FNSB Mayor Bryce Ward delivers the annual State of the Borough Address at the Juanita Helms Borough Administration Center April 3, 2024, in Fairbanks, Alaska.
A bill that proposes a statewide 6% tax on short-term hotel and lodgings received its first hearing in the Alaska House Community and Regional Affairs Committee Tuesday.
Bryce Ward highlighted several challenges facing the borough, including a lack of resources to pay for local government and years of flat education funding from the state.
On April 1, Gov. Dunleavy stated in his Community Perspective, “Rest assured; public schools will be adequately funded.” However, like many parents of children who attend neighborhood public schools in
To the editor: On Oct 1, 2023, Mindy O’Neall wrote an article about how we needed a school board and [Borough] Assembly that listen. She suggested a slate of candidates