“That means so much to us to have the original names come back to the areas that we have lived in forever,” said Tanana Chiefs Conference President Victor Joseph.
Interior
At Arctic summit, climate change is inevitable and irreversible
“It’s not a myth like some people might claim. It’s real. It really affects us up here, big time,” said Steve Ginnis of the Fairbanks Native Association.
Lawmakers eye earnings of rural energy endowment to fund state budget
Some lawmakers are questioning whether the fund, now worth $900 million, should be committed to benefit only about one in nine Alaskans.
Alaska officials court Google’s driverless car industry
Google state legislative affairs representative Ron Barnes wouldn’t commit to bringing autonomous vehicles to the Alaska anytime soon, saying that Google’s engineers determine where the company tests its cars.
Scientists, policymakers converge in Fairbanks for Arctic Science Summit Week
“Good public policy, including good foreign policy, … must be based on facts on the ground, which is to say it must be based in reality,” said Julia Gourley, the United States’ senior Arctic official on the Arctic Council.
As Iditarod teams push through McGrath, rest becomes strategic
Experienced Iditarod mushers know to keep their options open, and set themselves up for a 24 our mandatory rest at more than one checkpoint.
300 miles in, Iditarod mushers must decide when to push, when to rest
“This is getting to be far enough into the race where you’re going to start seeing some people pushing the pace start to fall back a little bit,” said defending Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey.
Sobering center considered as an alternative to prison in Fairbanks
Recent deaths in Alaska prisons have underscored problems with jailing severely intoxicated individuals, pointing to the need for an alternative approach. Bethel operates a sobering center, where care and treatment are the focus, and a similar facility is being explored as an option in Fairbanks.
UAF makes effort to combat failures in sexual assault cases
It’s been more than four months since the University of Alaska Fairbanks announced it failed to follow its own procedures in disciplining students accused of sexual assault. At the time, an independent review of the UA system was ordered.
As first legislative budget cuts emerge, some question rural impact
Reductions include $9.8 million in cuts to education programs, as well as cutting all $2.7 million in state funding for public broadcasting.