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Fairbanks hosted an Alaska Music Summit over the weekend. Organizers Marian Call, Carey Seward, Caitlin Frye and Emily Anderson joined host Lori Neufeld for music and discussion about how the Alaska Music Summit invites all to get involved with the music community.

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The last two mushers finished the race in Tok last night. Joey Sabin got to the finish at 8:39 p.m. Friday, and Keaton Loebrich was the Red Lantern at 10:34 p.m. for a total of six days, 11 hours and 34 minutes.The 80-mile, 200-mile and other 550-mile racers enjoyed the finisher's award banquet in Fairbanks, celebrating the mushers, the volunteers and the sport of mushing.

-Shyler Umphenour, KUAC newsFebruary is Black History Month. KUAC is highlighting Alaska's notable pioneers on Thursdays and Fridays.Today's focus is on Captain Michael Healy, one of the first Americans of African descent to command a United States ship.

The Air Force has removed two sites from a list of locations around the eastern Interior where the agency has proposed to build radar training facilities. The radar sites are intended to help train F-35 pilots from Eielson Air Force Base to detect and locate signals similar to those emitted by enemy surface-to-air missile facilities that the pilots might encounter in combat.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about "weather whiplash".

Jeff Deeter is the winner of the 2025 Alaska Yukon Quest 550-mile race, and four more mushers have finished the race in Tok.He crossed the finish line at 2:49 p.m. yesterday. It took him five days, three hours and 49 minutes to complete the trail.