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The Biden administration recommended rejecting permits for a 211-mile gravel industrial haul road to the Ambler Mining District on Friday, citing extensive environmental concerns and overwhelming public objection by environmental ...

A chunk of Alaska Railroad-owned land could change hands under a proposed bill sponsored by the House Transportation Committee. The bill, led by Rep. Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake), would authorize ...

The Environmental Protection Agency recently rolled out its first-ever limits on levels of "forever chemicals" found in drinking water sources.

A North Pole man pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with a fatal armed robbery outside Taco Bell in 2022.

A Fairbanks man pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually abusing a minor in 2012.

A North Pole man accused of fatally colliding with a motorcyclist took the stand Thursday, maintaining that while he was negligent, he was not criminally negligent.

The North Pole Fire Department will launch its first apprenticeship program this summer for qualifying applicants of graduating high school seniors to cultivate local interest in the profession, according to ...

A Fairbanks nonprofit housing organization received $1 million in U.S. Housing and Urban Development funding to help rehabilitate rental units in the borough.

The resolution would allow the borough to spend economic development money inside city limits without running into red tape, effectively treating it as an areawide power.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Board of Education heard annual reports from each of the school district's charter schools Tuesday evening.