FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU) - The third annual Winter Solstice Festival seeks to bring people together in downtown Fairbanks to celebrate the shortest day of the year. “The winter Solstice festival ...

In the high glare of a summer evening in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ciara Santiago watched the mercury climb. A meteorologist at the ...

Alaska experiences the shortest daylight hours in the country. In Fairbanks, sunrise on Dec. 21 is 10:58 a.m. and sunset is 2:40 p.m. — less than four hours of daylight on the winter solstice.

To celebrate the light’s return, a dazzling display of solstice fireworks will blast off at 8 p.m. Saturday over the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks. The fireworks cap off the Winter Solstice ...

Compare that to Fairbanks, Alaska, where the sunrise on Dec. 21 is 10:58 a.m. and sunset is 2:40 p.m. on the winter solstice — less than four hours of daylight. What happens on the winter solstice?

The Alaska Railroad’s Aurora Winter Train is running now through mid-May, offering weekend journeys between Anchorage and Fairbanks with stops including Wasilla and Talkeetna. In February and ...