Fairbanksans gathered to protest an Alaska Native corporation’s role in running immigration detention centers. And the old city bus made famous by Into the Wild is still sitting in storage — but that hasn't stopped people from trying to see it.

An Alaska Railroad train struck and killed a Fairbanks man Sunday who officials say was walking on the tracks near Anderson. // The longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended last week. But reopening the government isn’t easy, and some agency workers are frustrated. // Researchers and community members gathered in Yakutat last month to talk about geohazards like landslide-induced tsunamis, and how to prepare for them. // The State of Alaska is exploring the idea of creating a new agriculture cooperative owned by farmers and ranchers around the state.

Firefighters say they found human remains in a home off Farmers Loop Road after they responded to a structure fire Saturday morning. // Fairbanks police busted an alleged illegal gambling operation Friday. // Assemblymember Scott Crass will be the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly's presiding officer for the coming year. // The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for today around the eastern Alaska Range south of Delta Junction. // Palmer Republican Sen. Shelley Hughes resigned from the Alaska Senate Friday to pursue her run for governor next year. // The Juneau Assembly tonight will consider whether the borough should adopt a ranked-choice voting system for municipal elections beginning next year.

A Fairbanks judge has dismissed the lawsuit Monroe Catholic High School filed last year on behalf of its boys basketball team. University of Alaska President Pat Pitney announced that she will retire this spring. A look at the communities hit hardest by ex-Typhoon Halong one month after the storm struck Western Alaska. A French filmmaker has returned to Alaska for the second time in the past decade in pursuit of a new project in the state.

Glennallen’s only hotel burned to the ground on Wednesday. Powerful solar storms brought a dazzling light show to the skies above the Northern Hemisphere early this week. The number of Democrats running for governor of Alaska grew to two on Monday. A month after ex-typhoon Halong struck Western Alaska, the flow of relief supplies to shore up villages is going strong in Bethel.

Fairbanks school board members discussed an application to create a new charter school in Two Rivers, and the University of Alaska Board of Regents approved a tuition increase.

A Fairbanks woman is grateful to be home with her family for the holidays, after spending a month in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. // Alaska’s newest American Legion post in Salcha will observe Veterans Day along with other local military service organizations. // The state of Alaska is reducing its payments to SNAP recipients by about a third this week, in response to federal guidance. // Kodiak-based Alaska Aerospace Corporation is partnering with the UAF Geophysical Institute to expand their statewide capabilities and space missions. // Nine puppies found abandoned in a crate at the Fox transfer site last week were all adopted by new families in a single day.

The Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to remove radioactive materials from an old nuclear power plant on Fort Greely, and a global organization is bringing traditional foods to villages impacted by ex-Typhoon Halong.

Cuts in federal SNAP benefits program have made it harder for Alaskans who already are struggling with high food prices. // Six mushers signed-up Saturday for the 2026 Yukon Quest Alaska sled dog race, which begins and ends in Fairbanks in February. // The Alaska Supreme Court has ordered disgraced former U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred to be disbarred for inappropriate relationships he had with two federal prosecutors. // The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation may soon regulate the state's hazardous wastes if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency authorizes it.

A jury found a 23-year-old Fairbanks man guilty Tuesday of murdering two people in August 2022. A group of researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is working to use machine learning to improve lightning forecasts. Unofficial results are in from Tuesday’s election in the Denali Borough, and as expected, voters reelected all unopposed incumbents. Alaska-based organizations are presenting a film and discussion in Fairbanks this evening about PFAS contamination in Alaska. Donlin Gold mine in Southwest Alaska is the latest Alaska project to gain the support of a federal agency seeking to streamline permitting. Akiak has restored municipal electricity for its residents, 43 days after a mechanical failure cut off power.