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    The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Monday that Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg must be included on the ballot for a U.S. Senate seat. // Police fatally shot a man in Fairbanks Sunday evening after he pointed a gun at an officer, according to Fairbanks Police Department. // A group of Alaska Native organizations is launching a new rural veterinary public health program next month to provide care for animals in dozens of villages across the state.
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    The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly will vote this week on an ordinance that would enable administration to lease the vacant Pearl Creek Elementary building to a charter school. // An Anchorage judge ruled Friday that the state’s decision to disqualify a U.S. Senate candidate with the same name as the incumbent was unlawful. // A group of state lawmakers tasked with drafting a final version of an Alaska LNG tax relief bill kicked off work over the weekend. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy told lawmakers on Thursday he’d vetoed six bills. But dozens of others have passed into law over the past few weeks.
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    It's part of Permafrost Grown, a five-year, $3 million project funded by the National Science Foundation.
  • Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Alaska thunderstorms and how they're different from the cumulonimbus clouds that form in the Lower 48.
  • A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree assault for shooting a person in Fairbanks on June.
  • The Alaska Division of Elections' attorney told a judge Thursday that the agency could find a solution so that voters could tell the difference between U.S. Sen. Sullivan and a challenger of the same name. // A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree assault for shooting a person in Fairbanks on June 9. // A dead fin whale found attached to the bow of a cruise ship that arrived in Seward last week likely died from being hit by an ocean-going vessel. // A group of Alaska researchers that study how permafrost affects farming in the far north have expressed their discoveries through printmaking. An installation of their artwork is on display on the UAF campus.
  • Federal firefighters are working on several lightning-caused wildfires around the northern portion of the Interior. Thousands of strikes have been detected over the past six days.
  • Gov. Mike Dunleavy trimmed nearly $90 million from the state budget with line-item vetoes Wednesday afternoon. // Dunleavy’s spokesperson says he plans to veto a bill naming an University of Alaska Anchorage economic research center after Vic Fischer, its first director. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski says President Trump spoke angrily to Republican senators at a closed-door luncheon Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol. // Federal firefighters are working on several lightning-caused wildfires around the northern portion of the Interior.