FAIRBANKS — It's not always easy to decide what you're going to do in life. It's often a struggle just to find something you love to do, and then you hope you can do it well enough to make a living... ...

FAIRBANKS — An unfair labor practice charge filed by the Fairbanks school district against the local teachers union could take months or even a year to resolve, according to Mark Torgerson, a heari... ...

FAIRBANKS — As it turns out, all the ruckus local hunters have been raising about antlerless moose hunts on the Tanana Flats south of Fairbanks may be for naught. Or maybe not. During a statewide A... ...

FAIRBANKS — A North Pole man on Friday tried to extort $85,000 from the state of Alaska by threatening to carry out acts of terrorism against several companies and state institutions, according to ... ...

10 YEARS AGO Feb. 6, 2002 — Small bundles of used flooring wouldn't seem to warrant much interest among bidders at the Boys & Girls Clubs Have-A-Heart auction Saturday. But these are no ordinary pi... ...

FAIRBANKS — The memories are still vivid, former Staff Sgt. Paul Taylor said. That was why after receiving the third-highest decoration in all U.S. military branches, he had his daughter, Laura, sa... ...

FAIRBANKS — Around the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, groups of district employees have mixed feelings about the administration's proposed budget for next year. Superintendent Pete L... ...

FAIRBANKS — An ordinance to be introduced at Monday's City Council meeting would streamline the process for those seeking to obtain or renew a chauffeur license, which is required of drivers of com... ...

FAIRBANKS — An Ester miner is facing felony charges for allegedly driving a skipper more than four miles last summer to make an unauthorized back road to his mining claim. On Friday a grand jury h... ...

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks leaders are worried a proposal to relocate Eielson Air Force Base's F-16 squadron — a move that would also relocate a majority of the base's 5,000 combined military personnel ... ...

FAIRBANKS — Six Fairbanks residents have been accused of hiding a drug-dealing operation behind a pair of hip-hop record labels, according to the U.S. attorney's office. The group was charged in ... ...

FAIRBANKS — Paul Taylor, a longtime Fairbanks resident, former Yukon Quest musher and Vietnam War veteran, will receive a Silver Star at a ceremony at Fort Wainwright today. The star, the military'... ...

FAIRBANKS — A dormant coal plant near Healy was granted an air quality permit by the state Friday, allowing Golden Valley Electric Association to take another step toward its goal of firing up the ... ...

FAIRBANKS — Accused murderer Cornelius Everett Jr. won't get to see the birth of his son. A Superior Court judge on Friday denied Everett's bail request to be let out of jail for one month so he co... ...

FAIRBANKS — West Valley High School cheerleading coach Ashley Hoskin has been suspended pending investigation by the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. Bill Bailey, spokesman for the sch... ...

FAIRBANKS — A former state representative who writes a political blog refused Thursday to reveal who provided him information about U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller during his 2010 campaign, repeat... ...

FAIRBANKS — A controversial vehicle registration tax is dead after its sponsors signaled plans to bury the ordinance during a Borough Assembly work session Thursday night. Ordinance sponsors Assem... ...

FAIRBANKS — Pfc. Dustin Paul Napier was remembered as an optimist Thursday at a Fort Wainwright memorial service. “No matter what happened, he was so upbeat,” said Capt. Daniel Wells, rear detachme... ...

FAIRBANKS — Mica Hendricks' 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Myla, pulled her shirt up and down to the beat as music played inside the hangar Thursday at Fort Wainwright. Mica laughed at her child and expl... ...

FAIRBANKS — The triangular area of riverfront property north of the Chena River between Cushman and Barnette streets, resulting from the reconstruction of Illinois Street, is about to receive a lot... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Pleasant Valley man who was allegedly drunk when he shot two of his dogs was charged with weapons misconduct after his wife became upset and called Alaska State Troopers. Harry Dougla... ...

FAIRBANKS — A fire from a burning chicken coop at a home near 4 Mile Chena Hot Springs Road spread to the nearby garage Thursday morning, but firefighters doused the flames before they spread to th... ...

FAIRBANKS - A power outage dimmed lights early Thursday evening along the Steese Highway from the Johansen Expressway north along Farmers Loop, to Goldstream Road, Fox and the Elliott Highway. Ligh... ...

