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Eielson Air Force Base hiring fair set for Thursday
Eielson Air Force Base holds a hiring fair Thursday, Aug. 6, but the Alaska Department of Labor announcement omits time, venue, employers, and base-access details.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Interior Alaska's spring-thaw weight limits lift Wednesday for haulers
Spring-thaw weight limits are lifting on Interior Alaska roads Wednesday — haulers can apply for overweight permits again, but full loads aren't automatic.
by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read
As Alaska's glaciers retreat, new carbon-storing bogs are forming behind them
As Alaska's glaciers retreat, new carbon-storing peat bogs are forming on the bare ground behind them. A UAF grant will map how they form and how long they last.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read
The little Kachemak Bay lab watching Alaska's ocean for 70 years
A NOAA-UAF marine lab has studied Kachemak Bay for nearly 70 years — acidification, algal blooms, shellfish. A seawater permit keeps its tanks running.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Two men barricade themselves in a car after fleeing Fairbanks police
Two men barricaded themselves in a car after fleeing Fairbanks police early Sunday, and face charges including DUI, weapons and drug misconduct after the standoff ended.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read
Wind advisory remains in effect for Windy Pass with gusts to 65 mph
WINDY AGAIN, SUCKERS
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
A Fairbanks street a sinkhole swallowed could vanish from the map
A Fairbanks street platted in 1975 but never built — and since partly eaten by a permafrost sinkhole — could be erased from the map at an Aug. 19 borough hearing.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Utility warns of rolling blackouts in Southcentral as soon as this winter
At a Municipality of Anchorage press conference last week, MEA's CEO warned that Southcentral could see rolling blackouts as soon as November if Cook Inlet gas falls short — the first time in 45 years he says he can't guarantee power.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read
Troopers arrest three Fairbanks-area drivers on DUI charges
Fairbanks troopers arrested three impaired drivers over the weekend, all well over the limit — including one who blew 0.248 with cocaine allegedly in his truck.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Flames at Fairbanks airport this week are a drill, not an emergency
Those flames and smoke at Fairbanks airport this week are a scheduled firefighting drill, Aug. 3-7 — timed with notice so no one mistakes them for wildfire.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
A cabin fire spread into a small wildfire north of Fairbanks
A cabin fire near the Chatanika River north of Fairbanks spread into a quarter-acre wildfire Sunday. Smokejumpers worked to contain it and watched it overnight.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Alaska adopts a behavioral health clinic model that can't turn crises away
Alaska is adopting a behavioral health clinic model that can't turn anyone away in a crisis, 24/7, regardless of ability to pay. So far only two clinics qualify.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
North Pole man charged with felony assault for throwing rocks at cars
A North Pole man, Jonathan Moreland, 23, was arrested after troopers say he threw rocks at passing cars near Badger Road — then at the patrol cars that showed up. He faces felony assault charges.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read
Students get to fire the HAARP transmitter at UAF's summer school
An NSF grant funds UAF's HAARP summer school, where students actually get to run experiments on the Gakona array most people only know from conspiracy theories.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read
As Cook Inlet gas runs short, Alaska moves to squeeze 38% more power from an existing dam
With Cook Inlet gas set to run short by 2027, Alaska wants to squeeze 38% more power from the existing Bradley Lake dam — raising the reservoir 16 feet and piping in glacier melt, no new plant required.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 2mo ago2 min read
Carved salmon fill a Fairbanks health center as the real Yukon run collapses
Artist Ramy Brooks has installed two Yukon fish-camp salmon sculptures at a Fairbanks health center — arriving as the real Yukon runs collapse and closures shut off fishing across the drainage.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Another round of damaging wind is headed for the Interior
More big wind for the Interior, with 70 mph gusts possible around Delta Junction and the Alaska Range. Trees, power lines and high-profile vehicles all at risk.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
31 acres near Ester may go to an unnamed applicant without an auction
The state may convey 31 acres near Ester to an applicant without an auction under a public-use provision — but the notice won't say who gets the land.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
The smoke over Fairbanks is from a fire the state is choosing to let burn
The smoke over Fairbanks is from the Tatlanika Fire, which the state is monitoring rather than suppressing because no structures are threatened. It's grown to about 2,000 acres.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
A Fairbanks medical campus wants room to grow. Its neighbors want the buffer.
