Schools in Fairbanks, Alaska are closed Monday due to a snowstorm expected to dump as much as 10 inches on the region, Alaska Public Media reports. Also closed are the public library, the University of Alaska’s campus, the city bus system, and most borough department (Alaskan for “county”) buildings. A candidate forum for state Senate and House seats was moved to Zoom.
In Fairbanks, Alaska, a city 140 miles south of the Arctic Circle, deep in the hostile continental interior of the state, 10 inches of snow is disrupting public infrastructure and transit.