Treg Taylor is staying in the Gubernatorial race in spite of President Trump's request that he step aside, and a little girl has kept one small reminder of home after a storm destroyed her village.

League of Women Voters Alaska State House and Senate Candidate Forum second half includes: Senate Seat Q candidates William Hunt and Frank Tomaszewski; House Seat 35 candidates Ashley Carrick and Jeff Rentzel; House Seat 36 candidate Crystal Jones

League of Women Voters Alaska State House and Senate Candidate Forum first half includes: House Seat 31 candidates Maxine Dibert and Aimee Moore; House Seat 33 candidates Barbara Haney, Pepper McFarland and Mike Prax; House Seat 34 candidates Joy Beth Cottle and Harmony Tomeszewski

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about El Nino's effects on hurricane and typhoon formation.

Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Congresswoman Mary Peltola traded accusations and interruptions Thursday during a heated Debate for the State. // Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was in Fairbanks Wednesday at a Chamber of Commerce event, where he promoted building Alaska AI data centers. // The Alaska Department of Natural Resources commissioner will appear before the state Senate Resources Committee to discuss a land deal that would include building data centers. // Taiwan says it plans to buy 6.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas annually from the U.S. through its participation in a project to build the LNG pipeline in Alaska. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined a bipartisan group of senators last weekend who called for President Trump to immediately call off his plan to buy diesel fuel from Russia. // More buses and cars will be allowed to travel the road through Denali National Park, under a rule announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Alaska has attracted proposals for as many as 15 data centers, but concerns about how to power them have fueled calls for caution.

Republican Congressman Nick Begich III and his challenger, Independent Bill Hill, made their case to voters during Wednesday night’s Debate for the State. // Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson is pushing back after President Trump endorsed another Republican in the race: Bernadette Wilson. // A senior climate scientist with the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center says it’s possible this year’s super El Nino may not produce much snow in Alaska. // Indigenous scholars from across the country are meeting in Juneau this week to learn from local experts and build community

The Interior Department says it has canceled projects with groups “actively working against the best interests of the American people and the priorities of this administration.”

President Donald Trump was in Wasilla Tuesday for a rally to promote Republican candidates. // President Trump’s rally drew crowds of supporters — and protesters. // The Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce had to cancel a governor candidate forum scheduled for Tuesday after two Republican candidates bailed out so they could attend the rally in Wasilla.// A little over a year ago, life in dozens of Yukon-Kuskokwim communities was suddenly interrupted when an ex-typhoon slammed into Alaska’s west coast. // The Department of the Interior recently ended more than 100 collaborative projects between the National Parks Service and organizations, including Denali National Park and Preserve’s beloved sled dog program.