Alaska Airlines is expanding and updating infrastructure in the state. Alaska Airlines regional vice president Marilyn Romano outlined plans for the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday.
Interior
Fairbanks International Airport evacuated after bomb threat Wednesday night
The FBI and Fairbanks International Airport police are investigating two bomb threats called-in to the airport Wednesday night. The terminal was evacuated for a little more than an hour, but no bomb was found and no one was injured. Two Alaska Airlines flights were delayed.
Concern for seniors as pioneer homes caught in budget battle
Residents and staff at the Palmer and Juneau Pioneer Homes, the state-run senior-care facilities, have been put on notice that a budget battle in the Alaska legislature is threatening to displace them.
Human Rights Commission appointment draws conservative ire
Conservative lawmakers are raising questions about the appointment of Fairbanks resident Drew Phoenix to the Human Rights Commission.
University of Alaska Regents schedule meeting to discuss Senate’s approved cuts
The University Of Alaska Board Of Regents is holding a special meeting 1-3 p.m. Thursday at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Butrvich Building, to discuss contingency plans in light of State Senate approved budget cuts.
State schedules prescribed burns in Delta bison range to improve forage, habitat
Alaska Division of Forestry personnel will burn off dry vegetation in two areas around the Delta Junction State Bison Range over the next few weeks. The prescribed burns are intended to improve habitat for bison and other species that live on the range.
Alaska man gets 42 years for killing friend’s boyfriend
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A North Pole man charged with breaking into a woman’s home and fatally shooting her boyfriend as she and her daughter hid in a closet has been sentenced to 42 years in prison. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Matthew Burton Davis was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to murder last year.…
Police search for hit-and-run driver who struck 44-year-old
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Fairbanks Police Department is looking for a driver who fled after hitting a 44-year-old woman who was walking alongside a road. Police say the woman was walking north along Kathryn Avenue to College Road at 12:40 p.m. Saturday when she was hit by the vehicle. She suffered life-threatening injuries and…
Rep. Eastman is sole lawmaker to vote against honoring black soldiers
All 19 senators who were present and 39 of the 40 House members voted for Senate Bill 46.
State suspends medical license of former Fairbanks Memorial Hospital chief of staff
The suspended doctor had a breakdown in January, requested a leave of absence from the hospital, then resigned.