Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin joined Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Alaska Attorney General Stephen J. Cox at the University of Alaska Fairbanks power plant for a press conference following a series of meetings and visits around the Fairbanks area.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Faculty Senate is pushing back on what it sees as a lack of transparency in the search for the university system’s next president.
The Faculty Senate on Monday unanimously passed a resolution opposing the Board of Regents decision to conduct the search according to a new method that reduces the amount of openness that has traditionally defined the process.
The UAF Pre-Health Society hosted a Stop the Bleed training course, which is licensed by the U.S. Department of Defense, this past Thursday at the Margaret Murie Building. President of the Pre-Health Society Shea Geller said the primary purpose of this course is for people to be able to “protect themselves and take care of themselves in a life threatening situation.”
The Denali Commission met this Thursday to gather community input to factor into their risk profiles for climate-accelerated natural disaster threats in rural Alaskan communities as part of a periodic 5 year threat analysis. The commission hosted an open forum in Zach’s Restaurant at the Sophie Station Motel to gain community feedback and incorporate more datasets into their risk assessment.
ASUAF held their last meeting before break on March 3. One hot topic was the unresolved cross country team’s usage of the SRC track and travel fund requests.
Across America, museums and other institutions are working on repatriating Native American artifacts and human remains, restoring history and bringing back respect and honor. The University of Alaska’s Museum of the North also participates in this cultural work.
The bear trap is a condensed version of the daily crime log released by the UAF police department.
Michelle Nijhuis, an environmental journalist who has worn many hats over her career, gave a lecture on the positives and negatives of modern journalism and what is needed in industry.
Over the weekend, athletes from the University of Alaska Fairbanks ski, rifle and swim teams took part in the NCAA Championships. With four All-Americans and two individual titles, the Nanooks presented a successful end of the NCAA season.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ hockey team ended the 2025-26 season winning the first edition of the United Collegiate Hockey Cup 4-3 against Lindenwood. The Nanooks took home the tournament trophy after a tight final game ending in overtime on March 7. This is their second title of 2026 after the Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup win against Anchorage.
In February UAF’s Nordic skier Rosie Fordham competed at the XXV Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina. She took part in 5 out of the 6 events dedicated to nordic skiing for the Australian team. Fordham sat down with The Sun Star to reflect on her training process, Fairbanks’ upsides and downsides, and offered insights on ways UAF could support the development of its endurance athletes.
One of the most common questions we get at ASUAF is some version of "what do you guys actually do?" A lot of what student government does happens behind closed doors: advocating for individual students, pushing policy, and representing the student body in rooms most students never see. One of the biggest examples of that is our ongoing advocacy to the Alaska Legislature and our recent trip to Juneau. So we want to pull back the curtain a bit, because "student government went to Juneau" probably sounds like an abstract thing that doesn't affect you. It very much does.
A letter from the Alaska Press Club Board: We should not accept these actions by Carpenter Media as normal. They threaten the ability of journalists to serve as watchdogs for our communities.
We will always defend editorial independence, transparency and the right of Alaska’s journalists to do their work free from intimidation.
Over the past few years, Russian and Chinese incursions into U.S. territory have become more frequent and more brazen. On September 24, 2025, multiple Russian aircraft, including Tu-95 “Bear” long-range bombers and Su-35 fourth-generation fighters, breached the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
Lil Jit: December 12, 2024 to September 18, 2025
On a cold winter night, with a sliver of moon high above, peeking through wisps of cloud, a small bundle of joy came into our lives. White as the snow beneath our feet, with eyes red like glowing embers, we gave him a name worthy of his spirit: Lil Jit.
Fireweed Collective Fairbanks released their voter guide for the 2025 Fairbanks North Star Borough Municipal Election.
