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The Alaska Railroad Corporation will receive a $17 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant for the replacement of a key bridge near Fort Wainwright, according to a news release.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is distributing $4.9 billion to 37 nationwide projects through the FY 2023-24 Mega (National Infrastructure Project Assistance) and INFRA (Infrastructure for Rebuilding America) grant programs. Twelve rail-related projects will receive a total of $1.6 billion; the Pier B project at the Port of Long Beach and the Louisiana International Terminal project at the Port of New Orleans are among the winners.

Railroad industry news about: USDOT, Mega grant awards, INFRA grant awards, rail infrastructure projects, federal funding, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine

News-Miner opinion: Don’t let the weekend’s foray into below-zero temperatures lull you into a false sense of security. Yes, it may be cold out — 15- to 20-below zero cold

The Tanana Yukon Historical Society is hosting its fifth program of the 2023-2024 season with a public talk on the history of the Fairbanks Curling Club.

Ice thickness is measuring below normal for early January, while temperatures and snowfall are above normal.

This is National Audubon Society’s 124th year conducting the oldest citizen science project in North America, and the 63rd year that Fairbanks has participated.

There needs to be an immediate pause in the Manh Choh ore project until an independent EIS is done for the entire project because there are serious environmental questions that

News-Miner opinion: It’s the holiday season, we’re just seven days away from gaining daylight and we’ve been blessed with an unusually warm winter so far. What does this mean for

As I’ve written before, state regulations on oversize trucks do not allow Kinross to use the Mitchell Expressway-Peger Road-Johansen Expressway route through Fairbanks.