FAIRBANKS — Slow progress on an in-state natural gas line to bring the inexpensive, clean burning fuel from the North Slope into Fairbanks has Interior lawmakers looking at alternatives. Rep. Bob ... ...

FAIRBANKS — United Airlines will begin seasonal flights this summer between Denver and Fairbanks. The airline announced the daily flights in a release Tuesday for summer travel. The flights will op... ...

FAIRBANKS — A second Northway man pleaded guilty Wednesday to burglarizing the Northway liquor store this September. Under the terms of a plea agreement, Ervin Sam Jr., 35, pleaded guilty to burgla... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks-area woman has been accused of nearly biting her boyfriend's ear off Wednesday night at a home on Old Badger Road. Elizabeth Matson, 25, is charged with second-degree felony... ...

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks Sewer and Water has agreed to pay $4.5 million in customer refunds as part of a settlement for setting its utility rates too high last decade, the company announced Wednesday.... ...

FAIRBANKS — Next year's proposed school district budget includes about $12 million in cuts, as was revealed at a Citizens Budget Review Committee meeting on Wednesday night. The Fairbanks North Sta... ...

FAIRBANKS — The woman accused of robbing a Fairbanks credit union Monday was arraigned Wednesday afternoon at the Rabinowitz Courthouse, where a magistrate said she could not justify setting bail a... ...

FAIRBANKS - Extremely low temperatures and strong winds are creating hazardous conditions on the Elliott Highway, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation. Temperatures are about 32 be... ...

FAIRBANKS - It's official. January 2012 went down as the fifth-coldest January on record in Fairbanks. The average temperature for the month at Fairbanks International Airport was was 26.9 degrees ... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Steese Fire Department paramedic is charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest for allegedly fighting with Alaska State Troopers last week along Chena Hot Springs Road. A wo... ...

FAIRBANKS — Occupy Fairbanks protesters have been considerably less comfortable since the borough removed their chemical toilet from Veteran's Memorial Park last month, but the rotating group of pr... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks man who advertised a musk ox skull and horns for sale on eBay was cited by Alaska Wildlife Troopers earlier this month. Vincent J. Smith, 24, was issued a summons to appear ... ...

FAIRBANKS — The Tanana River ice at Nenana was the thinnest it's been in years when it was measured for the first time a few weeks ago. Whether that means there will be an early breakup this year i... ...

10 YEARS AGO Feb. 1, 2002 — Alaska has few incentives to owning a stake in a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to the Lower 48, states a Department of Revenue report. But the report stopped... ...

FAIRBANKS — A space heater placed too close to a propane tank is the suspected cause of a house fire Tuesday morning at 279 Paystreak Drive off the Old Steese Highway. The fire erupted when the ta... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks man has been accused of putting his hand down the pants of a woman at a dance Friday night at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Wood Center. Marcos Efrain Camacho, 20, of ... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks man has been accused of pointing a gun at others while acting suicidal earlier this month. Robert A. Lafrance, 72, was arrested and charged with third degree-assault after a... ...

FAIRBANKS — The deposition list in former U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller's legal action against the Fairbanks North Star Borough has an intriguing name scheduled for Thursday — former state repre... ...

FAIRBANKS — This year's Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race will be a learning experience for rookies Joar Leifseth Ulsom, Nikolay Ettyne and Michael Telpin in more ways than one. The three are... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks woman is facing felony charges for allegedly leaving two young children in a vehicle Friday morning in temperatures far below zero. At 7:26 a.m., Alaska State Troopers respo... ...

FAIRBANKS — Educators from Fairbanks and across Alaska on Monday urged state lawmakers to make a modest bump in education funding to stave off teacher layoffs. The Senate Education Committee heard... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 31, 2002 — Reforming the ways of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska is on Rep. Don Young's short list of to-do items this year. Young said the agency hasn't been listeni... ...

FAIRBANKS - A man robbed the AlaskaUSA Federal Credit Union branch in Fred Meyer West this afternoon, according to Fairbanks Police Chief Laren Zager. The man walked into the branch about 1:30 p.... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 30, 2002 — Two students have been suspended from Juneau-Douglas High School for participating in the display of a banner reading “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” as the Olympic torch passed th... ...

