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Fairbanks AKLNG rally pushes to 'Build the Line' as lawmakers consider how to tax it
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (922+ words) A Tuesday "Build the Line" rally, organized in part by Alaska Support Industry Alliance, drew a large crowd, including energy officials and a bipartisan group of 10 state legislators, to Golden Heart Waste Management in South Fairbanks. City of Fairbanks Mayor…...
Ice jams and flooding are threatening some Interior Alaska riverside communities
4+ week, 7+ hour ago (219+ words) With spring breakup underway, flood watches are in effect for several riverside communities in Interior Alaska. Healy and Anderson have seen some of the worst impacts so far, according to the National Weather Service. Meteorologist Jason Laney said waters rose…...
Alaska education board approves Fairbanks charter school mired in controversy
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (981+ words) The state board of education on Wednesday granted final approval on an application to start a new charter school in Fairbanks. The move aligns with the state education commissioner, but it overturns a decision made by the local school board,…...
State officials may seek to divide Interior Alaska's air quality nonattainment area into Fairbanks, North Pole sides
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (584+ words) Since 2009, North Pole and Fairbanks have been grouped together in a single so-called "nonattainment area." The boundary encircles the area the EPA deems to exceed the 24-hour ambient air quality standards for particulate matter of 2. 5 microns or less, or PM2. 5. Studies…...
Weather Service: Last winter in Fairbanks was coldest on record
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (468+ words) The National Weather Service in Fairbanks on Tuesday confirmed what pretty much anyone who's spent a few winters in the Interior might've been thinking: this winter was the city's coldest on record. A Fairbanks weather service office news release [issued…...
Fairbanks school board adopts recommended budget with dozens of restored positions
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (431+ words) The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education on Wednesday unanimously adopted a roughly $232 million recommended budget for the 2027 fiscal year. Unlike many other districts in Alaska, which are facing major cuts, Fairbanks schools are on track to…...