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Statue to immortalize the larger than life Irene Sherman

Sixty-two years ago, some Lathrop High School troublemakers filled teacher Doris Ray’s classroom with truckloads of willow bushes.

Fairbanks seniors went back in time at the Tanana Valley State Fair Wednesday to enjoy a special show by an iconic favorite — Elvis Presley.

This week was filled with talented students, instructors and delighted audiences, all brought together at Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival “LunchBites,” daily doses of free entertainment.

With the kiss of a pig and the cutting of a ribbon by Miss Elementary Alaska, the Tanana Valley Fair opened its gates Friday for 2023’s “Don’t Go BACON My

Seventeen “fallen heroes” were honored at the sixth annual memorial ceremony at the Trooper Gabe Rich and Trooper Scott Johnson Memorial Park. No new names were added this year.

The Composing in the Wilderness program is not a class. Nor is it a workshop. It is “a shared creative adventure” in the wilderness, for composers of all styles and

The Tri-Valley Community Library board filed a report this week with Alaska State Troopers for the six LGBTQ-themed young adult books stolen at the end of May.

By car, by bus, by plane, by train, they all came Saturday to Nenana to celebrate the centennial of the Alaska Railroads completion and Ben Eielson’s first flight from Fairbanks

Thanks to Kris Capps and the Fairbanks Daily New-Miner for the great article about the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in Thursday’s paper.