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Tlingit & Haida delegates reelect Richard Peterson as president
Tlingit & Haida delegates reelected Richard Peterson as president Thursday and chose Clinton Cook as first vice president at the tribe's 91st Tribal Assembly.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Global refinery disruptions widened fuel margins in 2026, and rural Alaska's barge fuel cost more
Galena's utility paid 29% more per gallon for this year's barge fuel, and St. Paul paid about $7.55. Summer's dip in oil prices came after the fuel was bought.
by Cale Green3w ago4 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 AlaskaNews3w 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 AlaskaNews3w 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 AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Pile burning starts Friday at three White Mountains cabin sites
Crews will burn slash piles at three White Mountains cabin sites starting Friday. If you see smoke out there this week, it's supposed to be there.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w 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 AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Alaska's universities fall outside parts of an advancing college sports bill
A college sports bill is moving in the Senate with both Alaska senators behind it. UAA and UAF play Division II, so only some of it would reach them.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
A wind advisory covers Ketchikan and Metlakatla until 2 pm Tuesday
Ketchikan and Metlakatla are getting gusts of up to 40 mph through Tuesday afternoon, and the Alaska Range could see 70 mph by Friday morning.
by Walter AlaskaNews3w 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 AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Juneau's JAMHI clinic gets $938,000 in congressionally directed funds to replace failing HVAC
Juneau has no road out. The clinic holding its primary care and behavioral health is getting federal money for failing HVAC and fire suppression.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 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 AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Tanana subsistence and personal use fishing goes 24 hours
Tanana River subsistence fishing opens to full gear around the clock Tuesday, after six straight years of restrictions on a fall chum run that came back.
by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
North Pole's bed tax collections are up 137% and headed for a record year
North Pole's bed tax collections more than doubled this year, likely because short-term rentals are finally paying up. A magazine also called it charming.
by Alaska News3w ago2 min read
North Pole wants its next mayor to work part time, for $2,000 a month
North Pole's council voted to cut the next mayor's pay from about $80,000 a year plus benefits to $2,000 a month, flat. It is not final quite yet.
by Alaska News3w 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 AlaskaNews3w 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 AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
NWS tracks Bering Sea low that could raise Yukon Delta water 1 to 3 feet
A Bering Sea low pressure system could raise water 1 to 3 feet above normal along the southern Yukon Delta coast Thursday through Saturday, with an advisory in effect until Tuesday afternoon.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Flaggers still at Richardson Highway MP 210 as rock blasting wraps up
Crews blasted the last of an unstable rock outcrop off the Richardson Highway at Milepost 210, a year after the state flagged it. Traffic is still controlled.
by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago1 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 AlaskaNews4w 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 AlaskaNews4w 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 AlaskaNews3w 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 News4w ago1 min read
Railroad board to discuss $315 million Port MacKenzie extension Friday
The Alaska Railroad board will discuss a private consortium's Port MacKenzie proposal Friday. Any board action must occur in public session.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w 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 AlaskaNews4w 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 AlaskaNews4w 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 AlaskaNews4w 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 AlaskaNews4w 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 AlaskaNews4w 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Arctic's warmest summer since 1950 included the rain that flooded the Susitna Valley
The July rain that flooded the Susitna Valley is now logged as an extreme event of the warmest Arctic summer since 1950, according to a new climate review.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Juneau staff recommend banning electric dirt bikes on all public property
Juneau staff recommend banning electric dirt bikes from all public property, citing safety concerns and comparing high-powered models to unlicensed motorcycles.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Alaska DNR issues four land decisions for University of Alaska land grants
Alaska issued four land-transfer decisions in four days ahead of a December deadline, over unanimous opposition. At Medicine Lake, the opposition won.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A free crisis intervention course in Wasilla has 30 seats next month
Thirty free seats in a crisis intervention course in Wasilla next month, and Mat-Su officers and first responders get first crack at all of them.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
State will bring free heavy equipment training to Cordova crews
Cordova's public works crews will train on heavy equipment at no cost through state-run courses held in town, filling a gap left by last year's travel budget cuts.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
After the tow trucks left, one family could reach their own land
Fifty vehicles came off a half-mile of road in Big Lake. One family could finally drive to their own property. It took $42,000 and eleven dumpsters.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Sullivan diesel-derate bill advances Senate committee 10-9
A Senate panel advanced Sullivan's diesel-derate bill 10-9. It mandates cold-weather relief while EPA separately considers broader changes.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read