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February 20, 2018
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Fairbanks-based Binkley Company, which took over ownership of the Anchorage Daily News last year, is buying three ... the ownership change for the weeklies 'Alaska Journal of Commerce' and 'Chugiak-Eagle River Star', as well as the monthly 'Alaskan Equipment Trader'.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 20, 2018
FAIRBANKS — Having been known as being directly involved in the efforts to bring World Ice Art Championships to our community, a number of people have asked me about the recent events with the organization. I have intentionally not been directly involved this year. However, here is my presentÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 20, 2018
FAIRBANKS - A winter storm moving east from the Bering Sea is expected to bring strong winds and heavy snow to Interior Alaska, starting Wednesday and continuing through Friday, according to a special weather statement issued this morning by the National Weather Service. A winter weather advisoryÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 20, 2018
FAIRBANKS - The Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that would authorize the commercial farming of hemp in Alaska. Senate Bill 6, which was carried through the House by Rep. Harriet Drummond, D-Anchorage, was unanimously passed through the Senate last April. The MondayÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 20, 2018
Heart disease runs in Robinson's family. Both of her parents had cardiac problems. In 2014, the year that Robinson had her heart attack, 782 Alaskans died of heart disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was the No. 2 cause of death in Alaska, and the No. 1 cause ofÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 20, 2018
FAIRBANKS — Alaska State Troopers arrested a trio of suspects from Southcentral Alaska on Monday for allegedly breaking into mailboxes and vehicles on Fairbanks' west side. At 3:43 a.m., someone called to report suspicious people checking mailboxes around Loftus Road, a troopers news releaseÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 18, 2018
FAIRBANKS — When Josy Herman opened her food truck, Tacos al Pastor, it was a way of bringing an important part of her culture to her adopted home ... “I opened his email and thought; divorced, Alaska, no way. ... Becoming Alaskan is an ongoing series documenting the lives of immigrants in Fairbanks.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 12, 2018
The University of Alaska Board of Regents in November approved a budget that asks the Legislature for $341.4 million for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. It's the same amount that the regents sought for the current fiscal year to counter some of the effects of years of reductions, only to watch as theÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 12, 2018
State of Alaska Department of Transportation engineering technician Brandy Milles poses in an office Tuesday morning, February 6, 2018. Milles, who has been instrumental in building DOT's UAV program and was named the 2017 Northern Region Employee of the Year, is the Spotlight for the week.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 11, 2018
FAIRBANKS — It's been 25 years since the Alaska Legislature began allowing state law enforcement to conduct wiretaps on the condition that the state publish annual reports of such activity. However, the Alaska Department of Law has, until recently, published zero reports. During the past week and half,ÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 11, 2018
FAIRBANKS — The 1967 centennial celebration of the United States' purchase of Alaska from Russia was a year-long event in Alaska. An Alaska Purchase Centennial Commission was established in 1963 to coordinate centennial events across Alaska, and 18 communities set up their own committees.
Alaska Public Radio Network
February 10, 2018
There are five Alaskans on the women's cross-country ski team competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Pacific University). The 2018 Winter Olympics begin in PyeongChang, South Korea on Friday and there are a record number of Alaskan athletesÃÂ ...
KTUU.com
February 9, 2018
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU) - A Fairbanks man pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the crime of sexually abusing a toddler. Previous reports from the Alaska State Troopers say that the man admitted the abuse to the toddler's mother. Damon Brooks, 23, appeared in a superior court arraignment for felonyÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 9, 2018
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks jury heard opening arguments and witness testimony Thursday in the trial of Patrick Dale Burton-Hill, the San Francisco man ... the men and repeatedly called them the “N” word, and had accused the Rock N Rodeo bouncers of throwing him out because he was Alaska Native.
KTOO
January 30, 2018
The National Weather Service says that moon watchers in Anchorage will see partial cloud cover, with clouds lessening in the Palmer-Wasilla area. Nome to Fairbanks in the Interior will have clear skies. The prospects of seeing the eclipse aren't great in Juneau and Southeast Alaska, meteorologist BrianÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 30, 2018
FAIRBANKS - School bus routes will be at full strength on Monday, the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has announced. That means some children will have a new time that they catch the bus and a new bus number starting Monday. A school bus driver shortage caused the district to reduceÃÂ ...
KTUU.com
January 30, 2018
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU) - A Fairbanks teen is charged as an adult for attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a teen mother in the neck while he was high on mushrooms. Fairbanks police say 17-year-old Travis Heard was under the influence of psilocybin mushrooms Friday evening when heÃÂ ...
