There are lots of options being considered, and the Borough Assembly is expected to talk about them Saturday.
The resolution cites traffic fatality statistics — some years the state has reportedly seen more fatalities from snowmachines on roadways than from conventional vehicles — and calls for more review.
The bill states that “unless authorized by federal law,” an employer may not require an employee or job applicant to undergo or show proof of a Covid vaccine “as a condition of employment.”
The project is on schedule to be complete at the end of this construction season, or specifically on Oct. 31, DOT project engineer Jacob Helton said.
GVEA has been doing the homeowner education series for years, though it was canceled in 2020 and moved to a virtual format this year, said Jamie Hansen from Solarize Fairbanks.
Five things in Alaska politics that you need to know this week.
More aspen and birch are coming in – that can slow fires and their climate impact
On Wednesday alone, 194 Alaskans contracted the virus, 12 of them in Fairbanks, four in North Pole and one in Delta Junction.
HEALY — Punctuation in street names, duplicate street names and suffixes - like street, avenue, road or court - were the prime concerns in comments during three nights of virtual public hearings on naming streets in the Denali Borough last week.
Summer Sessions is back to opening 45 in-person day camps on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, for children who live in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The half-day camps run for one week, three hours per day.
The air pollution monitor in Fairbanks on A Street in Hamilton Acres also showed an increase in particulate pollution last year compared with 2019, according to the report published Tuesday by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
A local nonprofit organization, Bridge, received for the second year in a row a $75,000 grant for the Encampment Outreach Program that coordinates service deliveries to people living in encampments around Fairbanks.
The dean of the House says it's time for a 51st state.
The decision came from AIH's parent company, Bering Straits Native Corporation, in part because of the toll Covid is taking on Native communities.
Hunter Elementary School, which was evacuated last week, remains closed.
Sports
The first event was the 200-yard freestyle relay in which Oda Bygdnes, Shannon McCallum, Lainey Lioi and Whitney McArthur represented UAF. That group finished in 6th place with a time of 1:40.83.
Letters to the Editor
One of my late brother’s hobbies during recent years was to buy unusual news photographs made available when newspapers put their collections of old shots up for sale.
All your classic faves are there when these singers hit the stage Sunday night.
Outdoors
According to Balser, repair work will include smoothing out the ruts, redirecting water, adding drainages and installing a boardwalk to elevate hikers over the wet tundra.
A team of Ice Classic workers process each ticket by hand. The tickets are sorted, checked, rechecked, recorded and checked again. So when the ice moves on the Tanana River and the tripod falls, the winning ticket can be located immediately. Read more
