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.

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.

Freshman Congressman Nick Begich is visiting constituent groups across Alaska this week. He opened a new office in Fairbanks, held a moderated Q&A on Facebook, visited the Fairbanks hospital, is dining with Republican groups, and on Thursday will address the Alaska Legislature. On Tuesday, he spoke at a business luncheon and took questions about Alaska’s relationship to the federal government.

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.

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.

This recording is the entire forum held by the Tanana Valley League of Women Voters on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. The forum was shifted from in-person to online at the last minute due to a storm coming through Fairbanks that day.

Candidates for Senate seats P and R answered business-oriented questions from the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce.

The town of 417 residents held its municipal election on October 1st. But local law allows them to hold a new election if voters have legitimate complaints about it.

Mary Peltola and Nick Begich were in Fairbanks Thursday for a candidate forum. They answered questions about how they would serve for the next two years as Alaska’s US House representative.