Polaris Building

The Fairbanks City Council unanimously adopted a resolution Monday that may finally signal the beginning of the end of the old and decrepit Polaris Hotel…

The Fairbanks City Council took a big step Monday toward taking over ownership of the old Polaris Building – a step that Mayor Jim Matherly hopes will…

Officials with a group formed to find a way to demolish the old, abandoned Polaris Hotel in Downtown Fairbanks say they’ve come up with a way to finally…

A federal study details contamination inside a deteriorating downtown Fairbanks landmark. Fairbanks City Councilmember David Pruhs says the more than…

The Fairbanks City Council is back to square one on a plan to demolish the deteriorating Polaris Hotel. The long vacant downtown high rise is plagued by…

The fate of the Polaris building drew public testimony at a Fairbanks City Council last night, as an ordinance to keep the long vacant downtown high rise…

Fairbanks, AK - A long ailing downtown Fairbanks high rise has suffered another insult. A large banner hung from the upper reaches of the eleven-story…

There’s new hope that a derelict downtown Fairbanks landmark can be spared the wrecking ball. The Polaris building is facing condemnation, but as KUAC’s…

Fairbanks city mayoral candidates John Eberhardt and Vivian Stiver answered questions at a Downtown Association sponsored forum last (Mon.) night. The…

The city of Fairbanks is giving the owner of the Polaris Building more time to advance a plan to renovate the vacant and deteriorating downtown high rise.…