Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about our unusually warm and dry August weather.

Money is pouring into Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, and it’s not just for the real candidates. // Alaska Public Media’s series of interviews on this year’s gubernatorial candidates features a familiar voice: Bill Walker, who's running again after serving from 2014-2018. // Juneau residents in the glacial outburst flood zone celebrated Thursday as the Mendenhall River crested at a level well below flood stage. // A wildland firefighter from the Northwest Arctic community of Noorvik died Tuesday while fighting a wildfire in Minnesota. // Federal game managers have announced that they’ve temporarily delayed the opening for a part of a popular subsistence caribou hunt in the eastern Interior.

A very warm weekend is in store for the eastern Interior, due to a high-pressure system that’s parked over the region.

Residents of the eastern Interior may get this summer’s warmest temperatures this weekend. // The ballot questions that Fairbanks North Star Borough voters will consider this fall could reshape how local elections work in future years. // Our series of interviews with Alaska’s gubernatorial candidates continues today with Republican Matt Heilala, an Anchorage surgeon. // The Alaska Department of Health announced the first round of funding for state projects under the $5 billion Rural Health Transformation Project. // Construction of a long-awaited and controversial road connecting King Cove to Cold Bay in western Alaska may soon get underway.

The Alaska Division of Elections may have violated federal law when it struck more than 3,000 people from its active voter rolls last month. // A local ballot question will ask Fairbanks North Star Borough voters in October if they want the borough to tally votes exclusively by hand in future elections. // Alaska Public Media’s series of interviews with candidates for governor continues with Republican Click Bishop. // The Alaska Department of Health has announced the first round of funding for state projects under the Rural Health Transformation Program.

If approved, one ballot measure would change the date of the borough election, which now happens the first Tuesday in October each year. It would move to the same day as the state and federal elections in November, the Tuesday after the first Monday in that month, if voters approve Proposition 2. The other measure, Proposition 3, would introduce a hand count-only method for tallying votes in borough elections and ban the use of machine tabulators for producing or certifying official counts.

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, Congressman Nick Begich and three Republican gubernatorial candidates aren’t contributing information to a voter guide being compiled by Alaska’s major news organizations. // Alaska Public Media's interviews with leading gubernatorial candidates continues with Republican Shelley Hughes, a longtime legislator from the Mat-Su. // A New York-based child welfare advocacy group has dropped a 4-year-old lawsuit that alleged misconduct in Alaska’s foster care system. // It's official: Fairbanks has been chosen to host the 2028 Arctic Winter Games.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Saturday in voting against Todd Blanche, President Trump’s attorney general nominee. // Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson talked about his run for governor with Alaska Public Media state government reporter Eric Stone. // The Arctic Winter Games International Committee has chosen Fairbanks to host the games in 2028. // A New York-based child welfare advocacy group has dropped a 4-year-old lawsuit that alleged misconduct in Alaska’s foster care system. // Thousands of dipnetters from across the state flock to fill their freezers every year with salmon. A University of Alaska economist wonders whether it's worth all the work and expense.

Fairbanks last hosted the games in 2014.