3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1149+ words) Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy provides an update on his proposed fiscal plan and touts the Alaska LNG natural gas pipeline project at a Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Grier Hopkins stresses…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1064+ words) Explore Fairbanks President/CEO Scott McCrea highlights a promotional video for Fairbanks during the Interior Alaska Tourism Conference at the Westmark Hotel on Wednesday. Explore Fairbanks entered the 2026 tourism season with a "cautiously optimistic" approach, said Scott McCrea, the organization's…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (799+ words) Daniel Ponickly testifies at the Feb. 3 regular school board meeting on the importance of music programs in elementary schools. For the first time in years, the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is discussing potential restorations to their budget instead…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (192+ words) Fairbanks Concert Association presents OkCello'Fairbanks Daily News-Miner The Fairbanks Concert Association presents t a concert of new and reimagined music with solo cellist Okorie "OkCello" Johnson at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, in the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts in Pioneer…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (271+ words) Courtesy Fairbanks Music Summit More than 100 people attended the 2025 Fairbanks Music Summit, sharing expertise and knowledge about the Fairbanks music scene. The 2025 Fairbanks Music Summit was filled with collaboration and sharing of expertise of the local music scene. There was…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (593+ words) The commissioner of Alaska's Department of Family and Community Services has departed that position to take a job with the Trump administration. Kim Kovol has accepted a job with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (78+ words) Alaska Native veteran allotment program'Fairbanks Daily News-Miner "Let's look back at some of our history together." Dusk and Denali from George Parks Highway Memorial Dec. 28, 2025. - New Year's Eve fireworks show at UAF postponed - Flood at Fairbanks Community Food Bank becomes…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (470+ words) Ice fog, a phrase in Russell Tabbert's Dictionary of Alaskan English, is not uttered in many other places because to form it takes a sustained temperature of 35 below zero. As cold temperatures persist in Fairbanks, residents and businesses are facing…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1213+ words) Dan Bigley shared his personal journey of resilience at Fairbanks Resource Agency's annual gala on Dec. 4, 2025. He was permanently blinded during a bear mauling in 2003. Dan Bigley and his wife Amber attended Fairbanks Research Agency annual gala on Dec. 4, 2025, where…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (842+ words) Puppeteer Ma't" Agopian is the only Fairbanks artist to receive a $10,000 individual artist grant from Rasmuson Foundation this year. Fifty artists from around the state are on the list. Ma't" Agopian handcrafted this puppet. Ma't" Agopian makes all her puppets…...