Alaska regulators will take second look at Usibelli coal gas plan FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has agreed to reconsider its decision to grant an exploration license for coal-bed methane in a roughly 200,000-acre area near Healy. Alask...
Fort Wainwright soldier pleads not guilty to child porn charges FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks man pleaded not guilty to two counts of distributing child pornography in an arraignment in federal court Friday. Joseph Edward Brannock, 22, is in the process of being d...
Wyatt Rifley, 9, transitions his skateboard half way up a quarterpipe adorned with eye-catching graffiti on Friday afternoon, July 30, 2010, at the Ringstad Skate Park. John Wagner/News-Miner
FAIRBANKS — GCI had to refund $42,615.62 to 2,375 customers in the North Pole area after the company learned it had been charging the North Pole city sales tax to residents outside city limits. No...
In a letter to assembly members today, Fairbanksan Toby Osborn asks one of the most critical questions that should be addressed in detail by the borough before the port authority plan to purchase Fairbanks Natural Gas moves ahead. How was the purchase price of $55 million determined? ...
Saturday is non-perishable entry day at the Tanana Valley State Fair. Kathy Dubbs, superintendent of the quilts at the fair, wants "to remind everyone to sew the hook side of Velcro on the top of their full-size quilts so they can be displayed to full advantage on the racks." ...
Ghemm Co. is building two commercial projects on the north side of the Johansen Expressway. One is a new branch for the Spirit of Alaska Credit Union, set to open in 2011. It is across the street from McDonald's. The other project, to the west of the Hampton Inn, is a new...