A candidate for governor would like to end the Permanent Fund Dividend with a big, one-time payout, and Denali National Park's tiniest — and fluffiest — rangers will begin showing off their training to visitors this month.

Fairbanks City Hall’s facade is set to feature a pair of murals designed by Alaska Native artists in concert with local Native organizations and Lower 48 researchers as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation.

The U.S. Air Force F-35 demonstration team will headline two days of aviation-related events and attractions to be held in August at Eielson Air Force Base.

Today is the last day for Golden Valley Electric Association members to cast a vote for candidates for the co-op’s board of directors. // The front of Fairbanks City Hall is getting a makeover, thanks to a public art initiative funded by the National Science Foundation. // The U.S. Air Force F-35 demonstration team will headline two days of aviation-related events in an air show in August at Eielson Air Force Base. // Several political candidates joined people from across Alaska for a multi-day Indigenous cultural festival in Juneau. // The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Board last week approved a program that allows teachers and staff members to carry concealed weapons in schools.

A park ranger died on Denali after falling into a crevasse, and federal regulators voted for new restrictions on caribou hunts in northwestern Alaska.

Park officials identified the victim as Robin Pendery of Washington state, a seasonal mountaineering ranger assigned to Denali National Park and Preserve.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the later than normal arrival of warm weather.

University of Alaska Fairbanks students are calling on Governor Mike Dunleavy to keep university maintenance funding intact. // A political unknown from Petersburg filed for Alaska’s U.S. Senate race last week. His candidacy is making headlines nationwide because his name, like the incumbent, is Dan Sullivan. // U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has been silent on President Trump’s controversial plan to spend public funds on a White House ballroom and his nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund. But on Thursday, Sullivan voted against those Trump priorities in amendments that failed on the Senate floor. // The largest tribe in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta squared off against Donlin Gold and the state of Alaska Wednesday in the state’s Supreme Court. // The National Science Foundation plans to yank a long-standing ocean observation station from the sea floor far off the coast of Alaska next year.

In Fairbanks, project backers are pointing to high energy prices in the Interior as one reason to push through the tax bill, which currently includes provisions for a spur line to the Golden Heart City.