbanks Post Office on Thursday, to protest changes to the postal system.

Fairbanks constituents for Senator Dan Sullivan organized a town hall to hear from him during the Congressional spring break this week. But the hastily-arranged event didn’t jibe with the Senator’s schedule and he wasn’t able to appear. The organizers decided to hold the event anyway.

While President Donald Trump was addressing Congress Tuesday night, hundreds of Fairbanksans responded to calls by national organizations to protest his policies.

About hundred Fairbanksans lined Cushman Street in front of Fairbanks City Hall the day to demonstrate against many of the efficiency moves being made by the current Trump administration.

A group of Lathrop High School students in Fairbanks walked out of their fifth-period classes Wednesday to participate in a political protest. They spoke about their fears of losing personal rights under the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.