The assembly removed a project spending $500,000 on highway welcome signs and added a $1.5 million proposal for portable ice at the Carlson Center.

The body of Peter Horace-Wright, 24, was found when troopers responded a report of a shooting at the site shortly after 5 a.m. Nov. 14.

Clara, the Mouse King, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Nutcracker — they're all back and ready for the stage at Hering Auditorium.

The city of North Pole is now taking bids for the construction of the Moose Creek Water Expansion, a project intended to address the issue of wells contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.

Fairbanks also saw more snow and rainfall than usual, with a total precipitation of 1.83 inches, compared to the November normal of 0.67, and a total snowfall of 23.7 inches, compared to a normal of 13.2 inches.

“The board is still aggressively pursuing other means to reduce costs and increase efficiency, including consolidation of administrative functions across the system, clarification of roles and responsibilities between the BOR and the universities, and expedited academic program reviews at each of our universities in preparation for BOR decisions regarding program reduction, consolidation, and elimination,” the letter reads.

The return to Fairbanks of a man previously charged with sexually and physically assaulting a woman while holding her captive at a remote Interior Alaska cabin for five weeks has caused an uproar on local social media.

Six days after receiving the last insurance check, Hannah drove his newly restored car into the back of a city bus.

The projects are big and small, with proposals for new roofs, new restrooms, new park pavilions and new buildings, such as a $17 million animal shelter.

“What we do right now is we try to improve people’s lives through law and the legal system and the laws we put into place through the structure of government, but maybe I want to learn how to improve people’s lives in terms of health, not in terms of the legal system but in terms of genetics or science,” he said. 

“So, we’ve had our blue blocks probably about five years now,” said Kalena Wright, membership and facilities coordinator with the museum. “We decided that it was time to get new blue blocks.”

The storm began on Tuesday and caused flights into Bettles to be canceled until Friday. A weather observer reported 30 inches had fallen as of Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

“I think the EPA is very, very focused on all the research,” Sullivan said. “They’re trying to get their arms around it. It’s a very significant problem — it’s a huge problem. Three years ago nobody was even talking about this. It went from not being talked about to being a huge area of focus, which I think is actually a positive.”

According to city Communications Director Teal Soden, the drones have mostly been used to reconstruct accident scenes. “It is a huge benefit in that it saves time and resources in the event that a serious traffic incident needs to be investigated,” she wrote.

The average age of a child who experiences homelessness is 5 years old. Homelessness overall is increasing.

In the era of Cyber Monday and near-instantaneous shipping, sometimes people can forget the impact they can have by shopping closer to home.

The man attempted to hide the truck in his yard by covering it with other items, according to troopers.

“Hammered it and shot up the other side far as I could. Still buried the machine a little. At least it was a nice day to shovel," Troy Williams of Cantwell wrote on his Facebook page.