🌱 How troopers traced a stripped Fairbanks SUV from Facebook to an arrest.
Fairbanks, Alaska Patch AM: a 4 min readHey there, Fairbanks! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How troopers traced a stripped Fairbanks SUV from Facebook to an arrest.
- What really happens when Fairbanks’ buried heating pipes fail at minus 40?
- How a 1992 ash keepsake ended up under a Fairbanks electron microscope.
Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Cloudy, with a high of 64 and low of 44 degrees.
- Monday: Cloudy, temps: high: 62, low: 51.
- Tuesday: Rain tapering off, with a high of 60 and low of 46 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Fairbanks Man Busted after Selling Parts from Stolen Vehicle Online (alaska-native-news.com) — Alaska State Troopers recovered a heavily stripped 2017 Dodge Durango stolen from a Fairbanks residence after noticing its parts advertised online, then arrested a local man. The suspect allegedly sold parts and gave conflicting explanations before being jailed at Fairbanks Correctional Center on theft and criminal mischief charges, with investigators still reviewing other items he listed for sale. 
2. The Alaskan City Where Winter Lasts So Long the Ground Never Thaws (newsminer.com) — Fairbanks’ brutal winters and deep permafrost shape everything from buried heating pipes to how residents endure minus-40 nights. This feature dives into the city’s fragile district heating system, the risks when pipes rupture, and how local researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks study permafrost to keep infrastructure and daily life functioning in America’s coldest city.
3. Uncorking the secrets of a tiny bottle of volcanic ash from 34 years ago (adn.com) — A longtime Alaskan recounts saving ash from Mount Spurr’s 1992 eruption and later bringing the tiny jar to scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute. Using high-powered microscopes, researchers in Fairbanks reveal the ash’s glassy grains, trapped gases, and mineral makeup, turning a household keepsake that moved between Anchorage and Fairbanks into a lesson in volcanic science.
4. NOAA is ending support for a key climate report. Arctic scientists say they'll release it anyway. (alaskapublic.org) — A University of Alaska Fairbanks climate specialist is helping keep the influential Arctic Report Card alive even after NOAA abruptly ended its support. Fairbanks-based Rick Thoman and fellow editors plan to publish this year’s update independently, stressing how the report’s data and Indigenous observations guide Arctic communities facing erosion, changing wildlife, and other climate impacts.
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Randy's Cheeseburger Picnic (Trailer Park Boys) Fairbanks AK →
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Other local events
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APC Meeting
Discovery Peak Charter School Calendar-
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NAMI Family Support Group
Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce 3504 Industrial Ave., Rm 102, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
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UAF Theatre and Film "Lost Girl" Auditions →
Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce UAF Lee H. Salisbury Theatre, 1718 N Tanana Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775
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Swim - West Valley
Hutchison High Lathrop Hamme Pool, 901 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99701, USA, School Calendar- School
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Volleyball - West Valley Invite
Hutchison High West Valley High School, 3800 Geist Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99709, USA, School Calendar- School
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XC Run - Delta hosts in Delta
Hutchison High Fairbanks, AK 99701
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United Way Kickoff Campaign & Dessert Auction
Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce Westmark Gold Room 813 Noble St Fairbanks, AK 99701
12:00 pm
Monday August 24
Thursday August 27
Saturday August 29
Tuesday September 1
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🗓 Events Nearby
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APC Meeting
Discovery Peak Charter School Calendar-
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NPHS open house
North Pole High Fairbanks, AK 99701
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Volleyball vs Kodiak
North Pole High School, 601 NPHS Boulevard #7800, North Pole, AK 99705, USA
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Flag Football @ Service
North Pole High Service High School, 5577 Abbott Rd, Anchorage, AK 99507, USA
5:30 pm
Monday August 24
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
Thursday August 27
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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