The state Department of Transportation has imposed weight limits on two old bridges on the Richardson and Parks highways to protect them from damage by heavy trucks. // A candidate for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education is suing her former employer over claims of discrimination. // The University of Alaska Board of Regents has introduced changes to its antidiscrimination policy to protect federal funding from cuts by the Trump administration. // The Alaska Division of Elections has identified 70 possible noncitizens who voted or attempted to vote in Alaska since 2015.

That year corresponds to the later of two timeframes the university has been eyeing since it launched a concerted push for Research 1 (R1) status. One of the goals in the UAF Strategic Plan is to achieve the status by 2027.

Chemetria "Sam" Spencer, who is currently running against Audra Hull for Seat C on the school board, filed the lawsuit in Alaska District Court last week.

No injuries were reported, and the Fairbanks Police Department has identified two juvenile suspects.

Fairbanks police evacuated one of the city’s Fred Meyer stores on Saturday evening, after a deactivated mortar shell was left in one of the bathrooms. // Alaska’s Department of Education released student assessment results Friday, with most students continuing to test below proficiency in core subject areas. // A University of Alaska Anchorage economics professor says President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill will have widespread impacts to Alaska in the coming years. // A national organization is suing Alaska’s Office of Children’s Services in hopes the court will mandate reforms to a system they say is failing Alaska kids.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about this summer's temperatures and precipitation.

The U.S. House voted along party lines Wednesday to repeal a land use plan that covers millions of acres in Interior Alaska and the Dalton Highway corridor. The search is officially on for a permanent chancellor at UAF, with the position now open to applicants. A number of unopposed races are taking shape in three small municipalities across the Eastern Interior in this year's municipal elections. Disagreement over the state's seizure of a Fairbanks pilot's plane may land the case before the U.S. Supreme Court. A grounded fishing vessel spilled more than 3,000 gallons of diesel near a salmon hatchery in the Kodiak archipelago on Monday.

The measure is largely symbolic, in that it does not amend existing policies, nor does it create any new ones. Instead, the resolution points to the state and federal laws that guide the district’s current practices and policies, and it reiterates that the district will lean on those if necessary.