The father of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice died the day after she spoke at a Fairbanks event, and a Utah forestry professor teaches Alaskans how scorched sticks can nurture their gardens.

The nation’s top court will hear a Fairbanks pilot’s years-old case after the state of Alaska seized his plane as part of a bootlegging conviction. // Fairbanks police say a teenage motorcyclist died over the weekend after colliding with a man on a bicycle who was crossing the road illegally. // Calls to ban trawling or end bycatch in the pollock fishery off Alaska’s shores are reaching a fever-pitch this election season.

A Michigan man has been jailed on murder charges more than 30 years after he allegedly shot a coworker in Fairbanks. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly and school board met in a joint work session last week to discuss the borough’s cap on school district savings. // The lead Democrat in the race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat is suspending his campaign. An application for a gold mining exploration project near the Tanana River and Delta Junction is taking its final steps. // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is waiving federal Clean Air Act restrictions on using high-sulfur diesel on the North Slope.

A major supplier of firewood in Fairbanks says it will wind down its kiln-dried firewood operation by the end of the year. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy called lawmakers back for a third special session on Thursday. // U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a state of Alaska lawyer who is originally from China, according to ICE officials. // It's likely that Alaska – and the rest of the globe – will see a very strong El Niño climate pattern this fall and winter. // The latest campaign finance data in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race show Democrat Mary Peltola has vastly outraised incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. // The state is appealing a federal judge’s decision to award $1.8 million in attorney fees to several Native organizations in a lawsuit over subsistence fishing rights.

A Supreme Court Justice spoke to a packed auditorium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and a Two Rivers man is in custody after allegedly attacking his ex-girlfriend with his vehicle.

Residents of southcentral Alaska are facing possible shortages of natural gas. // An Anchorage Democrat and Big Lake Republican debate how Alaska can get the maximum benefit from its resources. // Processors are paying more for commercial salmon this season than in recent years, because of activity in international markets. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy has set a record for the most vetoes by an Alaska governor during a legislative term. // A new state law authorizes pharmacists to provide different kinds of care to Alaskans.

Researchers say they’ve built a model that could predict where permafrost thaw will lead to Alaska rivers turning orange and acidic. // Delta Junction Library Director Tiki Levinson has been honored by the Alaska Center for the Book for her efforts to promote literacy in the community.

An Alaska fire incident management team is in the Lower 48 to oversee one of the nation's highest-priority wildfires as fire activity intensifies in the West. // The Department of Public Safety has identified the Alaska State Trooper who, the department says, fatally shot a man in Fairbanks last week after a short car chase. // Seven flight service stations across Alaska have been closed after the Federal Aviation Administration placed stations’ employees on administrative leave. // A residential fire in South Fairbanks last month has resulted in the death of one person, according to the City of Fairbanks Fire Department. // State investigators have accused 15 Alaskans and businesses of filing more than $1.8 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims in five separate cases.

A measure to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting will be on the ballot again this November. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill Thursday that would've reimposed limits on state-election campaign contributions. // The ex-chief of a Delta Junction-area volunteer fire department was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for stealing $440,000 dollars from the organization. //An false AI-generated story of a beluga whale escaping Seward's Alaska SeaLife Center got millions of views on social media last month.

Fairbanks officials read the Declaration of Independence aloud in sync with numerous communities across the United States, and the remains of an unidentified WWII soldier are headed to a forensics lab for possible identification.