Fire crews urge caution and awareness as temperatures rise this week, creating perfect wildfire conditions.
Stephany Bilecki is charged in the 2015 death of her 4-month-old daughter and 2017 death of her 13-month-old daughter.
The Alaska Legislature is expected to vote this week on the proposal under the state budget compromise.
A North Pole man was sentenced to four years in jail after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of child pornography. His sente…
All residents had already evacuated safely by the time fire crews arrived. Working together, both FWFD and FFD had the fire extinguished by 11:08 p.m.
The Don Young Plan for America’s Infrastructure Future would cost $1.25 trillion. Unlike the Biden plan, Young’s proposal focuses exclusively on traditional infrastructure, from roads and bridges to airports and seaports.
In Fairbanks Sunday, the mournful song of an Alaska Native singer filled the air as a procession of parents, grandparents and children secured 215 orange banners to the Centennial Bridge, next to the Golden Heart Plaza.
The 17th annual Stream Cleanup Day event started at Lions Club Park picnic shelter near Danby Road and brought together around 35 volunteers, including kids, teenagers and old-timers who have been attending the cleanup for years.
In 1963 Edward Lorenz presented a hypothesis to the New York Academy of Science that a butterfly could flap its wings and set molecules of air in motion, which would move other molecules of air, in turn moving more molecules of air – eventually capable of starting a hurricane on the other side of the planet.
This year also happens to be the 100th year of operation for First National Bank Alaska. Bank president Doug Longacre noted that he drove the 110 miles from Fairbanks that morning to get to Healy for the ceremony.
Murkowski said in a lengthy statement provided by her office that she wasn’t surprised when the administration suspended the lease program but she was “incredibly disappointed” Interior did so to leases that have already been issued and patented. She also asked for help from state officials.
Conflicting legal opinions have led to discrepancies in the state’s…
Nancy Reeder now says she was asked to resign while internal department documents paint a picture of strife with officers and staff.
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Goldpanners general manager John Lohrke declined to comment directly on the situation.
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Editor’s note: This is one of a series of columns exploring the bowhead whale exhibit now on display at the University of Alaska Museum of the North.
Howard Hughes landed near the present-day library building to refuel during his round-the-world flight on July 13, 1938. Bruce Haldeman, a local historian par excellence, told me how Hughes, who once said, “I’m not a paranoid deranged millionaire. Goddamit, I’m a billionaire,” was flying a plane with special compartments filled with ping pong balls so it would float if it crashed in the ocean. Read more
