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11/25/2025

Troopers said a 78-year-old woman walked away from an assisted living facility on Palo Verde Road Monday morning before she was found dead.

A 78-year-old Fairbanks woman who walked away from an assisted living home Monday was found dead

11/25/2025

A federal grand jury returned an indictment against 22-year-old Mason Lanon, who is charged with one count of unlicensed dealing in fi****ms, one count of distribution of a controlled substance and one count of carrying a machine gun during a drug trafficking crime.

A Fairbanks man has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly trafficking fi****ms, distributing co***ne and possessing a machine gun during a drug crime

11/25/2025

Three murders and a case of attempted murder were reported in Fairbanks within the last week.

Alaska State Troopers, the Alaska Bureau of Investigation, and the Alaska Department of Public Safety gave a press conference Monday morning about four separate cases in Fairbanks.

11/24/2025

“Nutrition Services’ mission is to make sure that every child has the most nutritious meal that they can have because without it, it’s going to impact their learning,” said Amy Rouse, the Director of Nutrition Services with the district.

Total meal debt in the district currently stands at more than $9,000.

11/24/2025

Alaska Airlines said it does not expect any disruption in operation through this holiday week because of a leak in a pipeline in Washington, which is raising concern it could impact jet fuel supplies at Seattle and Portland airports.

11/24/2025

While the business side of the restaurant will remain closed on Thanksgiving, Bobby’s Restaurant is serving free Thanksgiving meals from noon to 4 pm for everybody that has nowhere to go. Guests can expect a turkey dinner with stuffing, mashed potatoes, vegetables, salad and desserts.

Fairbanks restaurant Bobby’s Downtown is preparing to put on a free Thanksgiving meal for those in need in the community.

11/22/2025

Anyone with additional information about this incident is asked to contact Lieutenant Justin Cash at [email protected] or call 907-488-6902.

Palmer man is being charged with terroristic threatening and assault after bringing a gun into the Santa Claus House and threatening a grocery store employee.

11/21/2025

“This is one of the most successful North Slope lease sales we’ve seen in years,” said Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The State of Alaska will receive $17.5 million in cash bonus, $6.6 million more than last year’s cash bonus and the highest amount since the 2018 annual sale.

The Department of Natural Resources says this year’s North Slope regional lease sale was the most successful in over a decade and the seventh-largest sale since the Division of Oil & Gas began areawide lease sales on the Arctic Slope in 1998.

11/21/2025

As of Thursday evening, an aggressive grizzly bear remained on the loose after attacking a group of schoolchildren and teachers on a walking trail in British Columbia, Canada, injuring 11 people, two of them critically.

The attack happened Thursday afternoon in Bella Coola, approximately 435 miles northwest of Vancouver.

11/21/2025

The pilots of the aircraft said they are flying from China to Chile to deliver the plane to its buyer, but were forced to divert to Teller after heavy snowfall kept them from landing in Nome.

A Harbin Y-12 plane with Chinese registration departing from Russia landed in Teller around 6:47 p.m. Wednesday

11/20/2025

Stone Soup Café is open Monday through Friday throughout the year, including all holidays. This year they will serve a breakfast meal on Thanksgiving Day that includes eggs and sausages.

Stone Soup Cafe near downtown Fairbanks is scheduled to serve a breakfast meal for its clients on Thanksgiving Day.

11/20/2025

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has unveiled a new, state-of-the-art structural testing facility, home to the only load frame of its size in the state and the entire Northwest United States.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) has inaugurated a new, state-of-the-art structural testing facility, home to the only load frame of its size in the state and the entire Northwest.