a small explosion on Nov. 2 forced GVEA to shut down the power plant earlier this month.
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North Pole school to change controversial name
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of education approved a measure Tuesday night to rename of Badger Road Elementary.
Nunapitchuk uses grant money to help emergency response
Nunapitchuk recently received a grant for $7,390 from the Rasmuson Foundation. Mayor Noah Wise says the village has spent the money on a brand new 500cc Honda ATV for their police and emergency responders to use.
Fairbanks representative looks to improve rural internet
Fairbanks state Representative David Guttenberg has a plan for improving internet service in rural areas of the state. A bill Guttenberg is sponsoring would create a state corporation to contract with service providers to build infrastructure that’s too costly for individual companies to invest in. “Put out a job that we need this many towers in these…
Wind farm developer asks court to overturn state agency’s approval of GVEA tariff
Delta Wind Farm President and CEO Mike Craft is taking the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to court. Craft is asking a judge to overturn the commission’s approval of a Golden Valley Electric Association tariff filed last summer, claiming the tariff violates new state regulations intended to help renewable-energy projects like his access the grid.
University of Alaska takes sports off the budget chopping block
The University of Alaska has decided not to cut six sports teams. University President Jim Johnsen rescinded an earlier cost saving recommendation that men’s and women’s ski teams at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and ski and indoor track programs at the University of Alaska Anchorage be eliminated.