The nation’s top court will hear a Fairbanks pilot’s years-old case after the state of Alaska seized his plane as part of a bootlegging conviction. // Fairbanks police say a teenage motorcyclist died over the weekend after colliding with a man on a bicycle who was crossing the road illegally. // Calls to ban trawling or end bycatch in the pollock fishery off Alaska’s shores are reaching a fever-pitch this election season.

Evidence and witness statements indicate Aiden Cowles, 19 and the driver of the motorcycle, was following road rules and wearing protective gear, according to Fairbanks Police Department.

Christopher Popps, 54, faces charges of second-degree murder in the death of Patrick Orville Dearth, who was 34 when he went missing in 1993.

The state of Alaska seized Ken Jouppi's Cessna 206 after he was convicted of bootlegging for ignoring a six-pack of beer loaded onto a flight headed to the dry village of Beaver in 2012.

A Michigan man has been jailed on murder charges more than 30 years after he allegedly shot a coworker in Fairbanks. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly and school board met in a joint work session last week to discuss the borough’s cap on school district savings. // The lead Democrat in the race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat is suspending his campaign. An application for a gold mining exploration project near the Tanana River and Delta Junction is taking its final steps. // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is waiving federal Clean Air Act restrictions on using high-sulfur diesel on the North Slope.

The drilling project would take place near Delta Junction and the Tanana River.

Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about the extreme climate of the Yukon Flats.

A major supplier of firewood in Fairbanks says it will wind down its kiln-dried firewood operation by the end of the year. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy called lawmakers back for a third special session on Thursday. // U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a state of Alaska lawyer who is originally from China, according to ICE officials. // It's likely that Alaska – and the rest of the globe – will see a very strong El Niño climate pattern this fall and winter. // The latest campaign finance data in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race show Democrat Mary Peltola has vastly outraised incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. // The state is appealing a federal judge’s decision to award $1.8 million in attorney fees to several Native organizations in a lawsuit over subsistence fishing rights.

Cast and crew from "The Jungle Book" joined host Lori Neufeld in the KUAC studio to chat about this weekend's production and perform select scenes.

A Supreme Court Justice spoke to a packed auditorium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and a Two Rivers man is in custody after allegedly attacking his ex-girlfriend with his vehicle.