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newsminer.com —  1+ hour, 57+ min ago

...McKenna Smith will be the third North Pole Patriot on coach Brian Scott's UAF roster. North Pole volleyball standout McKenna Smith signed with the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Thursday and, having graduated from high school this month, will enroll in college classes in January.... ...In addition to Kinley Erickson, Smith will be the third Patriot on coach Brian Scott's roster....

mprnews.org —  23+ hour, 15+ min ago

...Michael Fairbanks White Earth tribal chair.Dan Gunderson | MPR News"We're going to do our due diligence here back home with our treaties and our sovereignty," said Tribal Chairman Michael Fairbanks at a meeting to approve the moratorium.... ...Fairbanks pointed to a specific large project he said would threaten to pollute some of those streams.Canoe trails lead into wild rice beds on Lower Rice Lake on Sept. Dan Gunderson | MPR News file"And they flow directly into our Big Rice lake," said Fairbanks....

wfyi.org —  9+ hour, 55+ min ago

...Business Equity for Indy (BEI) will work with 19 small and mid-sized businesses in the Indianapolis area over the next two years. The Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation will fund the project with a $600,000 grant.... ...Business Equity for Indy will publicly track the progress of the workforce pilot on its website. Fairbanks Foundation is among the financial supporters of initiatives based at WFYI....

newsminer.com —  13+ hour, 35+ min ago

...The city of Fairbanks is working on one of the final components leading to the Polaris Building demolition: an agreement with the Alaska State Historic Preservation Office to mitigate the loss of a document.... ...That agreement then needs to go through the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation....

newsminer.com —  13+ hour, 50+ min ago

...Antuiohn Arazo, 25, of Fairbanks, is charged with one felony count of first-degree robbery, one felony count of first-degree burglary, two felony counts of third-degree assault, and one felony count of second-degree theft between the amounts of $750 and $24,999.... ...Trooper Jenny Rongstad told jurors that when she spoke with Arazo on the morning of his arrest, he seemed unsure of why he was under arrest. The defendant testified that Rutherford and "Rock" forced him to return to the poker game at gunpoint....

newsminer.com —  13+ hour, 35+ min ago

...Mariana Low/News-Miner intern. From left, Ethan Brun, Sara Swift Masterman, Thomas Kelly Darcy Misel and Laura Kelly appear in a scene from "The Wickhams:... ...Christmas at Pemberley" at the Hap Ryder Riverfront Theatre. From left, AJ Hartley, Phi Colson, Ethan Brun and Addie Wietgrefe star in this year's Fairbanks Drama Association performance of "The Wickham's Christmas at Pemberley.". Christmas at Pemberley" takes Jane Austen down a level....

marysvillejt.com —  15+ hour, 13+ min ago

...FHS boys hoopsters crush "Burg. Fairbanks senior Dylan Wiedmann (11) gets past Mechanicsburg's Keegan Freeze (left) and Mason Hess (right) for a layup attempt. The FHS forward was credited with one three-pointer in the team's win.... ...Catching fire quickly, Fairbanks held a 10-2 lead after the first quarter. Five points by Ryker Green, two free throws from Holtz Maine and a three-pointer by AJ Landon contributed in the team's initial performance....

ketchikandailynews.com —  1+ day ago

...could lead to projects that allow any household to invest in solar panels to reap their benefits, including low-income residents who can’t afford to install their own rooftop array like many Alaskans are doing.Tom DeLong, board chair for the Golden Valley Electric Association in Fairbanks... ...It’s a hedge against rising rates,” DeLong said.Chugach Electric Association, the largest utility in Alaska, is also beginning to take a new look at the idea of a community solar farm in Anchorage, after the Regulatory Commission of Alaska in 2019 rejected an earlier proposal from the...