Okorie "OKCello" Johnson brought his unique cello performance of live-sound-looping and storytelling to KUAC's Alaska Live. He plays for a sold out show so this is your opportunity to hear the conversation and performance.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the Central Interior's very snowy February.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly is reinstating a voter-approved property tax exemption for structures located on farms // The 54th annual Delta Farm Forum will be held Saturday at the Delta Junction Junior-Senior High School. // At least some folks who live in the Golden Heart City of Fairbanks ma-a-a-ay be losing some of their love for winter -- because it’s been a tough one. // The Alaska Board of Fisheries wrapped up a weeklong meeting in Anchorage this week after approving new limits for the South Alaska Peninsula salmon fishery. // Three old guys from Minnesota became unlikely crowd favorites in this year’s Iron Dog snowmachine race.

A military training exercise started this week and is taking place in training areas around Alaska and in Greenland. // The City of Fairbanks is committing $40,000 in stopgap funding to the organization that operates the town’s only overnight, low-barrier warming center. // Millions of federal dollars were recently awarded to the Kodiak Island spaceport and its owner. // The Alaska Permanent Fund beat its performance benchmarks last year and is approaching $90 billion. // President Trump’s pick for surgeon general told U.S. senators Wednesday that anti-vaccine rhetoric was never part of her message.

Time is running short for anyone interested in acquiring the old Gerstle River bridge on the Alaska Highway. It’s one of three bridges built during World War II that the state Department of Transportation is planning to replace over the next few years.

President Trump didn’t mention any Alaska projects during his State of the Union Address. // Some Fairbanks City Council members are clashing with Mayor Mindy O’Neall over the next steps for the city-owned site of the demolished Polaris Building. // The Alaska Department of Transportation wants to give away a historic bridge on the Alaska Highway that’s scheduled for replacement. // Alaska senators advanced a heavily-modified version of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s tax bill last week.

State officials are calling it a win for Alaska’s economic sovereignty, but some residents are worried about losing longstanding subsistence rights.