FAIRBANKS — Vehicle owners in the Fairbanks North Star Borough soon may find themselves paying a new tax. An ordinance introduced by Borough Assemblymembers Nadine Winters and Matt Want would allow... ...

FAIRBANKS — Don Harpole's clients are military veterans who come to the Fairbanks Rescue Mission in need of shelter and sometimes help with addictions and heath problems. His goal is to have them l... ...

FAIRBANKS — A fire razed a home Saturday night in the North Pole area during some of the coldest, foggiest conditions seen thus far this winter. The fire was reported about 8 p.m. and firefighters... ...

FAIRBANKS — For decades, the people who oversaw Fairbanks Memorial Hospital shared a comforting thought about the building — even if a powerful earthquake struck, they were confident it would remai... ...

FAIRBANKS — It wasn't the mushers, or even the dogs, who had objections to almost 50 below zero temperatures on Saturday. It was their trucks. Even veteran racer and four-time champion Lance Mackey... ...

FAIRBANKS — In August, weeks before the weather turned cold, a surge of homeless people started arriving at the Fairbanks Rescue Mission. The 60 beds in the emergency shelter section for men soon f... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 29, 2002 — Fairbanks could gain workers under Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.'s yet-to-be-detailed layoff plan. On the other hand, Fairbanks could lose positions to Anchorage, said B... ...

JUNEAU — Both the Senate and the House passed their first bills of the 2012 legislative session Friday. A measure that would create an advisory board to oversee community and public transportation ... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Nenana man has been convicted of selling smoked chum salmon strips as king salmon strips, a violation of the Lacey Act. A jury convicted Willis Scott Maxon, 52, on Friday following a ... ...

FAIRBANKS — Matt Atkinson and a handful of other employees of Air Arctic acted as a bucket brigade, scooping up dozens of frozen 2012 Yukon Quest food drop bags and loading them on a plane bound fo... ...

FAIRBANKS — Coming soon to televisions across the state: a public service announcement made by North Pole High School students in Matthew Bierer's digital cinema production class. A team of seven s... ...

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks police apparently were dogged in their pursuit of a burgled beagle that went missing Monday from the Fairbanks North Star Borough Animal Shelter. Staff noticed Freddie the be... ...

FAIRBANKS — Lawmakers are developing a way to restore a guaranteed monthly pension for state employees that won't cost the state more money, according to financial experts who testified in Juneau o... ...

FAIRBANKS — A second theft of thousands of dollars in construction materials was reported Tuesday on the site of the Chief Andrew Isaac Heath Center. Some $3,750 in tools were reported stolen in th... ...

FAIRBANKS — A North Pole area woman is accused of trying to kick down the door and firing a pistol into the air outside her former boyfriend's house Wednesday night. Diana M. Andre, 25, faces misde... ...

FAIRBANKS — Ice Alaska won a victory of sorts Thursday when the borough assembly voted to approve a rezoning request for a portion of the new ice park the organization hopes to open near University... ...

FAIRBANKS — A controversial borough ordinance that would have required soil reports, road inspections and longer warranties for road construction in subdivisions failed Thursday after Assemblyman J... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 27, 2002 — The good times in Alaska began two decades ago. Flush with oil money after the opening of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline in 1977, Alaska abolished its state income tax a... ...

FAIRBANKS — The University of Alaska Museum of the North is the proud owner of a new pipeline pig, which will replace an older model the museum has displayed since 1984. A pig is a device used to c... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Galena man is facing child pornography charges for allegedly videotaping his sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl in Anchorage and showing the video to a friend. Brenden Sweetsir, ... ...

FAIRBANKS — A group of Fairbanks-based tour companies has reached an agreement to purchase Warbelow's Air Ventures, a move the new owners hope will stabilize year-round revenues while complementing... ...

FAIRBANKS — A good thing has been a long time coming for Kathy Robinson. She feels 39 at heart, but the 59-year-old has had to fight for that attitude. Three years ago in Utah, her husband passed a... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 26, 2002 — Normally when Lee Harper looks out his window at this time of year, he is greeted with a sea of white. This winter, there are brown dots bobbing in the sea. The bulk of... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 25, 2002 — One of the world's largest gold deposits has been found at Donlin Creek, a tributary of the Kuskokwim River. NovaGold Resources says its 2001 exploration program uncove... ...

FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in an appeal of a Fairbanks restaurant owner and former Alaska legislator who is challenging his 2009 conviction for felony cocaine p... ...

JUNEAU — While any plan to bring cheap, clean-burning natural gas to the Interior is years away, it won't make a difference unless people have the right appliances to put the fuel to work. On Tues... ...

FAIRBANKS — A power outage that left the Lakeview Terrace mobile home park in the dark for more than four hours Sunday night happened about the same time a fire was consuming one of the mobile home... ...

FAIRBANKS — Ben Grossmann wasn't up at 6 a.m. Tuesday when the 84th annual Academy Award nominations were announced. The former Interior Alaska resident had been up late the night before, caring fo... ...

FAIRBANKS — A resolution granting Mayor Jerry Cleworth the power to offer lower rates for fire protection to areas outside the city limits was approved by the City Council Monday. The council voted... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Sacramento, Calif., man was sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison Friday for his role in a drug ring that was bringing prescription pain pills to Fairbanks. Wilbert Barber, 31, is the fo... ...

FAIRBANKS — A fire in a Lakeview Terrace mobile home smoldered under a pile of snow Sunday night, but the efforts of neighbors fighting the fire with snow shovels kept the blaze from spreading. The... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 24, 2002 — An attempt to piggyback help for the tourism and salmon industries onto an Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lobbying bill failed Wednesday. But several House Republican ... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Fort Wainwright man is accused of threatening an ex-girlfriend with a gun after she would not take him back as her boyfriend. Randon Everette Berg, 25, face three charges of third-deg... ...

FAIRBANKS — It's not just about mixing the ingredients, tossing the dough or applying the fixings. It's about the business model — ordering supplies, marketing the product and selling the pizzas. S... ...

FAIRBANKS - High winds and drifting snow are likely to close the high-elevation portions of the Steese Highway again tonight, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation. Travel is not ad... ...

FAIRBANKS - The head of the Fairbanks Education Association has criticized an unfair labor charge filed last week by the school district and has said the union's negotiators will show up to a sched... ...

FAIRBANKS — A program that paired guidance coaches with struggling students decreased high school dropout rates during the past five years, but the local school district ended the effort last year.... ...

FAIRBANKS — From the top floor of the Sadler's Building downtown, Rick Hinkey oversees hundreds of relationships that produce both educational and emotional results. Hinkey is the new program direc... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks fireman's helmet that went missing almost two months ago has surfaced again thanks to the attentive eye, or rather foot, of a man inspecting abandoned property. The helmet w... ...

FAIRBANKS — Student journalists have launched a searchable database of University of Alaska employee salaries, a move they say is designed to add transparency to campus spending while student tuiti... ...

By JEFF RICHARDSON jrichardson@newsminer.com The rumbling sound of buses in Denali National Park and Preserve could be replaced with the hum of electric engines in the future, depending on how a p... ...

FAIRBANKS — Listen to Alaska politicians for too long and it might sound like throughput in the trans-Alaska pipeline has dwindled to just a trickle of the valuable watery light crude that's grown ... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 22, 2002 — It's official. Fairbanks cross-country skier Aelin Peterson is now a member of the U.S. Olympic team that will compete in the 2002 Winter Olympics next month in Salt La... ...

FAIRBANKS — Mayor Jerry Cleworth wants the city to lower its fees for providing fire protection service to areas outside the city limits and has drafted a resolution which would grant him the power... ...

KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan — On patrol with infantry soldiers, Spc. Valerie Cronkhite carries her weight. At 5 feet 3 inches and 110 pounds, Cronkhite carries at least 110 pounds in gear. Her b... ...

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The following teleconferences are scheduled to be held at the Fairbanks Legislative Information Office, 1292 Sadler Way, Suite 308. For the most current and complete listing of hearings go to www.... ...

FAIRBANKS — With temperatures hovering near 20 below zero, volunteers and officials at the 2012 Yukon Quest food drop were relieved. Nearly every volunteer assisting at the Saturday event was grate... ...

FAIRBANKS — Even people who have been stoking wood stoves for decades can learn something new about how to use firewood, Jessica Guritz figures. Guritz, who organized a comprehensive firewood work... ...

FAIRBANKS — A nasty winter storm in the Pacific Northwest blocked three direct flights between Seattle and Fairbanks on Thursday and Friday, but Alaska Airlines officials said they anticipated back... ...

