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Dial M for Murder opens in Fairbanks on Oct. 24, 2025
Hank Nuwer as the Chief Inspector in Dial M for Murder, Fairbanks Drama Association, Alaska. The director is Bill Wright.
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Historic Photos of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok
Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, two of the hardest hit communities from the recent Typhoon Halong, are pictured in a wealth of historical photos in Alaska’s Digital Archives showing the beautiful, strong people of those communities and their traditions, like seal and walrus hunting. Make a gift to support the descendants of those in these photos as they are relocated to mass shelters in Anchorage and figure out the next steps in their lives. Houses in both communities have been deemed unlivable.
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Fairbanks artist headed to Muscle Shoals Songwriters Festival
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Though ink and illustration, exhibit tells story of hope and healing
Featuring a mix of digital illustrations and pen-and-ink drawings, Priest’s exhibition centers around two original characters, one representing hope, the other representing despair. The characters are used to explore the emotional push and pull experienced throughout life. “In the exhibition, I created two characters to embody the duality of...
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Fairbanks artist headed to Muscle Shoals Songwriters Festival
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Ted Alder is bringing his unique Alaskan sound to the Lower 48. The festival is based in Muscle Shoals, Ala., a town made famous for recording studios such as the FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound studios. Born in Bethel and raised in Fairbanks, Alder, performing under...
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Author of 'Jade's Broken Bridge' talks about new book
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Fairbanks artist headed to Muscle Shoals Songwriters Festival
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Ted Alder is bringing his unique Alaskan sound to the Lower 48. The festival is based in Muscle Shoals, Ala., a town made famous for recording studios such as the FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound studios. Born in Bethel and raised in Fairbanks, Alder, performing under...
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This Alaskan has a unique antidote to his winter blues: extreme balloon art
In the summer months, Bill Torgerson is kind of like a professional clown, sans makeup. For about a decade, his full-time job has been making balloon animals, ninja swords, and other balloon objects for kids at birthday parties, bar mitzvahs and public festivals. At a Labor Day barbecue in Fairbanks,...
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14 chiefs, one interpreter, and the meeting that changed Alaska Native history forever
The Athabascan Chiefs’ Historic Stand at Fairbanks Library. In July 1915, ten Athabascan chiefs and four leaders met with U. S. officials at Fairbanks’ George C. Thomas Memorial Library. For the first time, Alaska Natives spoke for themselves about their land rights. James Wickersham, Alaska’s voice in Congress,...
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It’s something you can yell: An interview with the band tamarack!
Fairbanks, Alaska sits at about 65 degrees north. It is one of the northernmost cities in the world, and is within 200 miles of the Arctic Circle. There is a good argument to be made that tamarack!, a post-hardcore band formed in 2024 in the Golden Heart City, is among a handful of the farthest north hardcore bands in the world.
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New indie bookstore hosts local Indigenous authors
Wednesday’s event at Solstice Books hosted three local authors who discussed their books that focused on the Indigenous communities, and the stories and histories within them. Authors Leasi Vanessa Lee Raymond, Anamaq Margaret Rudolf, and Ch’igiioonta’ She Holds a Child all came with important messages about their works.
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'The Eyes of Spenard' refreshed
At the corner of Spenard Road and 30th Avenue, a small group set to work, adding several vinyl squares to the mural, creating a new mosaic. Fairbanks Assembly passes resolution advocating for ICE detainee’s release. Updated: 3 hours ago. Fairbanks leaders passed a resolution Thursday urging Alaska’s congressional delegation...
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Jury Selection Begins for William Burgess Trial
Candidates in the upcoming local elections for office in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the City of Fairbanks, and the City of North Pole gathered Friday evening at Fairbanks City Hall to take questions from the League of Women Voters of the Tanana Valley, as well as Interior Alaska journalists.
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Palmer wins shootout over Lathrop
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100 Years of Nanooks Hockey Documentary Screening Tomorrow in Patty Center
FAIRBANKS – To celebrate 100 years of Nanooks Hockey, the Department of Athletics invites fans, students, alumni, and the Fairbanks community to a special public viewing of the feature documentary In the Trenches: 100 Years of Alaska Hockey, tomorrow, inside the Alaska Airlines Gymnasium at the Patty Center. This free event will highlight the storied legacy of Alaska's flagship college hockey program with an exclusive showing of the full-length documentary. Doors open at 4 p.m., with fans encouraged to arrive early for a preview of the team's brand-new throwback jerseys, a meet-and-greet with members of the 2025-26 Nanooks hockey team,...
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Tsunami advisory issued after M7.8 earthquake near Russia
Juneau football to host NBC Sports team in advance of next year’s Super Bowl. Juneau-Douglas High School football coach Rich Sjoroos chats about why an NBC Sports television crew is coming up to Alaska to feature the Crimson Bears in a special program airing before February's Super Bowl broadcast.
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Innovation lights Starvation Gulch 2025
Every year in Fairbanks summer goes out in a blaze at Starvation Gulch. In a long-standing tradition, giant structures made of pallets and plywood are constructed by various departments and student organizations across campus and set alight to kick off the school year and herald the coming winter. Originally inspired...