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The Fairbanks North Star Borough will put out a competitive call for lease options on a 19-acre parcel on Newby Road in the Conby Acres subdivision in North Pole, following

The program is an intense court process that gives defendants an alternate way to resolve criminal charges and receive substance abuse and mental health treatment.

A long-running effort to develop a National Veterans Cemetery near Fairbanks may finally come to fruition. Two previous attempts to site a vets cemetery near Fox and Ester failed, due to permafrost and contamination issues. But a new proposal to locate one in Salcha appears to be on track. If funding is secured, construction could begin next year.