Counting Absentee and Questioned Ballots has settled elections for Fairbanks City Council, Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly, and FNSB Board of Education. Election results are attached to this story.
Candidates for the open seats on the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education met Monday in a forum hosted by the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce. Running for Seat C are Les Nichols and Brandy Harty.
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A nearly empty lot for staging new cars is seen outside Kendall Toyota of Anchorage July 23. A microship shortage reducing new car inventory has sent used vehicle prices soaring by 47 percent in Alaska. (Photo/Emily Mesner/Anchorage Daily News)
The global slowdown in auto manufacturing has left many showroom floors and car lots in Alaska nearly empty.
Auto dealers say the situation follows a national trend that has boosted demand for used cars and trucks, causing prices of those vehicles to skyrocket.
They say the problem is unprecedented, and rooted in pandemic-related supply snarls that reduced the availability of microchips and other parts for new cars.