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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 50 people streamed into the Fairbanks Federal Building on Monday afternoon.

A couple dozen Fairbanksans sang songs and rallied on a main street corner Monday in an impromptu marking of the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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.