Fairbanks Daily Newsminer

• Fairbanks school board rejects budget, will discuss cuts June 4, 2020
  “I am a very cautious personal finance person in my own life, and I will be very honest: This budget terrifies me a little bit, considering the future as we look forward to the loss of oil revenue, tourism revenue…
• ‘Smokenado’ from Alaskan wildfire seen snaking into sky June 3, 2020
  On Monday a NWS forecaster captured a photo of a “smokenado.”Warm smoke from the fire about nine miles south of Fairbanks combined with the cooler temperatures of the air aloft and created the dust devil
• 18 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Alaska; none in Fairbanks area June 3, 2020
  Of the new cases, five are reported in Anchorage, four in Homer, three in Wasilla, two in Eagle River, and one each in Soldotna, Palmer, Big Lake and the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
• Wisconsin group seeks to remove UA's Johnsen as candidate for university president June 3, 2020
  Updated 4:23 p.m.: “The problems here are compounded by the search committee’s decision to name Johnsen as the sole finalist. This is a departure from accepted academic standards. It suggests either a weak candidate pool or a fixed search,” the…
• Several unaffiliated candidates seeking election for Interior legislative seats June 3, 2020
  As candidates not affiliated with a recognized political party in the state of Alaska, these individuals must collect a certain number of signatures from eligible voters within the district for which they are running.