Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.The Alaska Fire Service has called on specialized canines to help protect firefighters battling the Isom Creek Fire along the Dalton Highway.Fire information officer Sam Harrel says a handler and two dogs from the Alaska- and Montana-based Wind River Bear Institute, have been hired to deter bears from fire camps.“Oftentimes we can have a bear that is pretty persistent and becomes a nuisance, so to be able to avoid that and have the opportunity for some non-lethal hazing, we’re...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.The Alaska Fire Service has called on specialized canines to help protect firefighters battling the Isom Creek Fire along the Dalton Highway.Fire information officer Sam Harrel says a handler and two dogs from the Alaska- and Montana-based Wind River Bear Institute, have been hired to deter bears from fire camps.“Oftentimes we can have a bear that is pretty persistent and becomes a nuisance, so to be able to avoid that and have the opportunity for some non-lethal hazing, we’re...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Historic Bus 142 has returned to Fairbanks where it first served as part of the city’s public transit system in the 1940s.Backdropped by the derelict bus on a flatbed trailer outside the UA Museum of the North in Fairbanks, Director Pat Druckenmiller explained the idea of the future exhibit.“The UA Museum of the North will be the long-term stewards of the bus so that we can allow people to see it, to see it for free in an outdoor exhibition, and tell the whole story of the bus not,”...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Historic Bus 142 has returned to Fairbanks where it first served as part of the city’s public transit system in the 1940s.Backdropped by the derelict bus on a flatbed trailer outside the UA Museum of the North in Fairbanks, Director Pat Druckenmiller explained the idea of the future exhibit.“The UA Museum of the North will be the long-term stewards of the bus so that we can allow people to see it, to see it for free in an outdoor exhibition, and tell the whole story of the bus not,”...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Catalytic converter theft from vehicles is on the rise across the country, including in the Fairbanks area. The exhaust system component contains precious metals which have spiked in value: The units can be sold legally and illegally for as much as a thousand dollars. Fairbanks-based Alaska State Trooper Sergeant Brian Zeisel said catalytic converter theft is nothing new, but it is increasing in the Fairbanks area.“It started spiking there towards the end of this past summer....…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Catalytic converter theft from vehicles is on the rise across the country, including in the Fairbanks area. The exhaust system component contains precious metals which have spiked in value: The units can be sold legally and illegally for as much as a thousand dollars. Fairbanks-based Alaska State Trooper Sergeant Brian Zeisel said catalytic converter theft is nothing new, but it is increasing in the Fairbanks area.“It started spiking there towards the end of this past summer....WW…