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A Fairbanks man was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years for sexually assaulting and strangling a woman in 2021.Hariton Michael Active, 34, pleaded guilty to felony second-degree sexual assault, a reduced

A massive $81 million overhaul of the Steese/Johansen interchange is slated to start in 2025, with full construction ramp-up starting the following year.

A 22-year-old Fairbanks man with no criminal history was sentenced to 60 years in prison, with 20 suspended, on Monday after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 40-year-old Shannon Ray Breuer at a home off Chena Hot Springs Road in 2019. Chet Adkins-Astacio said he was sorry, that he did a horrible thing and that he has more to say about why he killed Breuer but is uncomfortable with the potential consequences of those statements. His attorney said that there were relationsh...

For the Interior homeowners who want to switch to solar energy, a local initiative is looking for solutions to cut costs when making the switch. A community-led program, Solarize Fairbanks, makes solar more affordable by stacking up group discounts, purchasing solar systems in bulk and looking for federal and local financial incentives. When Bob and Sharon Baker approached Solarize Fairbanks, they had been “wanting to learn about solar power for quite a long time.” â€...