The borough cited an inability to reach terms with the contractor. A new procurement bid could take two to three months.
A lot is changing in the energy world, including Golden Valley Electric's approach to sourcing.
In 2005, the average home in the Fairbanks area sold for $196,785. In 2015, it was was $222,329. Last year, the average home sold for $293,016.
Curtis Henry was the only finisher in the 2022 AlaskAcross wilderness event.
“There is a huge opportunity in my view happening right now,” U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said about the potential for an Alaska liquefied natural gas pipeline project.
A new paper published in Science Advances synthesizes the impact of metal and coal mines on salmon and trout in northwestern North America. The study shows that, despite impact assessments intended to evaluate risk and inform mitigation, mines continue to harm salmonid-bearing watersheds through contaminants, stream channel burial and streamflow alteration.
I’ve noticed that people who don’t live a remote subsistence lifestyle frequently underestimate the amount of local resources one family can consume. Many food items become available only during a short period each year, whether due to a limited legal hunting season, or availability such as the brief salmon runs, or ripening berries that quickly disappear into bears and grouse and other critters.
This makes the harvest opportunistic.
The hospitality industry seems hardest hit by the labor shortage but all manner of organizations, including the public sector, are finding it difficult to attract workers. Volunteer labor has also dried up.
A hot weekend coupled with wind grew both the Clear and Minto Lakes fires.
Sports
Questionable calls lead mild-mannered field manager Mark Lindsay to be tossed in the eighth inning.
Letters to the Editor
Got your weekend planned? There are plenty of events to attend in Interior Alaska.
Curtis Henry was the only finisher in the 2022 AlaskAcross wilderness event.
Outdoors
Chris Milles of Melbourne, Florida, drops to second place overall with the 150-pound fish he caught May 28 aboard Halibut Grove. Kamille Mulcaire of Fairbanks is hanging onto third place overall with the 149.8-pound halibut she caught June 9 aboard the Six Gun.
Moose hunting season may still be weeks away, but moth hunting season is in full swing. Trees throughout Interior Alaska and other parts of the state have been set with traps to capture invasive defoliating moths. Read more
