Cheryl Upshaw, [email protected] Feb 23, 2020 Feb 23, 2020 Updated Feb 23, 2020 Foam swords, spandex and hand-sewn costumes flooded the Carlson Center on Saturday for Fairbanks’ first ever ...

The AFN convention attracts up to 5,000 people each year from across Alaska. It was previously held in Fairbanks in 2005, 2007 and 2010.

Downtown Fairbanks, Alaska and the Chena River. Photographed Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (Loren Holmes / ADN) Located near the geographic center of the state, Fairbanks is Alaska’s year-round ...

The new center will also house the Fairbanks Convention and Visitors Bureau. The primary focus of the center is to encourage visitors to explore the cultures of the Interior and learn about travel ...

FAIRBANKS—Two Fairbanks women received high honors Thursday at the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention in Anchorage. Bernice Joseph, born in Tanana and raised in Nulato, was named the ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - Over 100 members of the Fairbanks community gathered on Wednesday for the 17th Interior Tourism Conference. The roster for the one-day event included updates on ...

The 50th Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Fairbanks will open with a healing ceremony from the Alaska Suicide Prevention Council. The observance acknowledges a suicide that took place at ...

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska - The Alaska Federation of Natives met in Fairbanks Oct. 24 through 26 to discuss the needs and concerns of the Native community. More than 1,200 delegates from member ...

The Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center, built through a partnership of both Alaska native and non-native organizations, encourages visitors to explore the unique cultures of the interior and ...

But coordinators didn’t think this would be a large convention, like Fairbanks hosted in 2016. “2016 was a presidential year. When we have a convention in a presidential year, ...