KTUU.com
January 30, 2018
At 1 p.m., the Fairbanks Police Department issued a statement including just two words: "suspect detained." FPD spokesperson Yumi McCulloch said that the schools have been released from lockdown, and they are not looking for anyone else. The suspect has not been identified. McCulloch said that moreÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 27, 2018
To the editor: Ice Alaska has been the topic of negative news in recent months. Many of our members and others in the community have expressed their concern regarding the viability of this organization, as well as questions regarding the past actions of the previous board. This current board is aware ofÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 23, 2018
FAIRBANKS - A spokesman for the company that owns the building where Sam's Club is closing down said Tuesday that they have a letter of intent to rent the space to the warehouse club Costco. A lease agreement for the space at 48 College Road is pending, according to Robert Lange, vice president ofÃÂ ...
KTUU.com
January 22, 2018
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU) - Costco is one step closer to opening a warehouse in Fairbanks, according to the Fairbanks North Star Borough Administration. This comes after Sam's Club announced its exit in three statewide locations – two in Anchorage and one in Fairbanks. On Monday, Mayor Karl W.
webcenter11
January 20, 2018
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Project Homeless Connect is a nationally recognized event that helps struggling individuals overcome barriers to housing, employment, and ... Several Fairbanks businesses and organizations are providing services such as haircuts, state ID's, dental exams, hygiene kits, and prizes.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 18, 2018
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks Drama Association and The Looking Glass Group Theatre are asking Alaska residents to send their best 10-minute plays to be considered for the Annual 8X10 Festival of New Alaskan Plays. Eight 10-minute plays will be given staged readings at the festival, April 27 and 28 atÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 18, 2018
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation wants to measure the effects of the Fairbanks Sam's Club closure with a pair of surveys. In addition to the about 150 jobs that will be lost immediately with the closure, the loss of the warehouse store is expected to cause ripple effects forÃÂ ...
The Weather Channel
January 18, 2018
In this case, this temperature difference caused light rays from the hills and mountains near Fairbanks to bend, or refract, as they approach an observer looking from the city. As a result, the mountains appear both higher and closer to the observer than they really are. A Fata Morgana is a combination ofÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 15, 2018
“I just decided that the place I needed to be was in Alaska. I really loved it. I always knew Arizona wasn't going to be permanent, just temporary. Fairbanks had always felt really good to me,” Komar said. Not long after returning to Fairbanks, Komar reconnected with LaPlant, an old friend she'd worked with atÃÂ ...
Seattle Times
January 15, 2018
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Sam's Club has announced that it will close its three Alaska stores on Jan. 26 at the latest. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that hundreds of people visited the Fairbanks warehouse on Friday for a liquidation sale that symbolizes a shift in suppliers for many businesses.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 13, 2018
Co-owner Joe Taylor shows a ring set with an Alaskan rutilated quartz gemstone displaying the long needle-like inclusions of titanium dioxide at Taylor's Gold-N-Stones in the Teddy Bear .... The pair even took mountain climbing classes at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to access mountains more safely.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 13, 2018
The Fairbanks store is one of 63 that Sam's Club is closing, about 10 percent of its total number of stores. Sam's Club operates three stores in Alaska — one in Fairbanks and two in Anchorage. All three are slated for closure. With the announced shutdown, the store agreed to refund annual membership feesÃÂ ...
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January 13, 2018
Costco CEO addresses Fairbanks store rumors. Error loading player: No playable sources found. By Tom Hewitt |. Posted: Fri 11:07 PM, Jan 12, 2018. FAIRBANKS, Alaska - With Sam's Club departing, rumors that another wholesaler might arrive to fill the void have been swirling in Fairbanks. Most have centered aroundÃÂ ...