FAIRBANKS — State lawmakers got an optimistic assessment of the state's oil and gas reserves and the prospects of developing them during the House Resources Committee meeting Friday. Department of ... ...

FAIRBANKS — As the Interior is punished by a cold spell that shows no signs of stopping, tow truck drivers and auto mechanics are struggling to keep up with a constant stream of crippled vehicles. ... ...

FAIRBANKS — Two Arizona men who flew to Fairbanks ahead of a box of methamphetamine and heroin this summer may be spending more time in Alaska than they planned. Both men pleaded guilty to felony d... ...

FAIRBANKS – A Fairbanks woman was sentenced Tuesday to serve one year in jail or a halfway house for burglarizing her ex-husband's home in October, according to court documents. As part of a plea a... ...

FAIRBANKS — Law officers in Florida have described the circumstances of the arrest of a Fairbanks man accused of making plans via the Internet to have sex with a 14-year-old girl. According to a ch... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks man and woman were charged this week with operating a marijuana grow with more than 400 plants north of Fox and a smaller indoor grow in the Aurora neighborhood. Floyd Evere... ...

FAIRBANKS — Three mushers have withdrawn from the 2012 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Rookie Eric Rogers of Eagle River and 2009 champ Sebastian Schnuelle both officially withdrew Thursda... ...

FAIRBANKS — Schools around the Fairbanks district were told by the administration last week that they should expect fewer teacher positions in the coming year. Fewer teachers would equal more stude... ...

FAIRBANKS — More than 200 hunters with perhaps as many opinions were at Pike's Waterfront Lodge Thursday night for a meeting about the antlerless moose hunt in the Fairbanks area. No vote was taken... ...

FAIRBANKS - Residents of North Pole whose wells are contaminated to sulfolane should expect no long-term health effects from casual exposure to the water, according to an evaluation by the Alaska D... ...

FAIRBANKS — All Chad Gerondale wanted to do was keep his family warm when he offered to swap 125 pounds of moose meat for two cords of firewood last week on a Fairbanks radio show. “It's 45 below,”... ...

FAIRBANKS — The Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery is alive and breathing — finally. After a nearly three-year wait because of politics, construction delays and problems with a state-of-the-art water... ...

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks Retired Teachers' Association will award $9,000 in scholarships to seniors graduating from Fairbanks North Star Borough high schools this year. The association will accept app... ...

FAIRBANKS — Five spools of copper were reported stolen from the construction site of the new Chief Andrew Isaac Heath Center Monday morning, according to Fairbanks police. The thief or thieves cut ... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Barrow man is accused of stealing an idling vehicle last week on South Cushman Street. Tommy James Okpeaha, 24, faces charges including felony vehicle theft, felony assault and drivi... ...

FAIRBANKS — The consultants charged with designing a planned major facelift for Cushman and Barnette streets have submitted preliminary recommendations to the steering committee set up to oversee t... ...

FAIRBANKS — Seven of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District's schools were showcased at a School of Choice Fair on Wednesday. The seven schools included four charter schools, the Fairbank... ...

FAIRBANKS - An accident with a moose took three hours to clean up on the Richardson Highway near the first Badger Road exit this morning, causing delays on the highway. Someone driving into a Fairb... ...

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FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks man vacationing in Florida was one of 40 people arrested this week and charged with making plans over the Internet to have sex with children, according to a Florida sheriff'... ...

FAIRBANKS — Teachers and their supporters filled the room at the school board meeting in Fairbanks Tuesday night, urging an end to contract negotiations. The Fairbanks Education Association and the... ...

FAIRBANKS — A week-long trial challenging the proposed redrawing of Alaska's election districts came to a close Tuesday, with rival attorneys offering wildly different perspectives of the redistric... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 18, 2002 — Fairbanks air travelers should see no difference in check-in routines today as Alaska Airlines implements a federally mandated strategy to check all luggage for bombs. ... ...

FAIRBANKS — The wife of Fairbanks musher Lance Mackey is accused of assaulting a household member Monday night at an Anchorage hotel, according to Anchorage police. Tonga (Tonya) Mackey, 42, was ar... ...

