Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Dan Bross is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.
Fairbanks curler to compete in Winter Olympics
Fairbanks curler Vicky Persinger has earned a place on the U.S. team that will compete in the Winter Olympics in China in February.
According to USA Curling, the 29-year-old Fairbanks resident and 34-year-old Chris Plys...
Man killed at Fairbanks store ‘doing nothing more than walking outside with his groceries,’ says mayor
“It was so unexpected and so tragic," says City of Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly.
Troopers: Fairbanks area driver shoots another vehicle in ‘road rage’ incident
A driver hit and shot at another vehicle on the Parks Highway outside of Fairbanks in what State Troopers describe as a road rage incident.
A musher from one of the world’s southernmost cities is headed to Alaska to compete
Miguel Isla Casares wants to compete in the Iditarod one day, but says his first challenge will be completing qualifying races like the Copper Basin 300 or the Yukon Quest 550
Shooting at Fairbanks Safeway leaves one dead, another injured
A 41-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the Sunday shooting outside of a Safeway grocery store in Fairbanks, according to the police.
Hundreds of UAF employees must get their COVID vaccines due to federal funding
UA interim President Pat Pitney announced the mandate Tuesday morning, citing $300 million in recently-renewed or soon-to-be-signed federal contracts.
Man mauled by bear near Cantwell
A cyclist was attacked by a bear in the Cantwell area Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers report.
Episcopal Diocese of Alaska to investigate the history of church-operated boarding schools for Indigenous children
Episcopal Diocese of Alaska Bishop Mark Lattime said the action was prompted by the discovery this summer of unmarked graves where Indigenous children were buried at church-run, Canadian boarding schools.
University of Alaska interim president turns down UAF’s request for broad COVID vaccine requirement
UA Interim President Pat Pitney says an existing system-wide mask mandate and targeted vaccination requirements for some groups at individual campuses are proving effective. Also she expects federal vaccine requirements to soon apply to the university system.
Alaskans have been spotting turkey vultures all over the state this year
“With their bright red, featherless heads, you just can’t mistake them for anything else,” said migratory bird biologist Jim Johnson.
Now you can watch as the Museum of the North readies the ‘Into the Wild’ bus for display
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has moved the “Into the Wild” bus to a UAF engineering building lab for repairs.
Fairbanks police and fire struggle with excessive overtime, burnout and turnover
“I want you to imagine calling 911, saying someone is breaking into your house and dispatch telling you no one is available,” said Andrew Wixon, a Fairbanks police officer.
Work on $55 million bridge over slumping part of Denali Park Road could start next year
The affected stretch of the gravel road is at mile 45 in an area known as Pretty Rocks in Polychrome Pass, where subterranean ice is melting due to climate warming.
Musher Brent Sass kills aggressive bear while moose hunting near Eureka
Brent Sass says the bear chewed up a pair of boots, climbed a tree where he was in a stand looking for a moose and then later showed up outside of his tent.
Two more cases of Alaskapox reported in Fairbanks area
It's the third and fourth known Alaskapox infections.
Fairbanks hospital faces persistent staffing shortages, higher turnover
In hopes of attracting staff as COVID-19 hospitalizations spike, the Fairbanks hospital has created a new temporary part-time position called a COVID relief aide. It's also offering bonuses and hiring incentives.
Fairbanks schools to require face masks as COVID-19 cases climb
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board voted this week to start requiring that everyone in school buildings age 2 and up wear a face mask.
Fairbanks Pioneer Home reports 8 COVID-19 cases over past month
Carolyn Hall said her 78-year-old father is one of the Fairbanks Pioneer Home residents who recently tested positive for COVID-19. “This isn’t just a story about my dad, my loved one, my family,” she said. “It’s about our entire community because you never know when it might be your loved one.”
Fairbanks hospital to require COVID-19 vaccine for staff as it wrestles with full ICU
“It’s really tough right now and I just feel for our employees who are overworked and — to some degree, I think —underappreciated when people don’t look at the science and don’t wear masks and don’t get vaccinated," says the board chair of Foundation Health Partners.
Damaged plane makes emergency landing in Fairbanks after big mid-air drop
A social media post by a passenger said the Wright Air Service Cessna Caravan “twirled upside down twice,” and photos of the plane on the tarmac in Fairbanks show a bent aileron on the aircraft’s right wing.