Alaska Dispatch News
January 12, 2018
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Sam's Club's parent company, said Thursday that it will close 63 Sam's Club locations across the U.S. The fallout in Alaska — where, outside Anchorage, exorbitant costs for food and other goods are the norm — is expected to be especially pronounced. In Fairbanks and rural parts ofÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 12, 2018
FAIRBANKS—Sam's Club will close its Fairbanks store and its two other Alaska stores on Jan. 26, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday morning. The warehouse stores were closed for the day so that employees could be informed of the shutdown. Media outlets in several states were reportingÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 2, 2018
FAIRBANKS — December 2017 was the second warmest final month of the year on record for Fairbanks and the warmest in 104 years, according to Rick Thoman, Alaska climate science and services manager with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. “This was the warmest December sinceÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 2, 2018
1 at 9:38 a.m., earning her the distinction of being the first baby born in Fairbanks in 2018. “When the fireworks were blowing off, I kind of felt contractions,” said Amy Titus, the baby's mother, who watched the annual New Year's Eve fireworks display at the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Sunday. “I knewÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 2, 2018
FAIRBANKS - A Alaska man is missing after six people fell through the ice on the Kuskokwim River near Bethel about 10 p.m. Sunday. The group fell through a hole in the ice near the confluence of the Kuskokwim and Gweek rivers, according to a news release from Alaska State Troopers. Five people wereÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 2, 2018
FAIRBANKS — December 2017 was the second warmest final month of the year on record for Fairbanks and the warmest in 104 years, according to Rick Thoman, Alaska climate science and services manager with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. “This was the warmest December sinceÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 2, 2018
FAIRBANKS - A 30-year-old Wasilla woman died in a snowmachine accident east of Delta Junction shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve, according to Alaska State Troopers. Breanna Klann was operating a snowmachine near a cabin when she lost control and struck a tree, according to a trooperÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 31, 2017
The company is closing Kendall Mazda of Fairbanks on South Cushman and moving some operations to Kendall Toyota of Fairbanks' location near the Johansen Expressway, said Grant Olson, area general manager for Kendall Auto Alaska. Customers no longer will be able to purchase new MazdaÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 31, 2017
An increase in law enforcement personnel across the board could stymie the flow of drugs and their use in Alaska. History shows that Alaskans have failed often, but the state has always progressed because Alaskans don't give up. It will take a lot of work, but Fairbanks and Alaska can certainly be better aÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 31, 2017
FAIRBANKS — Photographs are moments frozen in time. Moments of joy, sorrow, anger and pride. They are the moments that make memories, the moments people remember as they reflect back upon their lives. It has been an honor to spend the last 19 years of my life documenting these moments, yourÃÂ ...
Travel+Leisure
December 29, 2017
Temperatures may be below freezing and the snow may be piled up outside, but there is perhaps nowhere better to be this winter than Fairbanks, Alaska. Sure, we know what you're thinking: Wouldn't somewhere warm and tropical be better in the cold winter months? And yeah, that vacation choice has itsÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 29, 2017
FAIRBANKS — Richard Forman, a Harvard professor of landscape ecology, once visited a mangrove swamp in the Florida Everglades that he described as the most remote place in the eastern U.S. The swamp was 17 miles from any road. What's the most remote spot in Alaska? Dorte Dissing once tackledÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 24, 2017
An inversion keeps ice fog on the ground across Fairbanks on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. A strong ... 24, 2017, created a 45-degree temperature swing from the valley floor to the hilltops around Fairbanks. ... This extreme inversion is caused by strong high pressure over Alaska's eastern Interior region.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 18, 2017
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Interior Alaska, including Fairbanks and North Pole beginning Tuesday at noon. The storm could drop 4 to 7 inches of snow, reducing visibility at times. Heavy snow is also expected to fall the length of the Parks Highway to Willow.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 31, 1999
The situation was worsened on Wednesday when the intertie bringing power from Anchorage to Fairbanks failed. GVEA gets about 20 percent of its daily power from Anchorage sources. "Therefore, we're in the process of bringing up our own generation plants," an 11:40 a.m. notice on GVEA's FacebookÃÂ ...
KTUU.com
December 31, 1999
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU) - Almost two dozen vehicles crashed into one another, blocking the westbound lanes of the Johansen Expressway early Tuesday afternoon. According to Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks, approximately 23 vehicles created a jumbled mess, with one vehicle hitting the next inÃÂ ...
Alaska Public Radio Network
December 31, 1999
Fairbanks North Star Borough officials announced Monday that senior Costco representatives have entered into an agreement with the borough to occupy the 161,000-square-foot warehouse store building off ... Sam's Club is scheduled to close its Alaska stores Friday as part of nationwide restructuring.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 31, 1999
Roads are icy after a series of rain and snow storms over the past week in Fairbanks. Alaska State Troopers received multiple calls about the pileup and immediately requested assistance from Fairbanks police, the University Fire Department and Fairbanks Fire Department, according to trooper Lt. LonnieÃÂ ...
KTUU.com
December 31, 1999
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that hundreds of people visited the Fairbanks warehouse on Friday for a liquidation sale that symbolizes a shift in suppliers for many businesses. The Sam's Club is the largest bulk wholesale store within 350 miles (563 kilometers). It is one of 63 that Sam's Club isÃÂ ...
CBS News
December 31, 1999
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA — Sam's Club announced that it will close its three Alaska stores by Jan. 26. In response, hundreds of people visited the Fairbanks warehouse on Friday for a liquidation sale that symbolized a shift in suppliers for many businesses, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported .
