Park service eyes plan to plow part of Denali Park Road in winter

9 February 2012, 1:29 am

FAIRBANKS - Wintertime visitors to Denali National Park and Preserve may be able to drive 12 miles into the park starting next winter. The National Park Service announced Tuesday it is evaluating t...... Read More »

MaxPoint Interactive Interest Index Tells Advertisers that Miami Residents Are Most Intent on Looking and Acting Their ...

7 February 2012, 6:02 am

MaxPoint Interactive, the company that helps retailers and brands drive local in-store traffic with its innovative Digital Zip™ technology, today issued the results of its monthly indexing study that analyzed billions of data points to determine the U.S.... Read More »

Anchorage skiers take five of six age groups in Besh Cup.

5 February 2012, 1:41 am

Anchorage skiers won five out of six age-group races Saturday in Fairbanks in the fifth Conoco Phillips Besh Cup race of the season.... Read More »

Power goes out in east Fairbanks, taking box stores with it

2 February 2012, 10:04 pm

FAIRBANKS - A power outage dimmed lights early Thursday evening along the Steese Highway from the Johansen Expressway north along Farmers Loop, to Goldstream Road, Fox and the Elliott Highway. Ligh...... Read More »

Freezin’ at the Polar Plunge

29 January 2012, 8:16 am

wonderful picture and for a wonderful cause..........couldn't try it here in Fairbanks, AK, today as it was -50 degrees. BRRRRRRR!... Read More »

NTSB Releases Prelim In Alaska PLZ Helo Accident

29 January 2012, 2:08 am

Helicopter Substantially Damaged, But No One Was Injured Cold weather flight testing on a Polish-registered PZL Swidnik SW-4 helicopter resulted in an accident but fortunately no injuries. The testing proceeded to plan, but developed problems with the controls after the hydraulic system was shut off... Read More »

Proposal may restore public workers’ pensions

27 January 2012, 1:09 am

FAIRBANKS — Lawmakers are developing a way to restore a guaranteed monthly pension for state employees that won’t cost the state more money, according to financial experts who testified in Juneau o...... Read More »

A developing science might be key to extending the trans-Alaska pipeline's life

22 January 2012, 10:54 am

FAIRBANKS — Listen to Alaska politicians for too long and it might sound like throughput in the trans-Alaska pipeline has dwindled to just a trickle of the valuable watery light crude that’s grown ...... Read More »

Legislative Teleconferences — Jan. 22, 2012

22 January 2012, 12:54 am

The following teleconferences are scheduled to be held at the Fairbanks Legislative Information Office, 1292 Sadler Way, Suite 308. For the most current and complete listing of hearings go to www....... Read More »

Fairbanksan offers $1,000 reward for best constitutional letter

21 January 2012, 1:08 am

FAIRBANKS — Once every 10 years in Alaska, the voters have a chance to decide if there should be another constitutional convention. The last time this issue came up was in 2002, when Alaskans rejec...... Read More »

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