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The governor's budget announcement comes as the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is considering outsourcing custodians, increasing class sizes and closing up to five elementary schools.

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The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education voted four to three in favor of outsourcing the majority of the district’s custodians on Tuesday.

One doesn’t typically expect to find Santa Claus engaging in a hip-hop version of the classic Christmas poem, but that’s exactly what you’ll get in the Fairbanks Drama Association’s production

For the third year in a row, Heidi Pelligra will transform part of her property into a Bethlehemian barn just like the one Jesus Christ was born in after his

Volunteers with the Kiwanis Club of Fairbanks pack up a tree on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 at the Tanana Valley State Fairgrounds.

The Kiwanis Club of Fairbanks’ annual Christmas tree sale is well underway at the Tanana Valley State Fairgrounds.

Golden Heart Plaza in downtown Fairbanks was aglow Saturday night with hundreds of residents and tourists enjoying Christmas trees, hot chocolate and even a reindeer named Puma.

Golden Heart Plaza in downtown Fairbanks was aglow Saturday night with hundreds of residents and tourists enjoying Christmas trees, hot chocolate and even a reindeer named Puma.

As the year comes to a close, here some of the biggest education stories from Interior Alaska in 2024.