KUAC - Fairbanks

It’s part of an experiment called “AWESOME,” which seeks to observe how auroras affect Earth’s upper atmosphere.

The federal government has suspended research funding for some universities for not complying with recent executive orders. That’s left some UAF faculty and students waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Tribal leaders cited a need for unity Thursday amid looming federal spending cuts, two years after the conference left AFN over support for subsistence salmon.

Justin Olnes’ team isn’t leading the pack this year, but the musher says he’s on a mission to showcase all the talent and potential that was previously hidden away in Alaska’s shelters.

A last-minute plan to change the route went off without a hitch despite significant changes to the original trail.

Business owners and checkpoint volunteers say they’re busy readying food and beds for Iditarod teams after race organizers’ last-minute decision to push the starting line north.

A couple dozen Fairbanksans sang songs and rallied on a main street corner Monday, in an impromptu protest marking three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The university’s Institute of Northern Engineering will use a $7.5 million DOE grant to expand its ongoing survey of critical minerals in Alaska, and beyond.

How low can you go, really? That’s one question Alaska researchers are asking of a new grant-funded heat pump prototype this winter.

NewsCenter Fairbanks went dark Saturday, as owner Gray TV consolidates broadcasts from Alaska’s News Source in Anchorage.