Study offers way forward to meet pediatric care needs
... of centralized care, outreach and decentralized care based on specialty with hubs in Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks. Minnesinger said the study, designed to assess current services, forecast future needs and offer strategies to improve ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:38:10 GMT

National economy brings uncertainty to Alaska loan demand
... boosting its total assets by 3.3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2009 to $2.74 billion. Mt. McKinley Bank of Fairbanks saw the biggest drop in that period, with its loan portfolio declining by 3.9 percent to $126.9 million, and by 11.6 percent ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:38:01 GMT

Fairbanks Borough Assembly gives its approval to plan to truck liquefied gas
The Borough Assembly passed a resolution approving the port authority's plan to purchase Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC and launch a natural gas trucking operation.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:36:50 GMT

ATV rage incident in Fort Yukon might cost man an eye
FAIRBANKS a ' A Fort Yukon man faces a felony assault charge after an apparent road rage incident in the Interior Alaska village where many people get around on its unpaved roads using ATVs and snowmachines.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:36:27 GMT

Fairbanks borough assembly puts brakes on road renovation
The assembly rejected a $900,000 proposal to widen and pave a half-mile stretch of country road on Thursday.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:48:09 GMT

No charges for man who shot grizzly at Denali
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that the North Pole man told authorities he shot the bear after it charged his girlfriend while the two were hiking up Tattler Creek on May 28.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:37:14 GMT

Fairbanks driver charged with assault
Alaska State Troopers say 48-year-old Darryl C. Knutson was charged Wednesday after a crash in west Fairbanks.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:37:09 GMT

Right on target: Archers Club hits its mark
... on the rage is more about recreation and the competition. "It's friendly competition," said Chelsea Roehl, 15, of Fairbanks. "It's a sport itself and it's also good practice for hunting." "It's kind of my pastime after work," said Tom Wortham, of ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:33:50 GMT

Clarion Calls
... and one specific. The general -- The Oilers did not have as many players on the list as the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks and the Mat-Su Miners. Those three teams were the class of the league, all bunched within two games of each other entering ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:33:17 GMT

Troopers arrest suspect in high-speed chase
Alaska State Troopers say they have arrested a 41-year-old Fairbanks man suspected of evading officers earlier this year in a chase that reached speeds of 100 mph.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:46:50 GMT

McCarthy Road bridge damaged
FAIRBANKS a ' A bridge on the McCarthy Road was shut down Wednesday after a vehicle struck some overhead bracing and a truss.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:17:39 GMT

Santa's Seniors celebrate 25th anniversary
... the senior center and a de facto community center. Santa's Seniors boasts about 270 members, drawing people from Fairbanks as well as North Pole. "I think people like the informality here," Santa's Seniors president Hazel Rosendahl said. "It's ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:17:29 GMT

Road trip across 135-mile Denali Highway doesn't disappoint
"Have you driven the Denali Highway yet?" I've been asked that question at least a half-dozen times since moving to Fairbanks in May.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:17:09 GMT

Fairbanks Borough Assembly gives it approval to plan to truck liquefied gas
The Borough Assembly passed a resolution approving the port authority's plan to purchase Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC and launch a natural gas trucking operation.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:09:44 GMT

Fairbanks newlywed jailed for assaulting her husband
A Fairbanks woman is accused of using a butcher knife to threaten her husband of less than three weeks and slash the tires on his car.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:12:34 GMT

$1,000 reward offered for missing Fairbanks man
FAIRBANKS a ' A Fairbanks family is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone who helps them find a man who has been missing for six weeks.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:49:56 GMT

Looking Back in Fairbanks - July 30
Delegates from Fairbanks include Dave Eichler, Victoria Hill, Nick Stepovich and Fred Brown.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:44:50 GMT

University of Alaska Fairbanks summer class learns new log construction technique
... of recycled telephone poles by 16 students taking a cordwood masonry workshop through the University of Alaska Fairbanks summer session. The 8-by-8 foot frame was filled with about 20 workers constructing walls out of logs, mortar and sawdust. The ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:19:31 GMT

14-Year-Old Girl Killed By Truck On Steese Highway
... the intersection of the Steese and Johansen Expressways Wednesday afternoon, July 28, 2010. Eric Engman/News-Miner FAIRBANKS - 14-year-old bicyclist is dead after being struck by a pickup truck on the Steese Highway. The teenage girl, identified by ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:16:15 GMT

Troopers Arrest Man Alleged To Be Behind High-Speed Chase
... when the pursuit began, according to charging documents. Wiebe was arrested on an oustanding warrant Monday at a Fairbanks home. As of Wednesday afternoon, he had not posted $5,000 bail. Wiebe has a criminal record going back more than a decade. He ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:13:30 GMT