Fairbanks News

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is finalizing details on a partnership that would establish a new veterinary medicine program by 2015.

The Alaska Housing Finance Corp. is seeking comments on a plan to ban smoking in more than 600 of its public housing units.

Sixty-seven-year-old Patrick Downey of Turner Valley, Alberta, was sentenced in federal court in Fairbanks.

Resources Corp., is pleased to announce a placer and hard rock diamond drilling program has commenced on the Fish Creek property in the states, "This 2013 exploration placer drilling program is an addition to the lode drilling, which has also commenced to test the intrusive targets." . Mr.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law in favor of their own school improvement plans.

East of Fairbanks the forested plateau of the upper Tanana River seems to roll on forever toward Canada, unbroken except for rounded hills and one place where ridges of the Alaska Range cut north.

A woman who lives on the south side of the Chena called troopers Sunday evening to report she heard a man yelling from the river near The Pump House restaurant, said troopers spokeswoman Beth Ipsen.

State emergency workers are reporting major flooding in the Yukon River village of Circle.

The body of a 52-year-old man has been found at the site of a bridge under construction in Fairbanks.

School district superintendent Pete Lewis ordered the review in March, shortly after employees of the company First Student publicly complained about unsafe conditions.

The calendar says it's spring in Alaska, but with lakes still frozen and snow in the forecast for the Anchorage area this weekend, many residents are saying enough is enough.

Yvonne Daabakk and her husband Kenneth weren't exactly sure how to get their team of 22 sled dogs from Norway to Alaska, but they knew they needed help and that they weren't leaving anyone in the family behind.

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The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Sicily's Pizza is the latest Third Street retailer to change locations in anticipation of a road widening project.

If you're looking to win some major cash for sharing your ground-breaking invention or product, and are able to go to Fairbanks, Alaska to do so, then I've got the contest for you! This has to be one of the most open-ended contests that I've ever reported on, but the University of Alaska Fairbanks is hosting its yearly Arctic Innovation Competition ... (more)

A Northglenn man was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to sending methamphetamine from Colorado to Fairbanks, Alaska.

To watch ice melt, go to http://www.nenanaakiceclassic.com/. The Nenana Ice Classic began in 1917 by bridge builders crossing the Tanana River near Fairbanks, Alaska.

We rarely give thought to all the things that work right. The wheels on the car that don't fall off.

A Colorado man who pleaded guilty to shipping almost $350,000 worth of methamphetamine to Fairbanks has been sentenced to 15 1/2 years in federal prison.

Conveniently located in Fairbanks, Alaska city centre, this hotel features an on-site restaurant and offers rooms with cable TV and HBO film channels.