Panel recommends smoke control measures for Alaska borough

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Commissioners are asking the Fairbanks North Star Borough to take several steps to address heavily polluted air in the borough, including banning old wood stoves and putting restrictions on wood sales.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://bit.ly/2ph2EFY) the new smoke pollution control measures are directed at the Borough Assembly and the mayor. They come as the borough has fallen short of clean air standards and the EPA has proposed reclassifying the bor