Fairbanks News

Jerry Evans and Glen Anderson clown around Wednesday at McCafferty's coffee house.

Sam Harrel/News-Miner The Fairbanks Drama Association's production of "A Date with History" at the Riverfront Theatre.

A date has been set for the Alaska Supreme Court to hear the appeals in a lawsuit over the state's election district lines.

Allen Moore of Two Rivers won a three-man duel with Lance Mackey and Hugh Neff late Wednesday to become the first musher to reach the halfway point of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.If Moore goes on to finish the race, he'll pocket four ounces of placer gold as a reward for leading the way into Dawson, Yukon.

Wintertime visitors to Denali National Park and Preserve may be able to drive 12 miles into the park starting next winter.

Give yourself a pat on the back with that frostbitten hand of yours. We made it.

Editorial The proposed transfer of F-16 jets from Eielson Air Force Base to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is a matter of grave concern to Interior Alaska.

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival has begun registration for its Winter Gospel Choir, featuring visiting director Bobby Lewis and pianist Eustace Johnson.

Both parties in a lawsuit about Alaska's plan to redraw House election district lines announced plans Tuesday to appeal a recent Superior Court Decision to the Supreme Court.

Lance Mackey, back in the race for the first time since capturing his fourth consecutive championship in 2008, grabbed a narrow lead Tuesday in the 1,000-mile sled dog race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, Yukon.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska man accused of attempted extortion told Alaska State Troopers he would shut down government and commercial entities and teach "crackheads" to make devices that could be used against police, unless the state cut a deal for him to receive $85,000 to pay his bills, according to court documents.

The Alaska Redistricting Board plans to appeal a judge's decision that they redraw two House districts.

The state should be hiring a contractor today to help develop a response to the plan to transfer the Air Force fighter jets from Eielson to Elmendorf.

Last week, Fairbanks Rep. Bob Miller announced an ambitious goal of taking a hard look at building a pipeline from Cook Inlet to Fairbanks in order to bring the clean-burning fuel into the Interior years before construction could even begin on an in-state line.

The Air Force issued a white paper last week on how it plans the tricky maneuver of shrinking and reconfiguring its operations with a new focus on Asia and the Pacific.

A North Pole man on Friday tried to extort $85,000 from the state of Alaska by threatening to carry out acts of terrorism against several companies and state institutions, according to Alaska State Troopers.

The aurora borealis streaking across Alaska skies in late January captivated sky watchers who camped out in sub-zero temperatures to photograph the lights, billed as the most active in years.

Updated 10:30 a.m. MILE 101 -Frozen boots weren't enough to dampen race leader Brent Sass' lead coming into checkpoint Mile 101.

Eric Engman/News-Miner Iris Sutton with her daughter Hazel and one of her sled dogs Twiggy at her Goldstream Valley home.

Alaska scientist Davis "Dave" Sentman died in December 2011. The man who named "sprites," colorful discharges that burst upward from thunderclouds, was 66 years old.