UAF Extension hosts workshops on reducing wood-burning air pollution
Burning wood for warmth, power or ... biochar? A series of events around the state seek to inform Alaskans about the many sides of a winter ritual.
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A glacier in Interior Alaska is a testing ground for equipment intended for use in space
Equipment recording seismic signals gets a trial run on Gulkana Glacier, a stand-in for Europa, a moon orbiting Jupiter and potential site of extraterrestrial life.
Fairbanks police arrest suspect in stabbing death
Greg Troy Beasley, 27, was charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence, according to Fairbanks police.
Fairbanks police seek suspect in fatal stabbing
Responders found 47-year-old Guy Mitchell Yazzie with “multiple stab wounds to the heart, torso and legs,” police said.
When the Interior’s beautiful aspens drove an infamous Alaska separatist crazy
A subterranean root system connects what appear to be individual trees on the surface, one of the marvels of aspen trees. Though one Fairbanks contrarian didn't see it that way.
2 more Alaska tribes apply to put land into trust with BIA
Tribal organizations in Ninilchik and Fort Yukon applied with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to put land into trust, adding to other applications pending before the agency.
My Fairbanks-hating friends have it all wrong
Cautionary Tales: Hiking the Granite Tors Trail on a late-summer day, I wanted to shake my fist at every friend who told me Fairbanks wasn't worth visiting.
Seeking clues by slicing 20,000-year-old mammoth tusks
Slicing a 6-foot, 100-pound woolly mammoth tusk lengthwise tends to be a delicate and difficult task for the Alaska scientists at UAF.
2 Anchorage women die in separate rollover crashes on Parks Highway
Alaska State Troopers responded to two fatal rollover crashes on the Parks Highway on Tuesday.
Alaskan who knew more than 200 languages could find the right word
The man who did more than anyone to introduce the world's most successful invented language to English-speaking people lived in Fairbanks for 40 years.
Fairbanks recalls the great flood that changed everything
The USGS estimated damages at $85 million, or more than $700 million in today's dollars.
Man killed in hatchet attack at Fairbanks bar, police say
Police have charged a suspect with murder, saying he started attacking the victim without warning or provocation.
Photos: Soldiers march a marathon in Denali
About 75 Fort Wainwright soldiers marched 26 miles in Denali National Park and Preserve.
Video shows off-duty corrections officer pulling gun on ATV rider in North Pole
The officer has been placed on administrative leave and the incident is under investigation.
Mailboxes destroyed with fireworks on Chena Hot Springs Road in Fairbanks
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspect or suspects who blew up the three mailboxes with fireworks.
Underground Alaska and one of the most dangerous jobs in the world
Thousands of laborers — many of them foreign born — went underground for one of the most difficult and dangerous jobs in the world: mining.
Fairbanks sisters have built robots since they were toddlers. Now they’re competing on a world stage.
Colleen and Katie Johnson, along with Sanjna Ravichandar of New Jersey, make up Team USA for the inaugural FIRST Global Robotics Challenge, whose two days of game play take place Monday and Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
Charges: 2 Fairbanks men raped woman in Washington state
The suspects and victim shared an Uber ride from a bar in Seattle, according to King County prosecutors.
Fairbanks police: Man charged with second-degree murder in girlfriend’s death
The victim lived with her boyfriend, 37-year-old Roberto Leal Jr., and their two children, 7 months and 2 years old, police said.
Troopers: Fairbanks man kayaking on Chena River reported as overdue
Troopers are now asking anyone with information about the whereabouts of the missing kayaker, 36-year-old Sean Murphy, to call.