A Fairbanks medical campus wants to rezone for a bigger surgery center; neighbors and planning staff want to keep the buffer. The commission split 3-3 and punted to Aug. 11.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Fairbanks planners reject York Avenue duplexes over the road to the school
Fairbanks planners voted 7-3 to reject eight duplexes on York Avenue, worried about density on icy sidewalk-less roads that feed an elementary school. The Assembly decides Aug. 6.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Fairbanks has 1,000 miles of trails and no rules for tour operators
Fairbanks trails host skiers, mushers, fatbikers and berry pickers — and now tour operators driving through neighborhoods to reach them, with no rules yet.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Eielson airshow returns this weekend, with brief highway stops for the flyovers
Eielson's Arctic Lightning Airshow flies this weekend, free and open to all. Drivers on the Richardson Highway near the base should expect brief stops during the flyovers.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
The Gulf of Alaska's ocean station was saved. The funding still isn't.
The Gulf of Alaska's deep-sea monitoring station was saved from removal — but the money to keep the network Alaska's fisheries rely on is still unsettled.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read
A federal minerals program is funding science on the seafloor mining wants to dig
An NSF grant is funding UAF-run science at a Pacific seamount through a "critical minerals" program — on the same mineral-rich seafloor that deep-sea mining wants, and that scientists call living habitat.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read
To understand today's coastal flooding, a UAF scientist will study an ancient one
A UAF scientist will spend two years studying how the sea drowned the Bering Land Bridge — because the same western Alaska coast is flooding again, and the ancient record is a forecast.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read
A North Pole dirt bike crash follows a fatal Fairbanks motorcycle wreck
A North Pole dirt bike rider walked away with minor injuries — the interior's second two-wheeled crash this month, after a Fairbanks motorcyclist was killed.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
UAF grant aims to read what a volcano is doing while it does it
A UAF grant aims to turn a volcano's rumble and infrasound into a live readout of how hard it's erupting, with Aleutian air traffic as the stakes.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read
Motorcyclist dies after Parks Highway collision in Meadow Lakes
A motorcyclist died Monday night after colliding with a van on the Parks Highway at South Potter Road in Meadow Lakes, according to Alaska State Troopers.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
A three-bite Fairbanks dog gets strict conditions instead of euthanasia
A Fairbanks dog with three bites gets to live — under a locked kennel, leashing, neutering, and a behaviorist plan built to keep it off the euthanasia list.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Alaskan Alpine Club seeks permit for new Alaska Range hut near Healy
A climbing club wants to build a new hut at the base of Nenana Mountain — a rare addition to Alaska's tiny backcountry hut network. Comments are open now.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
The new Richardson Highway bridge takes shape at Mile 346
The last girders are up on the new Richardson Highway bridge at Mile 346 — a rebuild aimed at reopening a key Valdez-to-Canada freight route to heavy loads.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Chena Small Tracts Road closed for the season as roundabout goes in
Chena Small Tracts Road is closed for the season while a roundabout goes in. West Fairbanks: your detours are Palo Verde, Amherst and Dartmouth.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
It's July, and it's snowing on the road to the Arctic
It's late July and it's snowing on Atigun Pass — the 4,739-foot Brooks Range crossing that's the only road to Alaska's North Slope.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Troopers issue Silver Alert for 73-year-old missing near Fairbanks
Troopers issued a Silver Alert for Rodney Rutherford, 73, last seen on Murphy Dome Road near Fairbanks Friday night. Call 907-451-5100 with information.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
The water keeps coming back to Kotzebue Sound
Kotzebue Sound is getting its second high-water warning in two days — small rises on a coast where the flooding keeps getting worse.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Troopers arrest Fairbanks woman for DUI near Healy after multiple REDDI calls
Alaska State Troopers arrested a Fairbanks woman on a DUI charge after multiple REDDI calls reported dangerous driving on the Parks Highway near Healy on July 26.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Troopers seek Jacob Wallace, missing from Fairbanks facility since Saturday
Alaska State Troopers are seeking Jacob Wallace, a juvenile who walked away from the Presbyterian House in Fairbanks Saturday night and has not been located.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
A missing Wasilla man was found alive in a car in Delta Junction
A Wasilla man missing since July 21 was found alive in Delta Junction — in a car that had sat parked for nearly a day before anyone checked.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Alaska's stacked weekend of BIG EVENTS
Get out of your house. Like, summers gonna be done soon. What're you waiting for?
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read