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Local followers of a Palmer-based blogger filled the Fairbanks North Star Borough school board meeting room Tuesday, after he’d asked them to testify against proposed district Health Curriculum -- even though it won’t come before the board for several months.

An Alaska health provider may close its doors following a national cyberattack last month, and is asking the state for temporary financial help.

People who have had trouble getting mental health services in the Interior, especially for kids, are invited to a Listening Session tonight with experts putting together a new statewide behavioral health roadmap. Register here: https://survey.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eysNYnzdWGRyVP8

A free medical clinic will pop-up at Ryan Middle School in Fairbanks this weekend, with exams, vision checks and dental cleanings. Organizers say there will even be blood workups and glasses made on site.

With Alaska’s senior population doubling and tripling in the next decade, agencies and local support services need to adjust. A summit this weekend at Pioneer Park will advance the discussion with workshops and presentations.

Patrick Holland is back at home this week after missing his own heart transplant because no planes could land in the worst ice storm in Seattle in a decade.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks’s Center for One Health Research is partnering with the U.S. State Department in an online international conference on…

Fairbanks, AK - The University of Alaska Fairbanks has received a $23.8 million award from the National Institutes of Health for a new ‘Biomedical…

An analysis by the state finds no health impacts from coal ash and dust from the downtown Fairbanks Aurora Energy Plant. An Environmental Protection…