FAIRBANKS — A woman from Eielson Air Force Base is accused of leaving two long-haired chihuahuas to die in a Fairbanks motel room, according to Assistant District Attorney Andrew Baldock. Ashley E... ...

FAIRBANKS — Alaska's natural resources have helped it weather the economic storm of the past several years, but the forecast “is not all sunshine and lollipops,” said Jonathan King, one of two expe... ...

FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks man who is accused of illegally trading moose meat for firewood is taking his case to court. Chad Gerondale, 41, has hired well-known Fairbanks attorney Bill Satterberg to... ...

FAIRBANKS - Traffic is restricted on the Parks Highway near Gold Hill today while firefighters continue to work on the scene of a house fire that began burning this morning. The delays could last u... ...

FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks North Star Borough hopes to pursue state funding for a local natural gas distribution network in the months ahead, part of a push for infrastructure that officials view as... ...

FAIRBANKS — Alaska Sen. Mark Begich said he saw signs of progress in Afghanistan after a surprise trip to the country last weekend. It was the second trip to the country for the Democratic senator ... ...

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks schools Superintendent Pete Lewis and Chief Financial Officer Mike Fisher have proposed to cut the potential top pay rates for upper-level district administrators. Lewis will ... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 17, 2002 — Gov. Tony Knowles called on the Legislature to bring back the first state income tax in Alaska since 1979. In his last State of the State address, the outgoing governor... ...

FAIRBANKS — Bid proposals are due this month for the construction of a new maintenance hangar at Fort Wainwright. The new project is known as Phase 3A of Fort Wainwright's aviation complex. It will... ...

FAIRBANKS — There are two basic schools of thought when it comes to antlerless moose hunts. “Some hunters find it unethical to shoot cows and some people are just looking for meat for their freezer... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 16, 2002 — In the past half-century, there have been only a few years that Jim Holt hasn't been a part of Fairbanks schools. That's what makes his next step such a big one. Superi... ...

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks inched closer to the 50-degree-below-zero mark Sunday but still fell two degrees shy. A low temperature of 48 degrees below zero, the coldest of the winter thus far, was recor... ...

FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks International Airport runway was closed for approximately two hours Sunday afternoon after a rotor strike by a helicopter involved in cold weather testing at the airport. ... ...

FAIRBANKS — Good timing and a 911 call helped a North Pole homeowner save his house from fire Sunday. Audie Spencer pulled into the driveway of his two-story home on Dennis Road just after 1 p.m. a... ...

Composer Erik DeLuca is used to going to a place and immersing himself in natural sound. That is his specialty. He discovered that things don't work quite that easily at Denali National Park in Dec... ...

FAIRBANKS — One wouldn't think making ice in Fairbanks during the winter would be a difficult task. Don't tell that to Mark Oldmixon, the man in charge of making ice on the University of Alaska Fai... ...

FAIRBANKS - The Fairbanks International Airport runway was closed for approximately two hours on Sunday afternoon after a rotor strike by a helicopter involved in cold weather testing at the airpor... ...

FAIRBANKS — Being from Florida, Lyndall Soule likes to escape the heat. She came to the right place at the right time. Soule, a 58-year-old veterinarian, arrived in Fairbanks on Jan. 1 to spend the... ...

FAIRBANKS — The money and the political support will exist to expand the number of Village Public Safety Officers to every Alaskan village that wants one by 2019, but it has taken time to find qual... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 15, 2002 — The thud of a gavel Monday launched what is expected to be a tumultuous session of the Alaska Legislature. Fairbanks lawmakers — several of whom had just arrived in Jun... ...

JUNEAU — With just two days before the state legislative session starts, the Interior Delegation is stressing the need to take big steps to lower the cost of energy in the Fairbanks area.  Senators... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks sheep hunter was fined $500 for selling an old Dall sheep taxidermy mount to an undercover Alaska State Trooper on Craigslist. Tim Dingey, 38, appeared in court Friday and p... ...

FAIRBANKS — Communities throughout Alaska will experience a simulated rash of calamities in the month of February, and Fairbanks will be no exception. The city will work with the Fairbanks North S... ...

FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks North Star Borough issued a statement Friday denying its employees played a role in leaking confidential information from the personnel file of U.S. Senate candidate Joe M... ...

