Opinion: Sen. Sullivan is building opportunity for Interior Alaska
Sullivan’s work on resource access, permitting and workforce development is helping position Fairbanks as a national center for critical minerals.
Aug 7, 2026Open source
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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
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
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
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99701, 99706, 99707, 99708, 99709, 99710, 99711, 99712, 99775, 99790
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Aug 17, 2026Open source
Opinion: In Alaska, no fishery stands alone
Before we reduce a fishery to a slogan, we should remember what an industry looks like from inside a community.
Aug 17, 2026Open source
Letter: The Division of Elections has made a mockery of the ballot
The Alaska Division of Elections is a disgrace. Again this year, it has placed on our primary ballot an out-of-state prisoner with no ties to Alaska. This pr...
Aug 17, 2026Open source
New rule allows dogs on Alaska’s Pribilof Islands for anti-rat duties
Dogs are not allowed as permanent residents, but they can now be enlisted in the ongoing campaign to keep the Pribilof Islands rat-free.
Aug 17, 2026Open source
‘It’s time for a change’: Former Chicagoan Dan Sullivan takes on Alaskan senator with same name
Dan Sullivan, who grew up in Chicago's south suburbs but now lives in Alaska, is challenging the state's junior senator, Dan Sullivan.
Aug 15, 2026Open source
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