The Fairbanks Organizing Committee would like to thank the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics and the Fairbanks Convention & Visitors Bureau for their generous donations toward Fairbanks’ bid for the 2014 Arctic Winter Games. We sincerely appreciate...

The Fairbanks Organizing Committee unveiled the community’s choice for the theme for the 2014 Fairbanks Arctic Winter Games (AWG) bid on Wednesday, June 2nd at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center in downtown Fairbanks. The grand prize winner is Macy Possent...

The 2014 Fairbanks Bid Organizing Committee manned booths at three local events recently: the IABA Home Show, the Fairbanks Outdoor Show, and the KTVF Summer Activity Fair. Our 15 volunteers gathered more than 1300 signatures in support of Fairbanks' Bid for the 2014 Arctic Winter Games! They also...

On April 15th, our three mayors - Fairbanks City Mayor Terry Strle, North Pole Mayor Douglas Isaacson, and Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Luke Hopkins - joined together and wrote the AWG International Committee to announce Fairbanks' intention to bid for the 2014 Games' Host Community. As our elected representatives, they expressed our community's capacity and enthusiasm for staging this impressive, international youth sports competition and cultural exchange.

On behalf of all the residents of Fairbanks North Star Borough we are excited to work toward hosting the 2014 Arctic Winter Games.  The Arctic Winter Games is a unique opportunity to provide invaluable youth sports and cultural interchange for the circumpolar north. Fairbanks embodies the spirit, values, and vision of the Games!  We look forward to showing our community pride and hospitality in hosting the 23rd Arctic Winter Games in 2014.

Luke Hopkins, Mayor
Fairbanks North Star Borough