Fairbanks

Borough staff back letting a 1976 Fairbanks duplex keep both homes despite rezoning

Fairbanks officer decides Thursday if a 1976 Birch Lane duplex can keep both units despite now sitting in single-family zoning.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

FAA weighs releasing 40 acres of Fairbanks airport land for sale to expand a gravel mine

Fairbanks International Airport wants to sell 40 acres it says it no longer needs for aviation, to make room for a private gravel company. Comments due Nov. 28.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Fairbanks board approves 8 industrial lots on land split without approval in 1974

This Fairbanks industrial land was split without borough approval starting in 1974. A 2023 rule for innocent owners let a board approve eight lots on it.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readFrom Oct 21

Search under way in Fairbanks and Huslia areas for missing Fairbanks man

Searchers are looking around Fairbanks and Huslia for Sterling Dewilde, 45, who was last heard from Sept. 11. Police ask anyone with information to call.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Alaska Gateway School District and Upper Tanana slated to sign agreement Nov. 13

Alaska Gateway School District and the Upper Tanana region plan to sign an agreement Nov. 13 at TCC's Fall Summit. The agenda doesn't say what it covers.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

White Tacoma backs into parked vehicle at Fairbanks Circle K and leaves, troopers say

A white Toyota Tacoma backed into a parked vehicle at a Fairbanks Circle K and drove off. The store's cameras caught it, and troopers want to hear from you.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Fairbanks borough panel backs grant bids for a Chena Lake loop and a Tanana Lakes trailhead

A Fairbanks borough panel backed grant bids to start a paved loop around Chena Lake and add a toilet and better parking at Tanana Lakes' Flicker Trailhead.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Fairbanks airport's control tower is closing overnight because of FAA staffing

Citing staffing constraints, the FAA has closed the Fairbanks airport tower from 10 pm to 6 am nightly since Oct. 18. Pilots announce their own moves.

by Alaska News2w ago2 min readFrom Oct 18

Fairbanks panel upholds euthanasia order for a German shepherd reported 26 times

A Fairbanks panel voted 8-1 to uphold an order to euthanize Shadow, a German shepherd with years of complaints. The man he bit didn't want him put down.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Follows: Fairbanks borough commission to hear appeal for German shepherd ordered euthanized after bite

Fairbanks adopts flood maps that take about 2,900 buildings out of the high-risk zone

Fairbanks adopted new flood maps that take about 2,900 buildings out of the high-risk zone and put about 540 in. Salcha comes out ahead; Moose Creek doesn't.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readFrom Oct 22

Troopers recover stolen snow machine, pickup and camper after Fairbanks burglary

Troopers recovered a stolen snow machine, pickup and camper worth $50,000 after a Fairbanks burglary Saturday. The case remains under investigation.

by Alaska News2w ago1 min read

State labor department holds Fairbanks job fair Thursday at Morris Thompson Center

Alaska Labor Department holds a job fair Thursday, Oct. 29, at Fairbanks' Morris Thompson Center, not its usual spot.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Proposal deadlines have passed on two Air Force plans to lease Eielson land

Bids were due this summer on Air Force plans to lease Eielson land for AI data centers and for housing. Fairbanks' mayor flagged it in July. No winner yet.

by Melinda Communities.News2w ago2 min read

Geist Road clinic seeks permit to expand and approval for a lot it already built

After its rezone deadlocked planners, a Geist Road orthopedic clinic seeks a permit to expand. Its new parking lot got built before it got permitted.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

NOAA finalizes call for bids to run its Fairbanks satellite station

NOAA made its call for a company to run its Fairbanks satellite station official. What changed from last week's draft? Mostly the word "draft."

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min read

UAF honors Cordova Electric CEO Clay Koplin for microgrid work in Cordova

UAF honored Cordova Electric CEO Clay Koplin for microgrid work in a town with no outside power line, a few months before he takes over Matanuska Electric.

by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min read

Regulators approve Golden Valley's plan for rolling outages in the Interior

State regulators approved Golden Valley's rolling-outage plan, so if the Interior runs short of power, zones take turns in the dark for up to an hour.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Fairbanks Assembly picks developers' riverbank overlay at planned Chena RV park

Fairbanks rezoned a Chena riverbank strip at a planned RV park, picking the developers' looser overlay over the stricter one its own riverfront panel wanted.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago3 min read

Fairbanks state office building closes again, this time for a water shutoff

The state office building at 455 3rd Ave. in Fairbanks closed again Thursday, this time for a water shutoff. It's at least the fourth closure since December.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

Fairbanks woman charged after investigators find 25 grams of fentanyl in mailed package

Investigators say a package mailed to a Fairbanks home held 25 grams of fentanyl. Six days after they opened it, a 35-year-old woman was arrested.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read

tate restarts historic review of Cowles Street rebuild after adding buried power lines

