Fairbanks schools will be returning to the limited red zone on Tuesday December 1st, barring any more announcements from the governor.
In 2018, 16% of the reported fire fatalities were over 60 while 19% were reported in 2019. The numbers increased to 58% in 2020. The causes of the fires were centered around careless smoking and combustibles too close to a heat source.
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) cautions that the surge in COVID-19 cases has strained the public health response, creating a backlog in case and contact investigations.
These mysterious candidates appear to run for office solely to take votes away from a competitor and make it easier for a third candidate to win.
Former Watergate sleuth Carl Bernstein took to Twitter to list the names of 21 Republican senators who he says have “repeatedly expressed contempt” for Donald Trump and his fitness to be president.
The City of Fairbanks has decided to appeal to the U.S. Supreme court to reverse a ruling allowing the ‘Fairbanks Four’ to sue the City.
Sanford Health’s president and chief executive, Kelby Krabbenhoft, said in an email Wednesday that he believes he’s now immune to the disease for “at least seven months and perhaps years to come” and that he isn’t a threat to transmit it to anyone, so wearing a mask would be merely for show.
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and U.S. Congressman Don Young, filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Alaska Native Corporations fighting to receive CARES act funding.
House Democrats nominated Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday as the speaker to lead them into Joe Biden’s presidency.
Between now and June 2022, state and local governments could be facing a shortfall or $400 billion or more by some estimates.
Forecasters on Friday said the system is racing off to sea from the Carolinas and into the Atlantic Ocean.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami predicted Eta would then move northeast across Florida as it loses strength.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is returning to fully remote learning after Governor Dunleavy issued a COVID Alert.
Pompeo told reporters Tuesday with a grin that the “transition” to a second Trump term would be “smooth,” but later said the State Department was prepared for any eventuality.
A court conservatorship began in 2008 when Britney Spears was having serious mental struggles and an often public meltdown.
Wendy Rittenhouse said neither her son nor the protesters should have been on the street that night and put much of the blame for what happened on police and the governor.
The American-educated Saeb Erekat was involved in nearly every round of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians going back to the landmark Madrid conference in 1991.
At least three top Trump administration or campaign officials have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending an election night watch party in the White House East Room.
“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek died Sunday after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly two years. He was 80.
The strongest earthquake to hit southern New England in decades rattled homes and nerves Sunday morning, but didn’t cause any significant damage, authorities said.
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Golden Valley Electric Association has issued a press release warning customers of the potential for continued power outages, as wet heavy snow continues to fall through-out Alaska’s Interior over the weekend.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized its rules Thursday to allow nearly 2,000 Alaska Native veterans to apply for federal land allotments of up to 160 acres in the state under the 2019 Dingell Act.
The U.S. death toll is already more than 232,000 and the seven-day rolling average for new daily deaths is rising.
Where the House and Senate stand after election night.
An Airman assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing was found dead off base at approximately 9:55 a.m., Nov. 2.
You’re not electing a president. You’re voting for electors who choose the president.
Police locked down the neighborhood around the church and warned the public on Twitter to stay away.
No official cause of death was given. Public reports recently stated Murray had applied for black lung benefits with the U.S. Department of Labor.
The Alaska School Activities Association issued a statement on Tuesday October 20th, saying that it was now requiring all student athletes to wear masks during sporting activities, now a new statement has been issued clarifying the language in the original statement and retracting part of the requirement.
Two new maps showing winter access points and legal off-highway vehicle (OHV) areas on federal public lands aim to help hunters be successful while preserving sensitive environmental areas near the Steese Highway during the upcoming State of Alaska Fortymile caribou hunt that begins Oct. 27.
The Florida-based James Randi Educational Foundation announced its founder died Tuesday at 92
Wednesday morning at approximately 8:35 a.m. Alaska State Troopers were notified that a ‘bait trailer’, placed by AST at mile 305 of the Parks near Nenana, had been taken.
The CDC advises anyone who has been in close contact with a COVID-19 patient to quarantine for two weeks.
According to a statement released by the Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA), the association is updating their policies around student athletes and mask wearing.
The Alaska COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force has submitted is draft vaccination plan to the CDC.
It was announced Tuesday that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and The Conservation Fund acquired 530 acres for the anticipated addition to the Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl State Game Refuge in Fairbanks, Alaska.
A Danish man convicted of torturing and murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine made a dramatic but brief escape from a suburban Copenhagen prison Tuesday, reportedly taking a hostage to break out before police recaptured him.
The earthquake shook 55 miles southeast of Sand Point.
The case will not be argued before the winter and it’s unclear how the outcome of the presidential election would affect the case, if Democrat Joe Biden wins the White House.
Why does our TV station run them? Can we censor them? Do we have to give air time to all candidates?
Austin Quinn-Davidson will serve as acting mayor of Anchorage starting next Friday after Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s resignation.
After grand jury proceedings were allowed to continue in June of this year, the Fairbanks District Court has decided to once again temporarily suspend proceedings due to rising COVID case counts in the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
According to a dispatch from the Alaska State Troopers a suspect is currently on the run near Glennallen after failing-to-yield and attempting to shoot a trooper during a traffic stop.
According to an email from Catholic Schools of Fairbanks that was sent out to Monroe High School volleyball parents, a player on the girls volleyball team has tested positive for COVID-19 and the team has been required to quarantine for 14 days.
The French anti-terrorism prosecutor has opened an investigation into the slaying for murder with a suspected terrorist motive, the prosecutor’s office said.
According to a press release from the Fairbanks Fire Department a house fire was reported early Friday afternoon and upon investigation of the scene a body was found.
A two-day preliminary hearing this week featured testimony by one of the FBI agents who ran the investigation, relying on confidential informants and undercover agents to thwart the purported scheme.
C-SPAN suspended its political editor Steve Scully indefinitely Thursday after he admitted to lying about his Twitter feed being hacked when he was confronted about a questionable exchange with former Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci.
The five days that roiled Alaska’s largest city began Friday morning, when a local reporter allegedly placed a profanity- and racist-laden phone call to Berkowitz.
Three members of Governor Dunleavy’s staff have tested positive for COVID-19.