Fairbanks

GVEA's fuel charge drops 12.6%, reversing about a third of June's increase

GVEA's fuel charge dropped 12.6 percent Tuesday, cutting about $15 from monthly bills for Interior members, though the rate remains far above pre-summer levels after diesel prices spiked.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Strong chum run opens Tanana coho fishing and more gear this weekend

Fairbanks-area personal use fishers can now use gillnets and keep coho salmon starting Friday, Sept. 4, after the state projects a strong fall chum run above target escapement.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Fairbanks's chum salmon fishery reopens on the Tanana on Friday

More than 200 turn out in Fairbanks to question Alaska's governor candidates

More than 200 people turned out in Fairbanks to grill Alaska's governor candidates at a nonpartisan Native Vote mixer ahead of the primary vote.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Dunleavy vetoed a faculty seat on the board that governs the University of Alaska

Dunleavy vetoed a faculty seat on the University of Alaska's governing board, citing conflicts of interest. The board already seats a student.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

New flood maps would end mandatory flood insurance for thousands of Fairbanks properties

New flood maps would pull 2,343 more Fairbanks structures out of the high-risk zone than they add, ending mandatory flood insurance for thousands.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A Fairbanks firm runs Boston's Moakley Courthouse under a $31.6 million agreement

A company owned by four villages on the Koyukuk River keeps a Boston federal courthouse running, gulls on the roof included. It just added a water station.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Circle man arrested on first-degree murder charge in shotgun death

Alaska State Troopers arrested a Circle man on a first-degree murder charge after a fatal shotgun shooting at a residence Friday evening.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Trooper fires at armed man outside his Wasilla home after false report

A trooper fired at an armed man outside a Wasilla home Sunday after responding to a false 911 assault report, striking no one. The caller was intoxicated and had not been assaulted.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Snow and 40 mph gusts are forecast for the Richardson Highway on the last day of August

Snow is heading for Isabel Pass on the last day of August: 4 to 8 inches above 2,000 feet, north winds gusting to 40 mph, and a work zone underneath it.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Forecasters expect 25 to 35 mph gusts across Fairbanks area Saturday

Gusty west-southwest winds of 25 to 35 mph will hit the Fairbanks area and Interior valleys through Saturday night, with the National Weather Service warning pilots to get aviation-specific briefings.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

An Anchorage restaurant is accused of employing 24 minors without permits

Twenty-four employees aged 13 to 17 are alleged to have worked at an Anchorage restaurant without work permits, in at least 1,279 violations.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Planned Parenthood PAC registers for Fairbanks and Juneau municipal races

Planned Parenthood's Alaska political committee registered to spend in the Fairbanks and Juneau races. It named no candidates and reported no spending.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Troopers rule Akiak house fire non-criminal

A home burned in Akiak in July with no injuries reported. State investigators have closed the case, finding the cause undetermined but not criminal.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

A Fairbanks man's fourth liquor license reaches the state board Tuesday, with no store attached

Michael Rasmussen applied to take over a Fairbanks package store liquor license, adding it to three other Alaska alcohol businesses he already owns.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks's chum salmon fishery reopens on the Tanana on Friday

Fairbanks-area households can fish for chum salmon on the Tanana again starting Friday, after a strong Yukon run — but coho must be released and limits apply.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Researchers get $812,016 to study Glacier Bay's iceberg seal habitat

Glacier Bay's harbor seals pup on icebergs. The glacier making those icebergs slowed 45 percent, and researchers got $812,016 to study what that means.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks borough weighs a $303,346 replacement ambulance

Fairbanks North Star Borough Finance Committee votes Sept. 3 on a $303,346 ambulance for the non-areawide medical service covering areas outside city limits.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks would spend $1.2 million more to defend the pipeline's value in court

Fairbanks would pour another $1.2 million into defending the pipeline's assessed value in court — a decades-old fight over a tax base that funds its schools.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Fairbanks votes Sept. 3 on a $699,500 indoor playground contract

Fairbanks votes Sept. 3 on a $699,500 contract for an indoor playground built for all abilities and ages. The project has already slipped a year.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A Fairbanks homeowner interrupted a burglary. Troopers made an arrest eight days later.

