UAF has operated HAARP sporadically since taking it over from the military in 2015.
KUAC - Fairbanks
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Fairbanksans organize spring search after string of missing persons cases
A community-wide search for missing people in the Fairbanks area is being planned for later this spring.
‘We’re all in this together’: Tanana Chiefs donates vaccine doses to Eielson Air Force Base
Tanana Chiefs has been vaccinating Fairbanks North Star Borough School District workers since late February. In March, the organization began offering the vaccine to any borough resident age 16 or older.
Denali National Park to allow private vehicles on Park Road again in 2021
Denali had only 60,000 visitors last summer, a tenth of what the park saw pre-pandemic.
Experts question Dunleavy plan to allow snow machine, ATV use on many roads
The Dunleavy administration has proposed making it legal to drive all-terrain vehicles and snow machines on roads with speed limits of 45 mph or less.
Thousands of Alaska businesses apply for second round of Paycheck Protection Plan funds
Alaskans have a little less than a week to apply for the Paycheck Protection Plan, which is designed to keep workers on the payroll instead of unemployment insurance.
Thieves target catalytic converters
Catalytic converters contain precious metals that have spiked in value, and the units can be sold legally and illegally for as much as a thousand dollars.
LISTEN: Small temperature changes on flanks of volcanoes could signal eruptions years in advance
UAF and NASA scientists found slight increases in radiant heat around volcanoes years before they erupted.
Army to remove rubble from demolished nuclear power plant by truck, rail and barge
Waste from the nuclear plant will be trucked from Fort Greely to the Alaska Railroad yard in Fairbanks, where the material will be loaded onto railcars.
Nearly 50 years after it was shut down, Army releases plan to get rid of Alaska’s first and only nuclear power plant
The SM-1A was a field prototype of a medium-sized nuclear reactor the Army was developing during the Cold War for use at remote military installations. It generated 20 megawatts of thermal energy for steam heat and 1.8 megawatts of electricity.