Fairbanks

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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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

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

Follows: NWS forecasts up to 1.5 inches of rain in the Chena River basin

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

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

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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Both Alaska senators back advancing a federal NIL bill

Murkowski and Sullivan both voted to advance a federal college athlete pay bill. Alaska has no NIL law of its own, so federal rules would apply directly.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Mat-Su kept the Long Trail sign, and the $300,000 that came with it

Mat-Su took $300,000 and kept the trail sign some members worried would invite federal control. The borough's own attorney said it would not.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks flood maps are final. Borough page still points to appeals

Fairbanks' flood maps are final, but the borough still links to obsolete appeal instructions. The Jan. 8 maps change insurance and building rules.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Fairbanks gets new flood maps in January, and most homes in the zone are uninsured

Seventeen foreclosed Fairbanks properties sold, 25 drew no bid

Fairbanks sold 17 tax-foreclosed properties last month. One of them, assessed at $146,019, went for $12,120 — a hundred dollars over the minimum.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 28

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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Jun 19

Fairbanks companies seek a year-round water right for the pool at Circle Hot Springs

Two Fairbanks companies want a year-round water right at Circle Hot Springs — about 8.6 million gallons a day, on an application pending since 2020.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage coded most sampled spending to the wrong account, audit finds

Anchorage miscoded 72% of sampled spending, an audit found — because nobody ever wrote down what the city's accounting categories actually mean.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 13

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 AlaskaNews1mo 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Alaska proposes a new payment formula for its 24-hour behavioral health clinics

Alaska wants to change how it pays two clinics providing 24-hour behavioral health care, setting rates in advance. Public comment is open through Oct. 30.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 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 AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

A road crew wants to camp in a gravel pit while it fixes the Elliott Highway

A contractor fixing 12 miles of the Elliott Highway wants to park 20 people in RVs on state gravel while it works. Comment closes Sept. 28.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

A free Juneau talk on how a manuscript becomes a book

Two editors from the press that publishes the University of Alaska's books will explain how a manuscript becomes a book, at a free Juneau talk Saturday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Troopers airlift injured boater from Cosna River after capsizing en route to air ambulance

Alaska State Troopers airlifted an injured boater from the Cosna River on Sunday after the boat capsized while heading to an air ambulance pickup.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Troopers say stolen truck hit dump truck head-on in North Pole

A truck troopers say was stolen hit a dump truck head-on in North Pole. The driver was arrested on theft and DUI charges, which are not findings of guilt.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Troopers arrest Fairbanks driver on DUI charge after Steese Highway stop

DUI arrest in the north

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Idaho firm that already runs the Alcan port wins its $48,169 snow removal order

An Idaho firm won a $48,169 federal task order to plow the Alcan border port near Tok. The same company already holds a $1.16 million contract to run operations and maintenance at the port and the Fairbanks Federal Building.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks ordinance would shift board appointments from Assembly to borough mayor

Mayor Hopkins would gain power to appoint most borough board members now split between the Assembly and Fairbanks and North Pole, under an ordinance the Assembly takes up Wednesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks would require union labor agreements on big borough projects

Fairbanks wants union-negotiated labor agreements on borough projects over $3.5 million, using an ordinance copied almost word for word from Anchorage.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks weighs broader authority to take ownership of abused animals

Fairbanks animal control lacks a direct forfeiture process for abused or neglected animals. A proposed borough rule would add one.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A $16 million award would restructure primary care across the Interior

The biggest award in Alaska's rural health program is $16 million to change how primary care gets delivered and paid for across the Interior.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Alaska adds $16.8 million in rural health awards without naming who gets the money