FAIRBANKS — First comes re-deployment, then comes babies.

It’s been a pattern as long as there have been soldiers returning from wars: About nine months after the soldiers return, there’s a spike in new births.

In the case of Fairbanks and the return of more than 4,000 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division soldiers last spring, it means Bassett Army Community Hospital is preparing for an influx of infants with March birthdays.

FAIRBANKS — Military vehicle enthusiasts last week briefly returned the town of Delta Junction to a time when vehicles were slower, music was brassier and the wartime highway was brand new.

A group of more than 200 participants was at the Deltana Fairgrounds last Tuesday in a convoy of historical military vehicles to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Alaska Highway.

FAIRBANKS — Replacing a bathroom hot tub with a handicap-accessible shower is not the kind of switch you would see on a TV home makeover show, but it was perfect for a wounded veteran of both Iraq wars who is starting a new career while raising three sons in Fairbanks.