The spin-off Aquagga is pursuing a new technology, and severed ties with a UAF graduate student who co-founded the company.

For some reason, people who recreate in public outdoor spaces are disproportionately white. Folks in the UAF Department of Natural Resources & Environment want to learn more about this by hearing from communities of color.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the two ways snow disappears in the spring.

03-24-23 AM newscast

The US mining company Contango Ore is a 30% partner in the Mahn Choh mine in Tetlin. Contango also has gold prospects in Southcentral Alaska. The company president gave a report about the profitability of the project to business leaders Tuesday in Fairbanks.

03-23-23 AM newscast

The Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division will host its first large-scale training exercise next week on ranges around Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base. That means more than 500 Army vehicles that’ll take part in the exercise will be traveling on the Parks Highway and the northernmost stretch of the Richardson Highway over the next couple of weeks.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education passed a $222,873,000 budget Wednesday night – about 15.3 million dollars less than last year’s spending. The recommendation includes about a $56 million ask from local taxpayers. The budget goes now to the borough assembly for approval.

Fairbanks-based Golden Valley Electric Association is working with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on a plan to shut down one of the state’s last coal-fired power plants. The utility will replace Healy Unit 2 with wind power to reduce the co-op’s reliance on price-volatile fossil fuels, which generate 90 percent of its electricity. The goal is to stabilize and reduce rates that are among the highest in the country.

03-22-23 AM newscast