Golden Valley Electric Association’s board of directors have given the go-ahead for a new program to help co-op members who’ve fallen behind in their monthly payments to catch up.

The University of Alaska is eliminating out-of-state tuition rates. // Alaska Public Media’s series of interviews with candidates for governor continues with Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. // A North Pole woman was sentenced to 21 years in prison Wednesday for selling drugs that resulted in a man’s fatal fentanyl overdose. // An Azul Airlines plane briefly blocked the main runway at Fairbanks International Airport Wednesday. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski refuses to comment on how she’ll vote on the confirmation of Todd Blanche, Trump’s pick for attorney general.

Alaska District Court Judge Aaron Peterson handed down the sentence to 39-year-old Samantha Pearson Wednesday. She was accused of selling the drugs that led to death of 32-year-old Adam Sakkinen, also of North Pole, about four years ago.

Thousands of households rely on the company’s wood to keep warm through the Interior’s brutal winters.

A workplace-safety agency has begun an investigation into an accident that killed two people last week who were working on a septic project in Delta Junction. // A top City of Fairbanks official says he wants to stall certain public records requests submitted by Outside YouTubers. // A series of Alaska Public Media interviews with gubernatorial hopefuls kicks off with Democratic candidate Tom Begich. // The Trump administration wants to loosen offshore Arctic drilling rules that were put in place during the Obama administration. // Two dance groups — one from rural Alaska, and one from Chicago — met in Nome last week in an effort to blend contemporary and Alaska Native dance styles.

City of Fairbanks Chief of Staff Mike Sanders told the City Council he'd prefer to tell Lower 48 content creators seeking police body-cam footage that they'll "get it when they get it."

A state workplace-safety agency has begun an investigation into an accident that killed two people last week who were working on a septic-system project in Delta Junction.

The Northwest Arctic community of Ambler has been without drinking water and sewer for five months. // The Alaska Supreme Court has decided that Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg can stay in the race for U.S. Senate. So, what exactly are his policy priorities?

The National Transportation Safety Board released its final report on the Bering Air crash that killed 10 people last year. // Authorities say a construction site accident killed two people working to install a septic system in Delta Junction last week. // Alaska librarians fear effects of possible cuts to a federal program that subsidizes school and library internet. // The University of Alaska and its new staff union have begun negotiations on a first contract, but union members aren’t impressed with the initial offer.

Two people died Thursday in a construction-site accident in Delta Junction, according to authorities. Alaska State Troopers say 68-year-old Paul Hebert and 71-year-old Jackie Wilder were killed when the 13-foot-deep trench they were working in collapsed. Both victims were residents of Delta.