When Fairbanks Mayor David Pruhs first entered the mayor’s office at City Hall in October 2022, it was a bit of an adjustment.

“It was hard for me to get used to this office because this was the principal’s office when I went to school here,” Pruhs said on Thursday. “It took me about a week with some Dr. Phil intervention to not come into here with trepidation.”

City Hall used to be a school building, constructed in the 1930s after the city’s only school burned to the ground in December 1932. A Fairbanksan born and raised, Pruhs attended the school along with his brothers.

Decades later, Pruhs will again exit the office space after three years helming the city as mayor.

“I got a lot accomplished and worked with great people on staff and on the city council,” Pruhs said. “I’ve got a lot

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