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.

Recent UAF grad Kendall Kramer is one of eight Alaskan cross-country skiers competing in Milan-Cortina this week.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that 11th Airborne Division soldiers from Alaska have been told to stand down after receiving orders last month to prepare to deploy to Minnesota.

The New York Times reports that 11th Airborne Division soldiers from Alaska have been told they no longer need to prepare to deploy to Minnesota. // Industry groups are pushing state lawmakers to quickly pass an appropriations bill to avoid losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal matching funds. // The federal government has begun a scoping process that could lead to wide-ranging changes to federal subsistence management in Alaska. // Residents of the western Alaska village of Brevig Mission are organizing to stop development of a huge open-pit graphite mine they say would threaten local hunting and fishing.

“If you're flying rockets in space, and you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong,” said the researcher who led the mission.