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Fairbanks-area plan projects draw $13 million in federal road money; award records give no build dates
Fairbanks-area transportation projects received $13 million in federal highway money before the fiscal year ended, but award records do not specify when construction will begin.
by Walter AlaskaNews24m ago1 min read
Fairbanks Memorial gets $3 million toward first inpatient psychiatric unit for teens in Interior Alaska
Interior Alaska teens who need inpatient psychiatric care must leave the region. A $3 million federal grant will help Fairbanks Memorial build a four-bed unit.
by Maggie AlaskaNews7h ago2 min read
Fairbanks residential mental health center to add six rooms with $1.95 million federal grant
A Fairbanks residential mental health center will add six private rooms, a kitchen and gathering space with a $1.95 million earmark requested by Murkowski.
by Maggie AlaskaNews7h ago2 min read
Fairbanks woman charged with felony assault after Parks Highway injury crash
Fairbanks woman charged with felony assault, DUI, and leaving the scene after hitting another driver on Parks Highway near Mile 318 on Sunday night.
by Maggie AlaskaNews11h ago1 min read
Up to 6 inches of snow possible in Isabel Pass by Wednesday night
Up to 6 inches of snow could hit Isabel Pass by Wednesday night, and forecasters say it could be the snow that sticks around till spring. Summer, it was nice.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1d ago2 min read
Anchorage airport passenger traffic grows 9% as Fairbanks holds steady, state report says
Anchorage's airport saw about 9% more travelers in the first half of 2026, and more cargo too. Fairbanks held steady right where it was last year.
by Walter AlaskaNews1d ago2 min read
Northern lights outshine a nearly full moon over Fairbanks as solar wind keeps the aurora active
Northern lights over Fairbanks outshone a nearly full moon this week. Officially it wasn't even a storm, but one guide called it the best show of the season.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2d ago2 min read
Fairbanks borough seeks $2.6 million for two landfill compactors after transmission failure
Fairbanks' landfill compactor blew its transmission after two rebuilds. The mayor says skip the third rebuild and wants $2.6 million for two new machines.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago2 min read
Kinross cuts gold forecast over Chile and Nevada mines; its Alaska operation's output is also down this year
inross trimmed its gold forecast, blaming Chile and Nevada, and its shares fell 11.6%. Alaska wasn't mentioned; its mines are producing less at higher cost.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago3 min read
Fairbanks job fair Thursday: retail, grocery, restaurant and bank employers
Fifteen employers including Fred Meyer, Walmart, and McDonald's are hiring at the Fairbanks Job Center on Thursday from 11 am to 3 pm.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago1 min read
Troopers seek driver of silver pickup in Fairbanks Turtle Club hit-and-run
A driver hit a parked rental at the Turtle Club and left. Troopers have surveillance video of a silver Chevy pickup and are working to find the driver.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4d ago1 min read
Man dies entrapped in heavy equipment on Goldridge Drive in Fairbanks
A man died after becoming entrapped in heavy equipment on Goldridge Drive in Fairbanks, Alaska State Troopers said.
by Walter AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
A teen moose hunter was flown to a hospital after a tree stand fall near Fairbanks
A teenage moose hunter fell from a tree stand southeast of Fairbanks and was flown out by trooper helicopter along with his father. Injuries weren't described.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago1 min read
Fairbanks gets $728,000 in congressionally directed funds for a 14-stretcher ambulance bus
Fairbanks is buying a bus that can carry 14 patients on stretchers. The grant covers one year; crewing it after that is the city's problem.
by Maggie AlaskaNews6d ago2 min read
Fairbanks rewrites Chena riverfront rules; its own 2019 warning was never acted on
A 2019 letter warned that Chena River homes built to code could lose their ground before the mortgage is paid off. Fairbanks is rewriting the plan now.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Fairbanks trails panel wants tour operators permitted and paying 15% into a trail fund
Fairbanks has over 1,000 miles of trails and no rules for commercial tours on them. A draft would charge operators 15 percent, into a fund that does not exist.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Campfire and fireworks ban north of Fairbanks runs to Oct. 31
Campfires and fireworks stay banned on federal land north of Fairbanks through October 31 to prevent wildfires near homes and the NOAA facility.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Troopers arrest driver on DUI charge after 105 mph stop near Fairbanks
Alaska State Troopers arrested a driver on a DUI charge after stopping them for driving 105 mph with signs of impairment on the Richardson Highway near Fairbanks on September 20th.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Fairbanks judge sentences Julian Miranda to 30 years in 2012 sexual assaults
A Fairbanks man got 30 years for two 2012 sexual assaults. The DNA kits that linked him to both women sat untested for years before they were run.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min read
Inmate accused of assaulting officer at Fairbanks Correctional Center
An inmate at Fairbanks Correctional Center assaulted a correctional officer early Sunday, and troopers forwarded charges against her.
