FAIRBANKS - A University of Alaska Fairbanks parking lot on the main campus is the proposed location for a new home for engineering faculty and students. The UA Board of Regents last week approved early design plans for a five-story, $108.

Three "hot shot" groups from Thunder Mountain and Juneau-Douglas high schools are among more than 30 teams participating in the 2010 FIRST® Tech Challenge, a robotics tournament for high school students taking place this Friday and Saturday at University of Alaska's William R. Wood Campus Center. They're all competing for a chance to represent Alaska at the FIRST World Festival and FTC World Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta in April.