We had the privilege of attending and photographing two of the wonderful events at this past week’s World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in Fairbanks. We were audience to two of the most amazing and painful events, which you have to see to believe. Read Full Story

Public Relations Sales Manger Julia Jacobson joins us to talk about members of the media currently on assignment in Fairbanks. We also make note of how our Meetings and Conventions Department has recently gone the extra mile for a 2009 meeting. Play or download the Midday Update below. Download 7/18 Update Read Full Story

For time immemorial, Native peoples of the circumpolar areas of the world have gathered in small villages to participate in games of strength, endurance, balance, and agility. Along with these athletic games, dancing, story telling, and other audience participation games took place. This provided an opportunity for friendly competition, entertainment and laughter. The hosts provided food and lodging, and visitors brought news from surrounding villages and expanded opportunities for challenge... Read Full Story

The US Senate voted in favor of Alaska statehood 50 years ago today. By way of commemoration, the state of Alaska has recently introduced a website that serves as a jumping off point for 50th anniversary news and event information. Remaining events in Fairbanks include the Forum of Young Alaskans: A statewide conversation of the youth and young adults from around Alaska coming together to discuss the pressing issues and current challenges facing their generation. The Forum is based in three... Read Full Story

This week we highlight our participation in the Golden Days events coming up next month, mention Fairbanks to Frankfurt Germany flights, and the final home game for the Fairbanks Grizzlies. Play or download the update below. Download 6/27 Update Read Full Story

Fairbanks musician John Luther Adams was recently profiled by The New Yorker magazine in an article from Alex Ross titled Song of the Earth. The piece focuses largely on an Adams creation for the University of Alaska Museum of the North. On a recent trip to the Alaskan interior, I didn’t get to see the aurora borealis, but I did, in a way, hear it. At the Museum of the North, on the grounds of the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, the composer John Luther Adams has created a sound-and-light... Read Full Story

After some extra encouragement, several people have decided join the latest round of our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest. Here are a few few of the latest shots. Judging will take place at the end of August; submit today! Read Full Story

We hand out prizes quarterly in our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest. After wrapping up the voting for January through April, we were expecting a cascade of new shots for the May through August round. To our surprise there have only been a few photos submitted as of today. This gives aspiring photographers the opportunity to leap into the competition-void with an astonishing and breathtaking series of up to five master works (cheesiness and over-dramatization intended). Or…you... Read Full Story

Every day we are provided a list of search terms that resulted in a visit to Inside Alaska. One in particular caught our attention today: “cool pictures of Alaska”. While our humble opinion has always been that many of the “coolest” photos of Alaska can be found here; we were ecstatic to see an “authoritative source” like Google finally agrees. According to them, we have the second coolest set of Alaska pictures on the web. Hopefully with your support we can make #1 some day! See some of... Read Full Story

FCVB Tourism Director Colin Lawrence was recently on a joint mission with Alaska Travel Industry Association representative Jesse Carlstrom promoting Alaska travel in China. New regulations will make it easier and less expensive for the Chinese to travel in the United States, and Alaska is already preparing to receive them. Jesse can be seen in this report from CCVT in China explaining how tourism companies in our state are equipped to meet the demand. Note: There is a poll embedded within... Read Full Story