by Alaska News1w ago1 min read
State job fair brings 15 employers to Fairbanks Sept. 24
A state job fair runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Fairbanks Job Center, with 15 employers listed.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Troopers arrest man on second DUI charge after .240 breath test
Troopers pulled a driver over in Fairbanks for drifting out of his lane. He blew three times the legal limit, and it was his second DUI charge.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago1 min read
Troopers arrest North Pole man found inside vacant Fairbanks apartment
Troopers arrested a North Pole man found hiding in the bathroom of a vacant Fairbanks rental, where they also found a makeshift sleeping area.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Fairbanks grant would fix the Davis Road turf fields and start closing Kiwanis Field
A federal grant application before the Fairbanks North Star Borough Parks and Recreation Commission on Monday would pay for upgrades at the Davis Road turf complex.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Fairbanks diesel hit a record $6.70 a gallon this weekend
Fairbanks diesel hit a record $6.70 a gallon, up from $4.17 a year ago. That's the fuel that hauls everything else up the highway to the Interior.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Troopers say Fairbanks driver hit 90 mph before DUI arrest
Troopers arrested a driver who ran lights through Fairbanks above 90 mph. City police, meanwhile, spent $593 of a $278,000 DUI enforcement budget.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Chena River flood advisory extended through Sunday as crest forecast rises
NWS extended the Chena River flood advisory through 10 pm Sunday and raised the Moose Creek Dam crest forecast to 25.1 feet.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Two Fairbanks ordinances would loosen the cap on school district reserves
Fairbanks wants to loosen the cap on what its school district can bank. One ordinance would trim the rule, the other would kill it outright.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Fairbanks weighs union labor agreements on its big construction projects
Fairbanks would require union-negotiated labor agreements on borough construction over $3.5 million, copying an Anchorage rule that warned it could raise costs.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
A hiring fair comes to the Fairbanks Job Center on Thursday
Job seekers can meet retail, grocery, restaurant and banking employers at a hiring fair Thursday at the Fairbanks Job Center, 11 am to 3 pm.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Van Horn Road is closed at University Avenue with no detour posted
an Horn Road is closed at University Avenue in Fairbanks for paving, with no detour and no reopening time. The state's alert can't decide which road is shut.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Fairbanks woman, 68, fell from horse into Wood River and died; cause under investigation
Debra Waugaman Curnow, 68, of Fairbanks died Monday after falling from her horse while crossing the Wood River near Snow Mountain Gulch.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Alaska Supreme Court declines emergency bid to open Fairbanks charter school
Fairbanks said no to a charter school. The state said yes anyway. The Supreme Court declined to referee, and 352 enrolled kids were left in limbo.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min read
Fairbanks votes Oct. 6 on capping taxes, moving elections and hand counts
Fairbanks voters decide Oct. 6 whether to cap borough taxes, move elections to November and count ballots by hand. Any of it locks for two years.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Flood watch warns Chena and Little Chena could top minor flood stage Wednesday
Half an inch to an inch of rain is landing on ground that is already soaked. The Little Chena is the river for Fairbanks to keep an eye on now.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Fairbanks dense fog advisory expired at noon after visibility fell to 100 yards
Fog in Fairbanks got thick enough Monday that you could see about a hundred yards, and it did that an hour after the advisory was supposed to end.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
A Doyon director steps off the board to lead its scholarship foundation
Geri Simon stepped down from the board of Doyon, Limited — Alaska's largest private landowner — to lead its scholarship foundation, leaving a seat to fill.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Flood watches cover McGrath and Fairbanks as one storm moves across Alaska
Flood watches take effect Monday for McGrath and Tuesday for Fairbanks as a multi-day storm brings heavy rain and wind across Alaska through Saturday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Troopers arrest Fairbanks driver on DUI charge after Steese Highway stop
DUI arrest in the north
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Fairbanks committee takes up Fairbanks Street rezone that could allow 51 units on 13 lots
Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly Committee discusses rezoning 13 Fairbanks Street lots to allow up to 51 housing units instead of 25, driven by a vacant former bed and breakfast.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read