Fairbanks North Star Borough

An ordinance to require hand verification of votes counted by machine passed the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly last week.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly voted 4-3 Thursday on a measure that aimed to revise the code of ethics that applies to assembly members, commission members and clerks, meaning it failed to gain enough traction to pass.

After a close count, Grier Hopkins is the new Fairbanks North Star Borough mayor. The borough’s canvass board counted absentee and questioned ballots yesterday.

Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Bryce Ward is completing his second term. In a media interview, he marked accomplishments and challenges of his administration.

Unofficial results from Tuesday’s municipal elections left some races too close to call – like the one for Fairbanks North Star Borough mayor, in which 43 votes separate the top two candidates.

Here is a short segment, featuring just the borough assembly races, of the September 13 candidate forum hosted by the Tanana Valley League of Women Voters.

Candidates for Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly and Mayor, Fairbanks and North Pole City Council and North Pole Mayor, Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board and Interior Gas Utility Board are running in the October 1 municipal election.

A resolution before the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly this week calls for establishment of a task force to research the use of mail in voting for local municipal elections.

The Alaska Children's Trust hosted a candidate forum for the folks running for Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor on Monday, August 19, 2024.

KUAC will broadcast the forum on Monday, May 6 at 11:00 a.m. Representatives from Citizens for Transparent Government and Golden Heart Strong present arguments for and against Proposition A on the May 7th FNSB special election ballot.