Husky Homestead had its best season ever last year, with more than 21,000 customers. This season, that number fell to just over a thousand — a drop-off of some 95%.
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Increasing COVID-19 cases push Fairbanks school district into red zone
State red zone guidelines include distance learning and cancellation of all in-person school activities.
Denali National Park plans to expand fall and spring park access
The plan also includes ski trail grooming near the park entrance and snowshoe and mushing access upgrades at Mountain Vista.
Trailing by 14 votes, Coghill asks for recount
By law, the state will pay for a recount if the difference between candidates is 20 votes or fewer — or less than 0.5% of the total votes cast.
Longtime state Senator John Coghill loses Republican primary
The Alaska Division of Elections said the unofficial results include all ballots, including absentees.
2 dead in plane collision over Fairbanks
Two others survived the crash with serious injuries.
A 500-mile hiking trail across Alaska? Advocates say the pandemic is a perfect time to start
The Alaska Long Trai would connect Seward to Fairbanks along 500 miles of existing and yet-to-be-built hiking trails.
2 primary races flip, but several incumbent Republicans now face steeper odds
Current vote counts are unofficial, but Senate President Cathy Giessel and the five trailing House incumbents would need dramatic changes in the remaining votes to win.
Sitting Alaska Republican lawmakers face reckoning from voters in primary
Across Southcentral and Interior Alaska, challengers who generally had raised less campaign cash than the incumbents were at least holding their own.
Nearly 150 layoffs coming to Anchorage and Fairbanks airports in October
Starbucks, Humpy’s Great Alaskan Alehouse, Norton Sound Seafood House and Alaska Doghaus are among the restaurants losing employees at the Anchorage airport.