North Pole News

This year's Independence Day activites range from sandcastle building contests to fun runs.

' Floats and fire engines, a menagerie of animals, tractors, classic cars, bagpipers, Cub Scouts and motorcyclists galore paraded through local communities Friday in front of enthusiastic crowds celebrating ...

Cheers: to a sense of humour, which can be a mighty rare thing. Pity the poor reporter in North Pole, Alaska, assigned to write a story about yet another drunk-driving arrest, this time a 20-year-old on a ...

A SUSPECTED drink-driving ride-on lawmower operator has been arrested after a slow speed chase across several North Pole lawns.

Public Safety Report - June 24

Go to the North Pole this summer, and you may need water wings. A leading ice scientist said that thanks to global warming, there's a 50-50 chance the North Pole will be ice-free this summer.

A North Pole man received burns to his arms and face on Thursday night when propane leaked into his cabin and ignited, causing an explosion and fire that burned the cabin to the ground.

An Alaska man has been charged with going for a drunken joyride on a riding lawnmower.

Alaska State Troopers used lights and sirens to apprehend a North Pole accused of leading them on a slow-speed chase that covered several lawns.

Transportation officials in Fairbanks have voted to set aside $2 million to reroute train tracks near the Interior city and North Pole.

An Alaska Railroad locomotive crosses the Richardson Highway near Peridot Street outside of North Pole on Friday morning, June 20, 2008.

PRELIMINARY REVIEW: BP, Conoco beat Palin's pick, TransCanada, to the punch. Published: June 17th, 2008 12:01 AM Last Modified: June 17th, 2008 05:16 PM Oil companies BP and Conoco Phillips have made the first ...

A North Pole woman says she was charged a hotel tax on her Netflix bill. Our sister media outlet, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, is reporting that Netflix-the popular movie rental by mail company-is looking ...

NATIVE CORPORATION: Reported 2007 revenues were $1.77 billion. Published: June 18th, 2008 12:19 AM Last Modified: June 18th, 2008 12:42 AM Arctic Slope Regional Corp.

The tour begins in places cruise-ship passengers never see: the sewage treatment room at the bottom of the hull, the garbage room where crewmen sort paper and plastic amid the unmistakable smell of landfill.

Photo by John Wagner About 800 Fairbanks area residents sent a strong message to legislators from around Alaska that energy prices are out of control - and that they expect the state's leadership to do ...

High costs and low margins have led owners of Alaska's largest oil refinery to seek price breaks from the state, but Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Irwin said he is unwilling to negotiate ...

Veto override of governor's budget cuts unlikely Legislators may not wrap up TransCanada license until mid-July Hearings begin at 10 a.m. today in Juneau Special session on AGIA starts today Lawmakers should ...

Published: June 9th, 2008 12:18 PM Last Modified: June 9th, 2008 12:18 PM An Alaskan who'd never been halibut fishing before is the new leader of the Valdez Halibut Derby.

Their questions were basic, at times tedious, but state lawmakers say they are being diligent in dissecting TransCanada Corp.'s multibillion dollar natural gas pipeline proposal.