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A reconsidered resolution about a gold ore trucking plan was toned-down considerably last week by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly. The Assembly passed a resolution March 9 to oppose the plan to bring ore on heavy trucks 240 miles up the Richardson Highway from the Manh Choh mine in Tetlin. But one member who voted for it then, moved to look at it again.

A controversial trails easement ordinance was narrowly rejected by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly last night. It pitted property rights against public access to trails. The vote came after the mayor threatened to veto the ordinance.

Borough Assembly delays vote on ranked choice voting in municipal elections

The assembly approved a new business model for the Carlson Center, which would open as a community center as soon as this fall, depending on the borough’s operational status for Covid-19. Drop-in fees would be $4 for children and $6 for adults. The vote on Saturday to expand services at the Interior’s largest indoor arena was 5-4 with supporters looking to make the facility, which often sits idle even in normal times, more accessible and useful to residents. New offerings under the Ca...

The Borough Assembly condemned any legislation “which would restrict voter access” on Thursday and also introduced a proposal to adopt ranked choice voting in Fairbanks North Star Borough elections. The resolution on voter access passed in a 5-4 vote with supporters saying that rules such as requiring voters to provide identification amounts to voter suppression. Opponents called the resolution partisan and inflammatory and said that providing identification is a routine and uncontrov...