Shelby Herbert

5 days ago | kmxt.org | Avery Ellfeldt |Theo Greenly |Shelby Herbert |Alena Naiden

It's been more than 100 days since President Trump took office in January. That brief time has seen a torrent of sweeping changes to the federal government that could have major implications for Alaska. Those include mass layoffs of federal workers and funding freezes for infrastructure and clean energy projects. Tariffs have introduced some uncertainty for Alaska business owners as well as communities on the Canadian border.

5 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Shelby Herbert

A man who went missing in Fairbanks five months ago was found dead last week. Fairbanks police confirmed on Monday that the state medical examiner's office positively identified a body found near the corner of Peger Road and Egan Avenue as 21-year-old Devin Standifer. They said that no foul play is suspected in his death. Community members had been searching for Standifer since he vanished on the night of Dec. 7 last year after a physical altercation.

6 days ago | fm.kuac.org | Shelby Herbert

A man who went missing in Fairbanks five months ago was found dead last week. Fairbanks Police confirmed on Monday that the state medical examiner’s office positively identified a body found near the corner of Peger Road and Egan Avenue as 21-year-old Devin Standifer. They said that no foul play is suspected in his death. Community members had been searching for Standifer since he vanished on the night of Dec. 7 last year after a physical altercation.

6 days ago | fm.kuac.org | Shelby Herbert

A Fairbanks woman has been charged with first-degree murder related to the fatal shooting of a man near Milepost 11. A man who went missing in Fairbanks five months ago was found dead last week. The local soup kitchen is having some service cuts after a sewer line broke under the building. A case questioning whether cities can be held liable for emergency services provided outside city limits was heard by the Alaska Supreme Court.

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Shelby Herbert

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Tuesday that it will defund a program that catalogs decades sea ice data in Alaska. Scientists say the program's termination could create a gap in climate research at a time when polar ice is dwindling to historic lows. Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy in Fairbanks, is among them.