Fairbanks

Agatha Erickson (left) presents a $25,000 Katmai level sponsorship check to local fundraising chair Lanien Livingston in support of the 2010 Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Convention to be held in Fairbanks October 18-23.... Read full article

Recipient agencies from this year’s Fairbanks Visitor Industry’s Walk for Charity gather under the Antler Arch in downtown next to the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center to celebrate this year’s successful event. 400 walkers representing 50 local charities raised over $14,000 for... Read full article

Shelby Nelson from Fairbanks Memorial Hospital/Banner Health (middle left) and Raelynn Radway from MAC Federal Credit Union (middle right) each present a $2,500 level Kobuk sponsorship check to local fundraising chairs Lanien Livingston and Brian Newton in support of the 2010 Alaska Federation of... Read full article

Marisa Sharrah from Flint Hills Resources (middle) presents a $10,000 Susitna level sponsorship check to local fundraising chairs Lanien Livingston and Brian Newton in support of the 2010 Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Convention to be held in Fairbanks October 18-23.... Read full article

The Fairbanks Convention and Visitors Bureau (FCVB) recognized the contributions of Bureau members and other individuals and organizations for their support of the local visitor industry at its 2010 Annual Awards Banquet at the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum and at its Board of Directors... Read full article

The Fairbanks Convention & Visitors Bureau (FCVB) is actively recruiting volunteers for the upcoming 2010 Elders and Youth Conference and Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) convention slated for October 18-23, 2010 in Fairbanks.

Golden Heart Greeters will be needed at the... Read full article

The local Fairbanks organizing committee will unveil the community’s choice and grand prize winning entrant for the theme for the 2014 Fairbanks Arctic Winter Games (AWG) bid on Wednesday, June 2 at 11 am at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center, 101 Dunkel Street in downtown... Read full article

The local Fairbanks AWG committee will be accepting votes through May 14 for your favorite theme for the 2014 Fairbanks Arctic Winter Games (AWG) bid. Members of the public are asked to vote only once for one of the following themes submitted by members of the community and selected by... Read full article

Adventure Green Alaska (AGA), the state’s first tourism certification program highlighting sustainable business practice awarded Pike’s Waterfront Lodge its Gold Level certification on March 10, 2010 in Palmer, Alaska during a gathering of tour operators, public agencies and visitor industry... Read full article

Alaska’s Olympic history reaches back several thousand years.  Every July, Fairbanks hosts the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics (WEIO), a four-day series of traditional Alaska Native athletic competitions and dances. WEIO draws Native athletes and dancers from around the state, the United States... Read full article