6+ day, 13+ hour 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…...

1+ week, 4+ 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…...

1+ week, 6+ day 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…...

4+ week, 1+ day 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…...

1+ mon, 1+ day 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…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (713+ words) Dene" Eslaanh performs at Night of the North, the annual fundraiser for the Northern Alaska Environmental Center, held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Wood Center on Friday. Colin A. Warren/Sun Star Northern Alaska Environmental Center"s board treasurer Jeffery…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (809+ words) Shea Siegert, senior manager of external affairs at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, and Kelsey Wallace, president of the Alaska Native Heritage Center, examine a bag of frozen salmon heads on Oct. 30. The bag is part of the collection…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1347+ words) Brittany Smart, the University of Alaska Defense, Community and Research senior advisor,, prevents some information on rental vacancy rates in the Fairbanks North Star Borough during a housing summit at Black Spruce Brewing on Oct. 22. A broad base of data…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1202+ words) Here is the culprit "This F-105 Thunder Chief fighter-bomber, pictured at Eielson Air Force Base, caused the sonic boom heard in Fairbanks yesterday as it cracked the sound barrier. Courtesy of Joan Skilbred Maj. William Ritchie, task force commander on the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (851+ words) Marjie Richards, left, and Sarah McGown, right, hold a sign that reads "Bring Atcharee Home," during a demonstration on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at the corner of Airport Way and Peger Road. Atcharee Buntow, 42, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials…...