North Pole

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.

As police reform continues across the country, the Alaska Association of Police Chiefs is trying to write a statewide policy manual. The goal is to provide police departments, big and small, consistent guidelines for Use of Force, equipment and vehicles.

Early voting opens today in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The municipal election coming up October 4 covers Borough Assembly and School Board seats as well at Fairbanks and North Pole City Councils and Fairbanks city mayor.

KUAC's Dan Bross talks with Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy climate specialist Rick Thoman about intense thunderstorm downburst winds that…

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has submitted a new fine particulate pollution control plan for the Fairbanks-North Pole area, to the…

Rivers, lakes and ponds present another human exposure avenue to PFAS chemicals. It’s a concern in the Fairbanks North Pole area, where there are several…

09-13-19 8:30 AM newscast

The Air Force plans to connect properties in Moose Creek that have PFAS contaminated wells, to the North Pole city water system. The 50-million-dollar…

Wildfire smoke is impacting air quality in many areas of the state, with some of the worst conditions in the Interior, including at North Pole. The…

A North Pole lake, and its fish, have tested positive for PFAS chemicals linked to a range of human health problems. As KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, the lake…