Anchorage police Lt. Nancy Reeder has accepted Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly’s offer to serve as the city’s new police chief.
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Fairbanks City Council delays LGBTQ anti-discrimination ordinance after outcry
Speaking in opposition to a proposed LGBTQ anti-discrimination ordinance, former Fairbanks North Star Borough Assemblyman Lance Roberts warned, “You’re going to start a war. You’re going to create conflict in the community that doesn’t have to be there.”
Fairbanks council OKs stipend over contaminated water
The Fairbanks City Council on Monday approved an ordinance that’s intended to help provide drinking water for property owners in an area on the city’s south side who’ve lost the use of their wells because of groundwater contamination. Mayor Jim Matherly said it’s only the first step toward addressing the mounting costs of the contamination problem.