The field is beginning to sort out as the race moves down the Yukon River.

Lisa Murkowski and three other U.S. senators returned Monday from Greenland, where they tried to repair relationships after President Trump’s threats to take over the island. // A UAF student has made his first court appearance after he ate a fellow student’s AI-generated artwork in an act of protest. // Workers at Alaska’s only major shipyard have been busy since a new operator took charge of the state-owned facility in Ketchikan last fall. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s fiscal plan is taking a beating as lawmakers and the public take a closer look at the proposal. Now, the governor is changing course.

Yukon Quest mushers face many challenges along the trail, and volunteers are there to support them.

“It shouldn’t be acceptable for this art to be put alongside these real pieces,” he said. “It chews up and it spits out art made by other people.”

Yukon Quest mushers will run into overnight low temperatures of around 40 below tonight and Tuesday as they traverse the Yukon Flats. // About a hundred people packed a hearing in Anchorage for six and a half hours last week on a controversial proposal to reform the Federal Subsistence Board. // Despite Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s advice, Alaska state officials continue to search for a solution to its long-running budget problem of spending more than it takes in. // A judge ruled last week that Alaska’s two largest news organizations and two top reporters did not defame an ex-state employee in a story they wrote in 2023.

Mushers are moving over the first one hundred plus miles of trail after starting in Fairbanks Saturday.

Cherish the Ladies are celebrating 40 years as a band. On their third visit to Fairbanks with the Fairbanks Concert Association, they made their debut on Alaska Live. Get to know these talented women of Celtic Music and hear reels, jigs and ballads on this session of Alaska Live.

KUAC Reporter Patrick Gilchrist gives a preview from the 2026 Yukon Quest start line in Downtown Fairbanks behind the Morris Thompson Cultural Center. Dog teams, mushers, handlers, volunteers and fans are lined up ready to cheer on the teams as they set out on their almost 800 mile journey!

The annual Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center, or JPMRC, will be conducted through Feb. 26, mainly around the Yukon Training Area east of Eielson.