Alex Bengel
Anchor and Reporter at KTVF-TV (Fairbanks, AK )
Anchor and Reporter at KFXF-TV (Fairbanks AK)
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
alaskasnewssource.com | Alex Bengel
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - With the Riverboat Discovery already open as of Monday, and Pioneer Park holding opening weekend events from Saturday through Memorial Day, the 2025 summer tourism season is kicking off in full force in Fairbanks. According to Scott McCrea, President and CEO of tourism facilitator Explore Fairbanks, post-COVID summers saw an increase in summer tourism in Fairbanks, but visitor numbers have flattened out in the last couple of years.
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2 weeks ago |
alaskasnewssource.com | Alex Bengel
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - Starting Wednesday, motorists in Fairbanks looking to access the Emergency Room at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital will need to use an alternate route due to a lengthy summer construction project on Cowles Street.
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2 weeks ago |
alaskasnewssource.com | Alex Bengel
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - Alaska’s climate creates certain difficulties for those looking to grow vegetables, but one farm northwest of Fairbanks has found a way to use the natural cold in the ground for their benefit — by digging four feet into the earth for their root cellar. Pete Mayo, who co-owns Spinach Creek Farm with his wife Lynn, said during the summer, the cellar naturally stays between around 35 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit, fluctuating about 15 degrees over the summer.
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3 weeks ago |
alaskasnewssource.com | Alex Bengel
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU) - As the summer tourism season kicks off in interior Alaska, lower-than-normal visitor numbers in March are leading to concern that this year will see a downturn in the important industry.
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3 weeks ago |
alaskasnewssource.com | Alex Bengel
NORTH POLE, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - To recognize Police Memorial Day, members of the Interior Alaska community gathered for a ceremony at Trooper Gabriel Rich and Trooper Scott Johnson Memorial Park in North Pole on Thursday, during which they paid tribute to the 72 law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty in Alaska. After the presentation of colors, community member Eve Baker sang the Star Spangled Banner to open the ceremony.
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