Fairbanks troopers arrested Arthur Chesley on Aug. 27 after he burglarized a home while the owner was there; he faced a $15,000 cash bond on felony burglary and theft charges.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

High wind warning: gusts to 70 mph Friday in the Eastern Alaska Range

Forecasters upgraded Friday's Eastern Alaska Range wind forecast to a warning. Gusts to 70 mph are expected, peaking between 4 and 10 in the morning.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

AIDEA's board will sign off on refreshing its due diligence fund

AIDEA's board took back authority over a $4.5 million planning fund. The same meeting ran about four hours in executive session on ANWR and Ambler.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Federal grant of $545,820 funds Geist Road and Chena Pump Road corridor study

Fairbanks will study Geist Road and Chena Pump Road with a $545,820 federal grant to identify safety improvements on a corridor flagged for high crash rates and pedestrian-bicycle conflicts.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

An Interior Alaska village company maintains a Boston courthouse

A company owned by four Koyukuk River villages maintains a federal courthouse in Boston. This month it fixed the boilers, a heat pump and the drains.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Sea ice loss has swamped El Niño's grip on Arctic autumns

El Niño used to cool Arctic autumns, but sea ice loss has swamped that signal — just as forecasters expect a possibly record-strong El Niño this fall.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

As the Chena's king salmon collapse, Fairbanks debates how wide a riverfront buffer to require

Fairbanks is rewriting its Chena riverfront plan, weighing how wide a streamside buffer to require — as the river's kings collapse and property owners watch.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Two arrested in North Pole burglary involving stolen firearms

Alaska State Troopers arrested William Clatterbuck and Briana Perry on Wednesday for a North Pole burglary in which firearms, a snow machine, and a generator were stolen.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

An eclipsed Moon rises over Alaska Wednesday, with aurora possible after

Alaska gets a deep partial lunar eclipse Wednesday night plus a chance at aurora, on the first dark nights of the season. Best viewing 9:30 to 10 pm.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

The Fortymile road hunt lasted 48 hours, exactly as predicted

The road-accessible Fortymile caribou hunt opened Aug. 20 and closed 48 hours later, exactly as the state biologist predicted before it began.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Troopers charge Fairbanks man with vehicle theft after McGrath Road hit-and-run

Alaska State Troopers charged a Fairbanks man with vehicle theft and hit-and-run after a McGrath Road crash on August 24.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

AFN holds a subsistence listening session in Fairbanks on Aug. 31

The Alaska Federation of Natives holds a subsistence listening session in Fairbanks on Aug. 31, gathering harvesters' and elders' input on the future of subsistence.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Inmate charged in Spring Creek assault that seriously injured another inmate

Prosecutors charged Lloyd Luke with assault and criminal mischief in a July 26 attack at Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward that seriously injured another inmate.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks would keep its 11.2 million gallon Tanana discharge cap

Fairbanks' wastewater plant would keep its 11.2 million gallon daily discharge cap on the Tanana, unchanged since 2022. It currently uses less than half.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks preservation panel weighs federal rule limiting its role

A federal rewrite would end requirements that agencies notify the Fairbanks borough about projects affecting historic sites. Comment opens after review.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Army moves to end state review of ground work at two Alaska posts

The Army wants to end the state's sign-off on ground-disturbing work at Fort Wainwright and Fort Greely. The consultation window closed Aug. 21.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

A miner wants to run a cable across the Koyukuk and camp on its bank for five years

The public can comment through Sept. 2 on a plan for a supply cable across the Middle Fork Koyukuk River and a six-person mining camp on its bank for 5 years.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Mukluk Fire crews shift to southwest flank ahead of Sunday wind change

Mukluk Fire crews shifted to the southwest flank Saturday ahead of forecast northwesterly winds Sunday, with Level 3 evacuation orders still in effect north of the Alaska Highway near Tok.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Interior wind event hits highways as the Mukluk Fire burns near Tok

Drones are dropping chaff over Nenana to try to stop lightning

A Vancouver startup is dropping metallic chaff from drones over Nenana to try to stop lightning before it starts wildfires. The flights run through Sept. 30.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago3 min readFrom Jul 19

Troopers say ATV fled Fairbanks traffic stop, crashed near airport

An ATV fled a Fairbanks traffic stop before dawn Saturday and crashed behind the airport. Both riders were jailed; the driver faces a DUI charge.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Three rescued after float plane crashes in forest near Bettles

Three people survived a floatplane crash near Bettles and were hoisted out overnight, after a satellite device let them relay their location to rescuers.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read