Rebecca Clack

An update from us here at PBS 💙

Trump to meet Putin next week in Alaska, he says on social media | Alaska Beacon President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska, Trump said in a social media post Friday.

Trump to meet Putin next week in Alaska, he says on social media, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

This is a developing story, check back for updates.

Make that call. 📞

Keep your eye on what's happening in Texas.

Thanks to Jana Pierce for posting this on FB.

Fairbanks Blueberry Folks! 🫐

Rain aids firefighting efforts Today's Alaska weather forecast from Alaska's Weather Source. Rain in the interior will help firefighting efforts through Thursday. Drier and warmer toward the end of the week.

Fairbanks Folks:

The interior hub saw 8-tenths of an inch of rain, setting a new daily record. The old record was more than a hundred years ago.”

www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/07/10/r...

YouTube video by Kravits The Project 2025 Song!

Watched this before 2024 Election, and now seeing it through a whole new set of WOKE eyes.🇺🇸

#schoolhouserock

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvQh...

We knew it was coming.
Nothing we could do to STOP it. 😞

Map of the Fairbanks, Alaska area showing PM 2.5 AQI values as of about 145pm Sunday, June 22, 2025.

Fairbanks area PM 2.5 air quality index early Sunday afternoon. Wildfire smoke abounds with AQIs mostly in the "unhealthy" to "very unhealthy" categories. Somehow, the fact that it's been worse in the past isn't much comfort at the moment. Graphic courtesy PurpleAir. #akwx #Smoke #Summer2025

Ain’t that the truth!
Only comfort I’m getting right now is knowing there’s relief from the heat and some rain coming in a few days. 🤞

Splash screen for the post: June 2025 Alaska/Yukon Wildfire Update: a near-record slow start escalated rapidly

From nothing to everything in just a few days, the 2025 wildfire season in northwest North America has roared to life. I've got some context and info on why in the latest from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. #akwx #Wildfire2025 #Summer2025

alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/june-2025-...

*Drats*
Will not be able to cheer on the Midnight Sun Fun runners this year - too unhealthy!

GREAT tips here! ✈️

NWS Fairbanks’ first heat advisory, 4.7 earthquake this morning and smoke rolling in from BC fires.

Oh, my.
Summer rolling in big time!

“Most in any May.”

*Fairbanks gardeners groan*

Fairbanks Folks

Fairbanks Folks 🇺🇸

Fairbanks Folks:

One of my friends posted this photo from our local Lowes.

Remember. 🇺🇸

YouTube video by War News Updates French Caretakers Scrub Sand From Omaha Beach Into The Letters To Give Them The Brown Gold Look

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STORY: French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub it into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil.

Last year when President Biden spoke at West Point he stayed after the ceremony to shake the hands of every graduate. Today, Trump gave his speech and immediately left without shaking a single hand

When President Obama spoke at the 2014 West Point commencement ceremony he shook the hand of every single graduate after his speech. Today, Donald Trump gave a speech while wearing a MAGA hat and then left without shaking any hands

How the Trump budget bill would impact kids. (It would be a disaster.) * Drastically cut health care. 15 million Americans, including millions of children, could lose access through Medicaid cuts and ACA marketplace changes. * Increase food insecurity. Nearly 11 million people—including 4 million kids—could lose SNAP food assistance. * Make families poorer. The bill would kick 4.5 million American kids off the child tax credit. * Leave AI dangers unchecked. The bill would freeze state-level AI regulation for 10 years, stripping states of the ability to protect kids from deep fakes, exploitation, and more.

I'm giving you a mission for this Memorial Day holiday weekend. I want you to talk to two people—friends, neighbors, cookout attendees—about why Trump's proposed budget would be a disaster for American kids.

We owe the next generation every chance, and this isn't it.

Sleep apnea pill shows striking success in large clinical trial Drug combination targeting lax airways is nearing an FDA submission

Sleep apnea pill shows striking success in large clinical trial | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

So grateful for all @alaskawx.bsky.social has done to help us understand our climate here - and the “challenges!”

“If.”

He grabs the headlines for an “if” it happens.

Birch (358) coming in strong since green up!

“This page will be updated two to three times per week during the Fairbanks pollen season.”

www.uaf.edu/ces/healthy-...

How are businesses supposed to make plans when dealing with all these ups & downs?

As always, small businesses taking the biggest hits.