Preliminary work on Interior Alaska’s new veterans cemetery began early last month. But the project is now officially underway, since a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the site in Salcha on June 20th.

Interior Alaska’s new veterans cemetery is under construction, and Fairbanks scientists are tracking a parasite that lives in local swimming holes and triggers an itchy rash.

The incident marks the second fatal shooting involving an Alaska State Trooper in Fairbanks in 10 days.

A rare funnel cloud was spotted in a remote area south of the Denali Highway Saturday evening. // The Alaska House ethics committee says Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance likely violated state law when she criticized a local newspaper’s coverage of a Charlie Kirk memorial. // President Trump has pardoned a diesel mechanic from Wasilla who was convicted of removing pollution-control equipment from diesel vehicles. // Nearly twenty years ago, a California couple set out to play a game of croquet on the lawn of every state capitol. They finished that quest in Juneau last month.

Mary Ellen Doty has decades of frontline medical experience, including almost 20 years in rural Alaska. In her recent memoir, “Medicine at 50 Below,” published by Nelson Bond Publishing in February, Doty shares firsthand experiences of practicing medicine in the state.

Pearl Creek STEAM Charter School wants to use the vacant Pearl Creek Elementary building.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly has authorized administration to lease a vacant building to the charter school at the center of an ongoing court battle. // Alaska’s food assistance program had the highest payment error rate in the country last year. // An economist at the University of Alaska Anchorage found Alaska’s federal workforce shrank almost 16% between April 2024 and April 2026. // Some states showed out at the Great American State Fair in Washington D.C. But Alaska’s booth is underwhelming.

Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Alaska's generally slow wildfire activity in June.

Alaska is hosting dozens of celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary. Those include a weeklong series of events in several communities around the state recognizing the history of baseball in the Last Frontier.

Fairbanks Police on Wednesday identified three officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man last weekend at the Bentley Mall. // Alaska lawmakers failed to meet an informal deadline Wednesday to vote on legislation that would reduce taxes for the Alaska LNG project. // Alaska is hosting dozens of celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary this week, including a series of events recognizing the history of baseball in the Last Frontier.