Patrick Gilchrist

2 weeks ago | newsminer.com | Patrick Gilchrist

Owners of a prominent wining and dining spot in Fairbanks announced Wednesday that the restaurant will close later this month, citing economic uncertainty. Lavelle’s Bistro has been a fixture downtown for nearly 25 years, serving dinner and drinks out of its location on the ground floor of SpringHill Suites on First Avenue. Co-owners Kathy Lavelle and Frank Eagle founded the bistro together in 2001. Eagle said they were taking their first orders less than two weeks after 9/11.

2 weeks ago | fm.kuac.org | Patrick Gilchrist

Owners of a prominent wining and dining spot in Fairbanks announced Wednesday that the restaurant will close later this month, citing economic uncertainty. Lavelle’s Bistro has been a fixture downtown for nearly 25 years, serving dinner and drinks out of its location on the ground floor of SpringHill Suites on First Avenue. Co-owners Kathy Lavelle and Frank Eagle founded the bistro together in 2001. Eagle said they were taking their first orders less than two weeks after 9/11.

2 weeks ago | fm.kuac.org | Patrick Gilchrist

The Fairbanks City Council killed an ordinance Monday that would have established reading a short land acknowledgement as part of each regular meeting. The statement would have recognized Interior Alaska as traditional lands of the Dena people and honored their past, present and future generations; it would also have noted that Alaska Natives traditionally gathered in the region to harvest food.

2 weeks ago | fm.kuac.org | Patrick Gilchrist

Dozens of residents filed in and out of the Noel Wien Library auditorium Friday to share their thoughts with leadership at Felix Gold, the publicly-traded Australian mining company eyeing gold and antimony projects near Fairbanks. It was the second of three listening sessions scheduled at the auditorium this month, which drew residents like Jamie Hansen. She lives off Henderson Road, near the Grant Mine site outside of Ester.

3 weeks ago | fm.kuac.org | Patrick Gilchrist

An Interior Alaska nonprofit that advocates for public safety is dropping its lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Transportation (AKDOT) – at least for now – due to a lack of funds. The group had been suing the state over the gold ore haul that stretches from the Manh Choh mine near Tetlin to the Fort Knox processing facility north of Fairbanks. The Committee for Safe Communities (CSC) lawsuit had sought injunctive relief to make AKDOT stop the haul, among other demands.