By Aaron Morrison, Melissa Frey and Gilbert Cordova
With water continuing to overflow the banks and the ice jam remaining in place, the National Weather Service out of Fairbanks has issued a flood warning for the area.
Lisa McEnulty's husband, Kevin McEnulty, was shot and killed by Alaska State Troopers in 2019. Kevin had a mental health crisis and was suicidal at the time. He fired a pistol into the air before law enforcement shot and killed him.
The Fairbanks Memorial Hospital will be enforcing stricter visitation policies to protect staff and patients due to increase in COVID-19 infections in the FNSB.
The days are getting longer and warmer and many Alaskan’s are pulling out their ATVs, side-by-sides and dirt bikes to enjoy the summer, but like everything there are rules involved with recreational vehicles.
Multiple fire departments are currently on the scene of a structure fire located in a building owned by C & R Pipe on Alta Way, near South Cushman Street in Fairbanks.
Clapping was replaced by honking as students lined up in their vehicles for a drive-in commencement followed by a car parade where family and friends cheered on the grads.
The Fairbanks North Star borough is experiencing a spike in COVID cases and has been ranked in the top 10 counties in the U.S. with the highest number of recent COVID cases per capita.
The Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission met to discuss low numbers of King Salmon for the upcoming fishing season and the impact that will have on villages along the river.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough (FNSB) has announced that all of the transfer stations within the borough will intermittently close between April 29 - May 7, 2021 for Spring gravel clean-up.
Over the weekend fans from around Fairbanks returned to the Big Dipper Ice Arena for Ice Dogs hockey. After last season was cut short due to the pandemic, fans were excited to finally be back.
This money would reconstruct the John Weaver Memorial Skatepark to add a variety of features like large bowls, pump tracks, half pipes, and more space. The park will be designed for use in the summer and winter months.
The Fairbanks area will be offering five locations for residents to drop-off unwanted, unused, or expired prescription drugs as part of National Drug Take Back Day.
Certain meal service “flexibilities” – many of which enable social distancing and alternative availability of meals for kids – are now extended through June 30 of next year.
Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson chose Deputy Chief of Police Kenneth McCoy to replace Police Chief Justin Doll while he is on leave before official retirement. The change will go into effect at 8 a.m. Monday.
The Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center is providing a free virtual community talk, celebrating moosehide and other traditional Alaska Native regalia.
National Donate Life Month is observed every year in April to help encourage Americans to register as organ, eye, and tissue donors. As well as to honor the people who have already saved human lives through the gift of organ donation.