FAIRBANKS — Gov. Sean Parnell has named a Fairbanks assistant district attorney to a seat on the Fairbanks District Court. Lifelong Fairbanks resident Ben Seekins will be filling the place on the c... ...

FAIRBANKS — After more than six months of dealing with red tape, Ice Alaska and the Fairbanks North Star Borough say they're close to agreeing on terms of a $1.5 million grant to pay for the new ho... ...

FAIRBANKS — A “ghost train” stopped traffic on the Richardson Highway for about 45 minutes between 12 Mile Village and North Pole Wednesday. At 7:55 p.m., a technical malfunction in a piece of equi... ...

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks Fire Chief Warren Cummings is battling cancer. Cummings, who has been with the department for almost 40 years, continues to work during treatment. The Fairbanks Firefighters A... ...

FAIRBANKS — Just a few days before lawmakers enter a new round of debate about oil taxes, the featured speaker at the Interior Democrats' luncheon on Friday argued the current system is doing just ... ...

FAIRBANKS — In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Joel's Place Season of Service AmeriCorps is hosting a knit-a-thon and clothing drive for the homeless. The goal is to make hats, gloves and scar... ...

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FAIRBANKS — The Borough Assembly approved $800,000 in federal funding for a broad public education campaign aimed at improving air quality in the Fairbanks area during its Thursday night meeting. T... ...

FAIRBANKS — A former intern at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Fairbanks office is accused of stealing more than $15,000 in property and of misusing a credit card. Fairbanks resident Sasha... ...

FAIRBANKS — North Pole Middle School students and families and other community members are invited to participate in a knitting circle at the Ben Franklin Crafts Classroom from 12 to 5 p.m. Monday.... ...

FAIRBANKS — Ryan Middle School students spent some extra time in one of their classes Thursday afternoon, doing a sit-tight exercise to give a parent time to pick up a student who was having a disc... ...

FAIRBANKS — Local lawyers are offering free legal advice in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Rabinowitz Courthouse. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, lawyers will be giving advice on civil f... ...

FAIRBANKS - A Fairbanks judge lowered the bail and approved a third-party custodian arrangement this morning for a former youth hockey coach accused of sexually abusing one of her athletes in 2004... ...

FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks Rescue Mission may be experiencing a bed bug infestation for the second time in less than a month and has instituted precautionary cleaning measures, according to Executiv... ...

FAIRBANKS — The University of Alaska Museum of the North received a big gift just in time for Christmas. Four crates containing about a thousand pounds of rocks and bones arrived at the museum on D... ...

FAIRBANKS — Two fires erupted in the same South Fairbanks apartment complex Tuesday. The first fire began in a utility shaft and displaced about 28 people in about 15 apartments, according to the F... ...

FAIRBANKS — While a natural gas pipeline to the Interior is still many complicated years off, on Wednesday Sen. Joe Thomas, D-Fairbanks, introduced two bills aimed at Fairbanks' energy problems in ... ...

FAIRBANKS — A woman was declared dead at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital after being injured in a motor vehicle collision Monday afternoon at the intersection of Davis and Peger roads, according to Fai... ...

10 YEARS AGO Jan. 12, 2002 — Someone is playing a joke on court systems by emailing bogus jury notices telling people they have to report for duty in February. Three people contacted the Fairbanks ... ...

FAIRBANKS - A fire broke out and was confined to a garage of a North Pole area home Tuesday afternoon while crews were responding to an apartment fire in South Fairbanks. At 4:46 p.m., firefighte... ...

FAIRBANKS - An accident this morning on Fort Wainwright near the main gate is backing up traffic, according to the military. A 9 a.m. news release from the post said the accident occurred on Gaffne... ...

FAIRBANKS — Camera-equipped drones flew over Nome this week to help a Russian fuel tanker, the Renda, get a perspective on the sea ice near the town's harbor. The Renda is sailing to Nome to delive... ...

FAIRBANKS — An expert on redistricting pointed out flaws in the state's plan to redraw election district lines but said the plan passes a “by the numbers” test to meet federal requirements. Theodo... ...

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks and Interior Alaska continue to play a vital role in defense of the United States against ballistic missile attack, and the military is committed to staying here for the long ... ...

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks hockey referee and former youth coach pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of having sexual relations with an underage player she coached in 2004. Tara Leighton, 29, who p... ...