Fairbanks' Cowles Street rebuild got bigger, so the state is redoing its historic homework on a corridor with 31 cataloged sites and four Register listings.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Fairbanks-area draft transportation plan and its air pollution test are open for comment

FAST Planning wants comment by Oct. 30 on its $1.6 billion draft Fairbanks transportation plan and air pollution test.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Winter storm could drop up to 3 feet in Isabel Pass, with Fairbanks totals uncertain

A winter storm could bury Isabel Pass in up to 3 feet of snow this week and drop a foot or more along the Alaska Highway. Fairbanks' totals are a toss-up.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Park Service proposes ATV access across Gates of the Arctic for Anaktuvuk Pass residents

Anaktuvuk Pass hunters could drive off-road vehicles across Gates of the Arctic under a proposed rule ending a 1986 ban rooted in dictionary definitions.

by Alaska News3w ago4 min read

Fairbanks trails commission to discuss standards for commercial tours on borough trails

Fairbanks trails commission meets Monday, Oct. 26, to hash out rules for commercial tour operators on 1,000+ miles of borough trails.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Disabled vehicle blocks northbound Dalton Highway lane near Mile 86

A disabled vehicle blocked the Dalton Highway's northbound lane near Mile 86 Friday night, with icy conditions reported. Crews expected to clear it by Saturday morning, 7:14 am.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

State office closure alerts switch systems Nov. 1, and subscribers must sign up again

State office closure alerts are switching systems Nov. 1, and your subscription isn't coming along. Five minutes and an email address fixes it.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read

NOAA seeks small-business bids to operate its Fairbanks satellite ground station

NOAA wants a company to run the Fairbanks station that talks to its polar satellites about 135 times a day. Small businesses with security clearances only.

by Melinda Communities.News4w ago2 min read

Alaska school boards to weigh tax-credit scholarships, immigration enforcement near schools

Alaska's school boards vote Nov. 8 on 14 proposed positions, from tax-credit scholarships to immigration enforcement near schools. Sitka sent half of them.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago3 min read

Fairbanks borough mayor proposes pause on large data center permits through 2027

Fairbanks' mayor wants no big new data centers permitted through 2027. Houston already hit pause, and Petersburg is drafting a pause of its own.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Acting attorney general asks Legislature to clarify suppressor law after federal ruling

Alaska sued to end federal suppressor registration and won. Its own law still leans on that registration, so the acting AG wants lawmakers to sort it out.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago3 min read

Magnitude 5.6 earthquake near Lake Minchumina is felt in Fairbanks and Wasilla

A magnitude 5.6 quake hit near Lake Minchumina early Thursday and was felt from Fairbanks to Wasilla. USGS gives a magnitude 4 aftershock 7% odds within a week.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Like Vance and Trump, Cruz will campaign for Sullivan in a Republican-leaning region

Vance hit Fairbanks, Trump hit the Mat-Su and Cruz heads to Kenai. All three picked parts of Alaska where Republicans did best in 2024. We ran the numbers.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago3 min read

Fairbanks-area draft 20-year transportation plan totals more than $1.6 billion

Fairbanks' draft 20-year transportation plan runs $1.6 billion. Airport Way topped the survey's ugliest-road picks; FAST says 2018 fixes haven't advanced.

by Alaska News4w ago2 min read

Up to 5 inches of snow and 40 mph gusts forecast for Dalton and Steese summits

Up to 5 inches of snow and 40 mph gusts on the Dalton, Elliott and Steese summits through Saturday morning. Winter is clocking in for the haul road.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read

Borough to decide on merging 17 Salcha lots a planner ties to a possible resort

A landowner wants to turn 17 Salcha lots into one 38-acre parcel, and a borough planner says the land is understood to be headed for "some sort of resort."

by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read

BLM pushes White Mountains winter season to Nov. 1 for lack of snow

BLM delayed the switch to winter snowmobile-only rules in the White Mountains and Steese to Nov. 1, citing low snow. Wheeled OHVs stay legal 17 extra days.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Fairbanks job fair Oct. 29 brings 27 employers, from Doyon and the FAA to Panda Express

Fairbanks job seekers can meet 27 employers in one room Oct. 29, from Doyon and the FAA to Panda Express and Jiffy Lube. Bring a résumé, and a firm handshake.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read

Fish and Game opens registration Nov. 12 for $25 Trapping 101 class in Fairbanks

Fish and Game will teach you to trap for $25, which happens to be what a resident trapping license costs. Registration for the Fairbanks class opens Nov. 12.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Anchorage officials want to keep private plan review rules but warn of a conflict

Nearly all new homes in Anchorage's building safety area get plan checks from private reviewers. Officials want the rules kept but warn contractors pick them.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read