Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Dan Bross is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.
Supreme Court to Hear Healy Gas License
The Alaska Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an appeal of a Healy area natural gas license. The high court will consider the appeal filed by the Denali Citizens Council Wednesday September 18th.
Fairbanks Behavioral Health Center to Reorganize
Financially troubled Fairbanks Community Behavioral Health Center will close Monday and Tuesday and reopen Wednesday under a new name and operator.
Photo Collection Sheds Light On Denali Explorer Belmore Brown
A collection of photographs by turn of century Denali explorer Belmore Brown is on display in Fairbanks. The exhibit at the Fairbanks Community Museum was put together by longtime Talkeetna climbing guide Brian Okonek, whose describes Brown as a multi talented pioneer.
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Epic Horse Pack Trip Ends In Denali
Denali National Park is the end point of an epic horse pack trip. Gunter Wamser of Germany and Sonja Endlweber of Austria recently spent a week riding through Denali, the last leg of a horse packing journey Wamser began two decades ago in Argentina.
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Alaska Airlines Showcases Q-400
Alaska Airlines is showing off an aircraft it plans to start using in the state next year. The Bombardier Q-400 is scheduled for use on Fairbanks-Anchorage and Kodiak- Anchorage routes, where the 76-seat twin prop plane will replace or augment current service with larger 737 jets.
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Ongoing Fixes Delay Arrival Of UAF’s New Arctic Research Ship
Next month marks a year since the launch of the National Science Foundation’s new Arctic research vessel Sikuliaq. The 261-foot ice class ship, to be operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, remains at dock at a shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin.
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Interior Tourism Officials Expect Average Summer Numbers
The Interior is coming off what’s likely to be a flat tourism season. Official numbers are not in yet, but Fairbanks Convention and visitors Bureau president and CEO Deb Hickock doesn’t expect anything surprising.
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Environmental Enforcement Doesn’t Sit Well With Miners, Politicians
A recent sweep by government agents looking for environmental violations at gold mines in the 40 Mile region, has angered locals and Alaska politicians. The governor’s office has ordered an investigation, and area placer miners are organizing to protest the Environmental Protection Agency lead action.
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Fairbanks Man Travels, Writes In Dangerous Places
A Fairbanks man has found adventure traveling and writing overseas.
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EPA Chief Praises Fairbanks for Response to Smoke
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy wrapped up her Alaska trip yesterday in Fairbanks. She toured the area, which suffers from elevated wintertime fine particulate pollution that often violates federal clean air standards. McCarthy had only praise for how Fairbanks is responding to smoke from wood and coal burning.
Alaska Fire Crews Heading South
More Alaska crews are heading south to help battle wildfires in the western lower 48, including the Rim Fire near Yosemite, California. Alaska Fire Service spokesman Mel Slater is tracking the state and federal fire fighter deployments.
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Red Flag Bugs People, Dogs
The military’s Red Flag Training exercise wraps up today. Representatives of branches of U.S. and several foreign forces participated in the 2 week training, which included jet fighters and bombers engaged in mock battle using live ordinance. As KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, some interior residents are glad it’s over.
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Military Approves Expanded Alaska Training
formal record of decision Tuesday on changes to the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, or “J-PARC”.
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UAF Takes New Suicide Prevention Approach
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is taking a new approach to helping students struggling with depression and other mental health problems that can lead to suicide. U.A.F. Associate Director of Counseling Tony Rousmaniere says a $5,000 grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will pay for an on line outreach program.
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Snow Forecast Along North Slope
Wintry weather is forecast to sweep across Arctic Alaska.
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More Moisture Finally Forecast For Interior
The hot dry weather pattern that’s predominated much of this summer is forecast to end.
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Ft. Wainwright Helicopters To Conduct Night-Flying Training
A Fort Wainwright based helicopter unit will be conducting night fly exercises later this month. The Army Aviation Task Force training is scheduled to run two weeks beginning August 18th.
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Mississippi Fire Continues To Grow
The Mississippi Fire continues to grow in the Interior. Managers of the wildfire west of Delta Junction, report an 11,000 acre gain Monday, swelling the burn area to over 52,000 acres total.
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State Fails To Meet Yukon Chinook Escapement Into Canada
Alaska has failed to meet the Yukon River Chinook escapement goal into Canada despite increased fishing restrictions this summer. An Alaska Department of Fish and Game sonar counter at Eagle counted 28,369 kings as of Aug. 8. With the run tailing off to just a few hundred fish a day, state Yukon area summer season manager Eric Newland says escapement into Canada will fall well short of this year’s minimum goal.
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Wildfires Grow Across Interior
Several wildfires are growing across the Interior, including a human caused blaze, which had laid low for months.
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