In an unusual special meeting tonight, the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly will finish processing an ethics complaint. The meeting is reconvened from April 29, because four out of eight members present had a conflict of interest, and the body could not proceed because it lost quorum.

Interior Alaskans responded to a call for a national day of protest on Saturday. 28 people were along the highway in Glenallen, 60 gathered at the major highway intersection in Healy, and 1,000 lined the sidewalks of the main street in downtown Fairbanks - three times the size of the last community demonstration in Fairbanks two weeks before.

In a time of divided politics, a local woman is trying to bring people together to listen to each other. Kaye Robinson has invited experts and representatives from different political groups to a bipartisan panel. It’s intended to be an alternative to one-sided protests and rallies.

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.