Updated 5:58 p.m.: Also Friday, health officials reported 127 new resident cases, 31 of which are residents of the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The new cases included 22 Fairbanks residents and nine residents from North Pole
According to an order issued Thursday by Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Joel Bolger, misdemeanor trials may resume Nov. 2. All other jury trials will remain suspended until Jan. 3, 2020.
The plan is to send a camera into the atmosphere attached to a weather balloon where it would spend approximately four hours shooting photos from an aurora-level height.
Updated 6:03 p.m.: Alaska's all-Republican congressional delegation, consisting of Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young, issued a joint statement Friday afternoon criticizing the ruling.
WASHINGTON — Some vulnerable Republican senators have seized on the battle over the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court to fi…
The hunter who was killed by a grizzly Sunday in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park has been identified as a 22-year-old Ohio man.
A 31-year-old Anchorage woman allegedly pointed a gun at a busful of people Sunday evening during an apparent road rage incident on the Parks …
Three candidates vie for Borough Assembly Seat D: Donald Crocker, Chris Ludtke and former legislator Tammie Wilson.
They created a banner, now hanging prominently in North Pole, that urges local residents to thank their local postal workers.
The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 4.0, was centered 6 miles northeast of Cantwell at a depth of 6.6 miles. It was felt widely in the Denali Park area, including Healy and Cantwell.
“The unethical manner in which these tapes were acquired does not excuse the comments that were made, or the crass way they were expressed,” Ron Thiessen said.
The infamous “Into The Wild” bus from Stampede Trail arrived at the University of Alaska Museum of the North Thursday morning and was soon transported to an undisclosed location where it will be catalogued, preserved, and prepared for display.
The deceased was a man in his 50s from the Fairbanks area, according to a Thursday report from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. This most recent fatality brings the state’s coronavirus death toll to 46.
Four cases of COVID-19 have been linked to individuals involved wit…
A moose peers around the corner of a birch tree. Photo courtesy of Paul Greci
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It’s a busy week in prep tennis. West Valley and Lathrop tennis teams faced off on Tuesday at the Dan Ramras Community Tennis Courts. Lathrop …
After dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic for six months, it’s time to laugh and Fairbanks comedy impresarios Jerry Evans and Glenner Anderson …
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This is a community-driven project to move the parking area to the west side of the highway, closer to Antler Creek, a bit further north from where it is now at Mile 245.
Tri-Valley School’s middle school cross-country team managed to hold two outdoor meets that were competitive, fun and wholly supported by school staff, family and friends — all while social distancing. Read more
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