Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the record cold March, and Fairbanks record cold winter.

Recent controversy over reports of cutbacks at UAF's primary research institute for Alaska Native languages drew the attention of state lawmakers this week. // The Fairbanks borough has the highest residential vacancy rate in the state. That should be good for renters, but it isn’t that simple. // Alaska lawmakers are considering two bills that would eliminate the need to change our clocks twice a year. // University of Alaska staff voted to form a union. The Coalition of Alaska University Employees for Equity will be the UA system's largest union. // The federal government has announced that it’s giving Alaska $109 million to help pay for replacing two old bridges on the Alaska Highway.

A look inside the community with the state’s highest rental vacancy rate shows what that data point can capture – and what it can’t.

If you think this past winter in Fairbanks felt colder than ever before, well, the National Weather Service says you’re right. // The committee proposing a charter school in Two Rivers presented its resubmitted application this week. // The Alaska House passed a bill Wednesday that would help the state capture more tax revenue from companies that sell to Alaskans online. // Arctic sea ice has been shrinking in recent decades, reaching record lows both in summer and in winter. A new study shows a continuation of the trend.

The National Weather Service in Fairbanks on Tuesday confirmed what pretty much anyone who’s spent a few winters in the Interior might’ve been thinking: this winter was the city’s coldest on record.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough mayor wants more funding for the school district in the upcoming budget, and this year’s Cama’i Dance Festival brought three packed days of performances and events to Bethel.

A national Republican senators organization has filed a complaint alleging that Senate candidate Mary Peltola spent campaign money on personal expenses. // Mayors of five Alaska boroughs where the proposed Alaska gasline would pass through disagree with the governor's plan to give tax breaks to the project. // Golden Valley Electric Association will hold a meeting Wednesday in Fairbanks to talk about its need to generate more electricity. // Thousands of Alaskans turned out Saturday in several communities around the state to protest the actions and policies of the Trump administration. // More than 1,700 comments had been posted online as of Monday in response to the federal government’s review of Alaska’s subsistence management program.

The state seismologist says the project is still several years and millions of dollars away, but the $2M appropriation is an important milestone.