Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 17, 2026
Three decades after a Fairbanks man went missing, troopers say a man is jailed in his murder.
Jul 19, 2026Open source
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TSA reminds Fairbanks travelers what items cannot be carried on planes
The Transportation Security Administration is reminding travelers in the Golden Heart City, and throughout Alaska, what items are not allowed to be brought o...
Jul 16, 2026Open source
Fairbanks gathering will address proposed data centers
Large data centers are being proposed across Alaska, including several projects that could affect Interior communities. Yet many Alaskans still have basic qu...
Jul 15, 2026Open source
Supreme Court Justice Jackson ends Fairbanks appearance early due to personal emergency
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson cut short while to a crowd of Fairbanks residents at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Jul 15, 2026Open source
In Fairbanks, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says work ethic and determination propelled her to nation’s h...
The Supreme Court justice drew a crowd of hundreds to an event hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Jul 15, 2026Open source
Aggressive goshawk attacks prompt Fairbanks-area trail closures
Trail users at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) are being asked to avoid parts of the campus trail system after a goshawk has been reported attacking...
Jul 14, 2026Open source
Trooper identified in Fairbanks officer-involved fatal shooting
The Alaska State Troopers identified the trooper who fatally shot a 20-year-old Fairbanks man on Fifth Avenue early Tuesday morning as Sgt. Brent Hatch.
Jul 13, 2026Open source
Trooper fatally shoots man in Fairbanks who allegedly drove car toward him
The incident marks the second fatal shooting involving an Alaska State Trooper in Fairbanks in 10 days.
Jul 9, 2026Open source
Borough opens land sale for West Chatanika subdivision
Bidding on a “slice of Alaska” in the West Chatanika Recreation Subdivision 38 miles north of Fairbanks opened last week.
Jul 7, 2026Open source
A career of flying for science (and the occasional sled dog)
Martin Stuefer, the director of the Hyperspectral Imaging Lab at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, is both a pilot and researcher.
Jul 3, 2026Open source
Fairbanks police photo appears to show man pointing weapon at officer in fatal encounter
Brandon Roberts was fatally shot June 26 in a mall parking lot by an Alaska State Trooper and two officers who came to Alaska from Memphis, police said.
Jul 3, 2026Open source
State AG asks Alaska Supreme Court to compel Fairbanks district to open charter school
The petition comes one week after the Alaska education commissioner threatened to withhold state funding from Fairbanks if they did not open the new charter...
Jun 23, 2026Open source
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Fairbanks is in Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska.
Region: Alaska
ZIP Codes
99701, 99706, 99707, 99708, 99709, 99710, 99711, 99712, 99775, 99790
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Woman attacked by brown bear while hiking with friend and 3 dogs near Alaska state park
A woman was attacked by a brown bear Saturday while hiking with a friend and three dogs near a state park in Alaska, authorities said.
Jul 23, 2026Open source
Opinion: Fiscal stability is the starting line, not the finish line
For too long, Alaska’s political debate has been stuck on the same treadmill: How do we pay the bills? Year after year, we argue over deficits, the Permane...
Jul 22, 2026Open source
Team Alaska wrestling returns trio of champions and six All-Americans from 2026 Junior Nationals
Anchorage’s Jacob Morris, Trestin Houck and Shane Ostermiller finished atop their respective podiums at one of the nation’s premier tournaments.
Jul 22, 2026Open source
Unions sue Alaska Gov. Dunleavy over vacant seats on state’s pension-management board
According to the complaint, two seats on the Alaska Retirement Management Board that are designated for the teachers’ and public employees’ unions have b...
Jul 22, 2026Open source
Supreme Court will review Alaska's bid to seize plane over 6-pack of beer The pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, argues...
The pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, argues that taking his 1969 Cessna would violate the Eighth Amendment's "Excessive Fines Clause."
Jul 21, 2026Open source
Supreme Court Takes Up Case Of Most Expensive Six-Pack Of Bud Light Ever — See Also
Just ‘Plane’ Wrong: Alaska wants to take a man's $95,000 plane because he didn't notice a passenger bringing a six-pack of Bud on board. By the state's r...
Jul 21, 2026Open source
SCOTUS To Decide If Cops Can Steal 82-Year-Old’s Plane Over Passenger’s Bud Lights
Smokey and the Bandit 4's extended Supreme Court oral argument scene is going to be LIT!
Jul 21, 2026Open source
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