Fairbanks News

Remaining mostly silent amidst a swirl of controversy, Wednesday afternoon, Fairbanks North Star Borough Assemblyman Terry Aldridge came out with guns blazing against Borough Mayor Jim Whitaker, and other ...2.9

A woman accused of shooting at Alaska State Troopers near Fairbanks has been sentenced to two years in prison.1.6

The National President of the Elks, Louis J. "Jim" Grillo, and his wife Lucia, of Linden, Calif., and other Elks dignitaries flew in Tuesday for a two-day visit.2.7

Alaska's oil supply may be even more crucial to the nation than it normally is. The oil industry says Hurricane Katrina has shut down a significant amount of U.S. crude production, and when that production will ...2.9

The manager says The Food Factory is usually full of soldiers from nearby Fort Wainwright during the lunch hour.2.7

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I can trace the Americanization of my family through beets. I was born shortly after my parents arrived here, and my earliest memory has me sitting on my Lithuania-born father's lap, sharing his salad of boiled ...2.7

The Building Owners and Managers Association offers "Understanding and Utilizing Investment and Finance Basics," presented by national real estate speaker and educator Tom Gille, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Sept.2.7

They don't call it the Golden Heart City for nothing. They don't call it the Golden Heart City for nothing.3.1

Twenty-one-year-old Freddy Walker and 19-year-old Christopher Cox made appearances in state court Tuesday afternoon.1.6

The mayor, businesspeople and social service workers went to a Midtown corner Tuesday to promote a public relations campaign asking people to stop giving money to street and sidewalk beggars and give to helping ...2.7

Candidates for seats on the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly, the borough school board and the Fairbanks and North Pole city councils will be getting asked a good number of questions from now until ...2.7

Environmental groups are planning a rally and citizen lobbying effort in the nation's capital next month to stop Congress from opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.4.7

Galena's hopes for a small nuclear power generator could be threatened by the Air Force decision to end operations in the Yukon River community.2.7

Tremors occurred in the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica and detected by seismometers near Fairbanks, Alaska helped elucidate a decades' long geophysics controversy regarding the Earth's rotation and ...

The Coast Guard says a 59-year-old Fairbanks man was lost at sea in the Valdez Narrows south of Middle Rock.2.7

Because of a family emergency in his hometown, country music star Tracy Byrd canceled his show today at the Alaska State Fair, the fair announced Monday.2.7

Megan Hockin became an aunt and a mother on the same day. So did her sister Sharon Fetzer.2.7

A 33-mile trail cut as a fire break last year and adopted over the winter by mushers and snowmobilers was "rehabilitated" into a nearly impassable path.3.1

The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation recently named Alaska residents who have received scholarships for the 2005-06 academic year.2

Sanford's girlfriend reported he pushed her down, said Sgt. Scott Adams. * Fairbanks police arrested Balossa W. Andrews, 48, of North Pole on a charge of assault on a police officer on Friday.2

Instead of face masks and hockey sticks, members of the University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey team armed themselves with hammers and hard hats to do a good deed.3.1

While a year behind schedule, the expansion and renovation of the University of Alaska Museum of the North is now expected to be completed this fall.2.7

What was expected to be a mediocre crop of fall chum salmon in the Yukon River this year is turning into the largest fall chum season on record.2.7

A new discovery may eventually help older people prevent broken bones. Latest research paints grim outlook for meth addicts Summertime means baby boom for Fairbanks Research suggests women should keep ovaries ...2.9

Thick white smoke poured skyward from the engine of the smashed, bashed and graffiti-covered car, prompting the bearded driver inside to crawl through the window-less door and sit on top.2

While the hunt for Fortymile caribou off the Taylor Highway was shut down a week ago because hunters reached the harvest quota, the Fortymile hunt off the Steese Highway north of Fairbanks continues to poke ...

Fishing Vacation Alaska: Tangle Lakes Outdoor Life, April 1997 Ice-out: time to wrestle with lake trout.2

An aspiring New York model falls in love with a struggling musician when they suddenly cross paths on a subway train.1.3

Striking Northwest Airlines aircraft mechanics picketed the cargo and passenger areas of Ted Stevens International Airport on Wednesday.3.1

The head of the Jesuit ministry in Alaska says the order will conduct its own investigation of allegations the former pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Fairbanks sexually abused minors while serving in ...3.4

The Anchorage district attorney, saying authorities cannot figure out who fired first or who fired the fatal shot, announced Friday no charges would be filed in the death of a 14-year-old gunned down at Dimond ...

The Jayhawk is recognized throughout the nation, but now it has received acclaim for its location on the side of police cars.1.3

Finding a bone marrow match among siblings is about a 20 percent chance, so it was nothing short of a miracle that Chris Wynia was a perfect match for his brother Nick, who is battling with leukemia in Seattle.2.7

State lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday in Fairbanks on the possibility of using natural gas from the Nenana Basin to reduce Interior heating costs.4.1