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The body of Ernest Burggraf — a Fairbanks man missing since March 19 — was discovered Tuesday.

Mar 1, 2021 DNR photo Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries staffers observe nearly transferred Arctic grayling at the Marquette State Fish Hatchery in Marquette County. MARQUETTE — In 2016, a proposed initiative intended to reintroduce Arctic grayling to select Michigan streams was announced. That idea immediately caught fire, and Michigan’s Arctic Grayling Initiative now counts over 40 member organizations among its supporters. A close-up view of an Arctic grayling, held in t...

3:12 Some trails within the borough limits get very heavy use by thousands of hikers, joggers, skiers, dogmushers, horseback riders, bicyclists and motorized users on ATVs and snowmachines. The original Trails Plan was adopted in 1985 to guide the protection and management of local trails – it was last updated in 2006. Taryn Oleson-Yelle is the lead planner for R&M Consultants, Inc., the engineering and planning contractors who will get public input and draw up the revised plan with the Trail...

Janet “Jan” Grace (Ohland) Owen, 83, was born in Walla Walla to Herman William Ohland and Martha Martina (Yates) Ohland on June 27, 1937. She had one sibling, William Herman

Demolition of the old University Avenue Bridge over the Chena River has begun, with a plan to open a new one in the fall of 2021, according to the announcement from the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. “When you hear “bridge demolition,” you probably think of a BIG BOOM and lots happening at once,” Danielle Tessen, a publications specialist for the department, wrote in an email to the News-Miner. “Well, the University Avenue bridge demo wonâ€...

Explore Fairbanks Releases 2021 Visitors Guide Spotlighting the Northern Lights, Midnight Sun and Winter Season Share Article The Fairbanks 2021 Official Visitors Guide that showcases Fairbanks year-round opportunities is now available for free. The aurora borealis, the midnight sun and Denali National Park, are among popular regional attractions featured in the guide. This years guide also includes information on traveling in the time of COVID-19 with advice on how you can explore the area res...

Fairbanks neighborhood hosts ‘Christmas Light Competition’ Sarah Dubowski © Provided by Fairbanks KTVF Michelle Trickey Littell and her family spent hours setting up their home for the competition. FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) -If you are looking for something fun, safe and family friendly to do this holiday break, take a drive through the Taku and Westgate neighborhood. The area, sometimes referred to as “Riverview” hosted a Christmas Light Competition. Participating res...

Have you ever fantasized about Christmastime lasting all year? In North Pole, Alaska, it sort of does. The small city just outside Fairbanks is best known for the Santa Claus House, a local tourist attraction and store with a 42-foot Santa Claus statue outside. North Pole has embraced its Christmas reputation, giving streets names like Santa Claus Way, electing a white-bearded man named Santa Claus to the city council and answering hundreds of thousands of letters from children each year. Santa...

Inspiring Girls Expeditions invites applications for its summer 2021, tuition-free, wilderness science education programs. The expeditions are open to 16- and 17-year-old girls. Alaskans are encouraged to apply, and expeditions target minoritized youth who may have experienced barriers accessing science- and outdoor-focused programs. Participants are selected through a competitive application process focusing on passion for science, art and the outdoors, rather than academic grades or past achi...

If any year needed to disappear with the dark, it’s 2020. A pandemic, a tumultuous election that some Americans don’t believe was legit, murder hornets, the death of RBG, riots and protests, the death of Kobe Bryant, monkeys escaping a lab with COVID-19 samples, West Coast wildfires, a possible supervolcano hanging out under the Aleutian Islands — yep, this year hasn’t exactly been stellar. (If you had “Undiscovered Aleutian Islands Supervolcano” on your bingo card...