The Fairbanks City Council passed a resolution at its regular meeting authorizing Mayor Mindy O’Neall’s administration to enter into negotiations with the lone respondent to a request for proposals. The vote was unanimous.

The City of Fairbanks on Monday inched a little closer toward accepting a plan to redevelop the site of the demolished Polaris Building. // The Lower Kuskokwim School District says it won’t be re-opening schools in the two communities hit hardest by ex-typhoon Halong last October. // Alaska's biggest health insurance provider is asking to raise its rates on the individual marketplace by more than 25% for next year.

City of Fairbanks Mayor Mindy O'Neall announced the resignation of Chief of Staff Mike Sanders at Monday night's City Council meeting.

The Mukluk Fire destroyed 44 homes in Tok over the past week, according to updated figures from the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection. That’s up from earlier estimates of 20 or more residences and structures razed.

The U.S. military has identified some of the victims of the plane crash that killed eight people in Southwest Alaska last week. // The Mukluk Fire destroyed 44 homes in Tok over the past week, according to updated figures from the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection. // The chief of staff for the City of Fairbanks is moving on after just under five years on the job. // Two Nome-area miners allege in a federal lawsuit they were unlawfully prevented from using a public beach to reach their mining claims.

Investigators say the charter plane that crashed in Southwest Alaska last week, killing eight people, was on its second attempt at landing. // The destructive wildfire that broke out in Tok last week won’t delay the start of the school year, according to the district superintendent. // NOAA announced earlier this month that it would end its support for the Arctic Report Card.

Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about this week's Mukluk Fire in Tok and its similarities to another devastating late season blaze in the Susitna Valley back in 2019.

Eight people died Thursday after the charter plane they were flying in crashed on a remote cape in Southwest Alaska. // State fire officials have reduced some evacuation orders in Tok for the more than 5,000-acre Mukluk Fire. // A Nenana man has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting an inmate while he was serving as an officer with the state Department of Corrections. // The Midnight Sun Scottish Highland Games returned to Fairbanks for the second year in a row last weekend.

The fire is still gaining ground in the northwest, and lightning could spark more fires in the coming days.

Tok residents find ways to cope amid destruction from the Mukluk Fire. // Delta Junction voters talk open primaries and ranked choice voting after casting their ballots on Tuesday. // Alaska's highest court heard oral arguments earlier this month over the constitutionality of the Mat-Su Borough School District's bathroom policy.