Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the Interior's consistently cold December.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the Interior that’ll be in effect from tonight through Thursday morning. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly's presiding member will continue serving on a board that helps plan hundreds of millions of dollars on local transportation projects. // Representatives of the proposed Donlin Gold mine in western Alaska recently gave a status report on the project to the Bethel City Council. // An investigative reporter says there are many unanswered questions about the proposed pipeline that would transport natural gas hundreds of miles from the North Slope to an export terminal in Cook Inlet.

Jeff Barber, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiff, says, in his opinion, the state’s attempt to undo the agreement is “outrageous.”

Interior Alaska’s cold snap will give way to above-zero temperatures and a snow dump this week before the frigid weather returns. // Alaska’s attorney general is asking Golden Valley Electric Association and a Mat-Su-based electric co-op to revise programs that help nonprofits in their areas. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy is considering a property tax break to promote construction of the Alaska LNG project. // A federal judge has ruled that a Fairbanks man’s civil rights lawsuit against nine state law enforcement officers can continue. // The state Department of Corrections says 18 people have died in custody at the state’s prisons and jails so far this year. That’s tied with 2022 as the two deadliest years for inmates.

The United States may soon have an Arctic ambassador again to represent the nation’s interests in the far north. The post has been vacant for nearly a year now.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman discuss a Lower Matanuska River Valley severe wind event.

-The United States may soon have an Arctic ambassador again to represent the nation’s interests in the far north.-Gov. Mike Dunleavy is eyeing a property tax break for the long-planned Alaska LNG project.-Republicans in the House delivered a rare rebuke of Trump when they passed a bill to restore union rights for federal employees, but Alaska’s congressman wasn’t among them.

The adoption of the 2026 spending plan followed a couple hours of council members offering final amendments at Monday’s meeting, which itself came after a series of budget meetings in November. Mayor Mindy O’Neall released her proposed budget in late October.

Fairbanks police are looking for a suspect who allegedly shot and wounded a person Monday night in the Fairbanks eastside Safeway store. // The Fairbanks City Council adopted its 2026 budget on Monday. // The window for Alaska Native veterans to apply for their Native allotments will stay open for another five years. // A 37-year-old Kodiak man had a toe amputated after advocates say he was denied adequate medical care while in ICE custody.

The ordinance establishing the acknowledgement passed in a tight 4-3 vote, with new Mayor Mindy O'Neall breaking a 3-3 tie.