State officials are hopeful that the arrival of federal crews will bolster Interior firefighting efforts. Fairbanks area school board grapples with state education funding veto as they prepare to adopt their budget. Watchdog report finds gap in regulators' oversight of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.

Two big Interior fires (one ten times the size of the other) cause road closures on important highways to Denali Park and Anchorage on the south and Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic on the north side of town.

41 detainees from other countries are being held in Alaska prisons for ICE. Two big fires in the Interior close major roads and fill the Tanana Valley with smoke. A People's Town Hall Tuesday night wants to hear from residents bothered by federal cuts and layoffs.

Sunny skies and warm temperatures are in the offing this weekend, giving residents of the Interior an ideal opportunity to celebrate under the midnight sun.

The first evacuation orders and standy alerts in the "Ready, Set, Go" system were issued to woodsy neighborhoods northeast and west of Fairbanks.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about wildfire management.

Assemblymember Tammie Wilson is sponsoring the ordinance.

Interior Alaskans should get to soak up some midnight sun in t-shirt weather this weekend, but a red flag warning remains in effect. Thunderstorms sparked a dozen new wildfires Thursday, including one that triggered an evacuation. A Fairbanks woman drowned Tuesday after a rafting accident on the Chatanika River. Many Interior Alaskans got a text Thursday saying they had owed fines to the DMV, and yes, it's a scam. A Fairbanks North Star Borough assembly member wants to ask voters if the borough should increase its bed tax rate.

A Fairbanks playwright and theater director is hosting a public reading of a new play for one night only to celebrate Juneteenth.

Firefighters scrambled Wednesday to attack several new lightning-sparked wildfires burning around the eastern Interior. // A state official is concerned that Alaska may fail to meet grant-match requirements and lose $600 million in federal funds for transportation projects. // A Fairbanks playwright and theater director is hosting a public reading of a new play tonight (Thursday) to celebrate Juneteenth.