The Alaska Department of Transportation has opened the Taylor Highway in the eastern Interior. And the department will begin plowing snow next week on another seasonally accessible highway to the west.

At a campaign event in Fairbanks, Shuerch warned that widening political divisions are making it harder to address Alaska’s biggest problems.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the forecast development of an El Nino and uncertainty about what it means for our upcoming summer, fall and winter weather.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Click Bishop announced his running mate Wednesday at a campaign event in Fairbanks. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a fast-track budget bill Thursday that provides $450 million for construction projects, disaster relief and wildfire suppression. // State officials are considering a proposal to ask the EPA to regulate air quality in Fairbanks and North Pole separately. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a fast-track budget bill Thursday that provides $450 million for construction projects, disaster relief and wildfire suppression. // The Alaska Department of Transportation opened the Taylor Highway last week and will begin clearing the Denali Highway next week.

Law enforcement officers and a SWAT team converged on a middle school in Fairbanks Thursday after getting a report of what officials later determined was false information about gunshots at the school on the north side of town.

State lawmakers are throwing cold water on hopes for a super-sized Permanent Fund dividend, and a Fairbanks man is in custody after an armed standoff with law enforcement at his house.

Aaron Hague, 37, is accused of killing another man and stealing his identity.

The state of Alaska has finally secured the funding it needs to replace a couple aging bridges on the Alaska Highway, and this year's Iditarod champion just won the Kobuk 440 sled dog race.

The State of Alaska has finally secured almost $109 million in federal funding to replace two aging bridges on the Alaska Highway.

Mined metals rival Alaska seafood as top exports from the state, according to a state Department of Labor analysis. // An Alaska House committee last week inserted a roughly $3,800 Permanent Fund dividend into its latest draft of the state budget. But that figure is far from final.