Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about an unusual lack of sub-zero temperatures this fall in the Fairbanks area.

Denakkanaaga is an organization that serves as the voice for the native elders of Interior Alaska. Mary TallMountain was one of our elders. We believe her lifelong struggle to exist in two worlds can help people facing similar struggles today. Mary was born in 1918 in a tent on land drained by the Yukon River in Interior Alaska. She was only six when she was adopted out of her native village of Nulato. Cut off from her family and her people, she managed to survive by grounding herself in her native culture and developing her talent for writing.

Democrat Mary Peltola pulled further ahead of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan on Thursday. And front-runner Democrat governor candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins widened his lead. // The driver of a heavy ore-hauling truck reportedly lost control and skidded off the Alaska Highway and the rig came to a rest about 30 feet from the Dot Lake School. // The Trump administration is preparing to lift a classification on 28 million acres of federal land in Alaska to spur more resource development in the state. // After a 4-and-a-half month deployment in the Arctic, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Storis visited Juneau, its future home port, before heading back to Seattle for repairs and upgrades.

Denakkanaaga is an organization that serves as the voice for the native elders of Interior Alaska. Mary TallMountain was one of our elders. We believe her lifelong struggle to exist in two worlds can help people facing similar struggles today. Mary was born in 1918 in a tent on land drained by the Yukon River in Interior Alaska. She was only six when she was adopted out of her native village of Nulato. Cut off from her family and her people, she managed to survive by grounding herself in her native culture and developing her talent for writing.

Alaska's Senate race tightened in the latest batch of election results, and the Alaska Federation of Natives honored a Kotzebue veteran with its military service award.

Several events are scheduled to be held today around Fairbanks and elsewhere in the Interior to commemorate Veterans Day. // Democrat Mary Peltola increased her lead over Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan again Tuesday. She now leads Sullivan by nearly 2 percentage points. // A group of state legislators charting the future of Alaska public school funding seeks study of what is an "adequate education." // University of Alaska officials say more than $86 million in federal grants that were frozen by the Trump administration have been restored. // Natural gas is in short supply in Southcentral Alaska — and so are solutions. // Not far from the town of Nenana, on a ridge overlooking the Tanana River, are what's believed to be the ancient remains of the oldest known dwelling in the western hemisphere.

Democrat Mary Peltola increased her lead over Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan Monday, when the state Division of Elections updated its vote count. // There's growing optimism among advocates around the high number of Indigenous voters who went to the polls last week. // The Denali Borough Assembly on Wednesday will consider certifying the results of last week’s general election. // An outbreak of a rare viral disease called m-pox has emerged in Anchorage that appears to be expanding. // Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority officials say their plans to explore for oil in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are on hold. // The average price of a barrel of Alaska North Slope crude oil in October was more than $122. // A Russian company secretly funded a project to export natural gas from Alaska -- but not through a gas pipeline; instead, with tankers that would ship it directly from the North Slope to markets in Asia.

The cast and crew of “Lost Girl” featured in conversation and select scene performances. "Lost Girl" is a heartfelt reimagining of the beloved Peter Pan story on stage at the Salisbury Lab Theatre located in the UAF Fine Arts Complex,Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 and Sunday matinees at 2, November 13-22.

Denakkanaaga is an organization that serves as the voice for the native elders of Interior Alaska. Mary TallMountain was one of our elders. We believe her lifelong struggle to exist in two worlds can help people facing similar struggles today. Mary was born in 1918 in a tent on land drained by the Yukon River in Interior Alaska. She was only six when she was adopted out of her native village of Nulato. Cut off from her family and her people, she managed to survive by grounding herself in her native culture and developing her talent for writing.

State Elections officials are planning to release more votes today and Tuesday as the high-profile statewide races for U.S. Senate and governor remain uncalled. // Mary Peltola’s campaign went to court Friday in an attempt to force the state Elections Division of to reveal absentee ballots it’s rejecting in her race against Sen. Dan Sullivan. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education last week again unanimously rejected a charter application by Pearl Creek STEAM Charter School. // Friends and family gathered last week to remember Buddy Bendixen. He died this month at age 101, and was the last known member of the Alaska Territorial Guard.