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.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the recent redefinition of El Nino and La Nina.

The 11th Airborne Division will begin a major training exercise Monday near Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base. // Despite the state education commissioner overturning their decision, the president of the Fairbanks school board is standing behind the board’s unanimous vote to reject a charter school application last year. // The family of one of the victims who died in a Bering Air plane crash last year is suing the regional airline. // Mushers pulled their bib numbers at a Yukon Quest Alaska event Thursday. // One of Alaska’s most prolific murderers is buried in a place of honor, in a cemetery for veterans in Sitka. But that could change – with an act of Congress.

Fairbanks school district administrators are proposing almost $7 million worth of reinvestments to lower class sizes and restore some programs. // Fairbanks cross country skier Kendall Kramer is days away from competing in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. // The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Aaron C. Peterson of Anchorage to be a federal District Court judge in Alaska. //The federal government is seeking public input on a proposal to open up ocean waters off Alaska for seafloor mineral-mining lease sales. // Former Sitka state representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins this week became the third Democrat to run for governor.