Crews installed the bronze statue of hall-of-famer and former Goldpanner David Winfield in Fairbanks Thursday. The legal deal defining the tax value of the Trans-Alaska pipeline is set to expire at the end of the year. The bill defunding public media and some foreign aid programs has now cleared the House and Senate, despite objections from Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski. The U.S. Department of Agriculture axed a program this week that was supporting farmers and food producers in Alaska.

Golden Valley Electric Association is looking to clear up groundwater contamination in Healy caused by its old coal ash ponds, and groups in Fairbanks community groups are hosting events to honor Congressman John Lewis today.

The City of Fairbanks offers a bonus to paramedics to work here. Christopher Oktollik found guilty of murdering Lawrence McMullen. The Republican field in the race for governor is getting crowded with a seventh candidate.The State is trying to close a Native-owned casino near Anchorage. Alaska's "Nazi Creek" has that name no more.

Bear dogs are assisting firefighting crews this summer, showing big, furry problems sometimes benefit from big, furry solutions. The Doyon Foundation is using a federal grant to develop a language learning game. UAF researchers are looking to better understand the relationship between sockeye salmon and three-spined stickleback.

Firefighters were hurt on the job on the Salcha River. A North Pole man is charged after rape investigations from both the Alaska State Troopers and the Fairbanks Police Department. A Fairbanks man is sentenced for his part in causing someone to die from a fentanyl overdose. UAF researchers find warmer water makes for toxic algae that ends up in whales.

The state veterans affairs office has completed a draft environmental assessment for the Interior Alaska Veterans Cemetery. The Trump administration's recent freeze on federal education grants puts $3 to $4 million in limbo for Fairbanks area schools. An anti-infant circumcision group is touring Alaska, and they posted up at a North Pole roundabout Thursday.

The Incident command team that’s overseeing firefighting operations for the Nenana Ridge Complex gave a briefing Tuesday to residents of the community. // A lightning-sparked wildfire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope in eight years. // Two Nenana women will spend a year in jail for defrauding their elderly neighbor out of her home in 2019. // An Alaskan tribe wants to celebrate Benny Benson, a young Native who created the design of the state's flag nearly a hundred years ago -- despite the racial prejudice that he endured as a child.

Scattered rain and cooler weather are helping firefighters protect homes and infrastructure from wildfires in the Interior. // Both sides have settled in a lawsuit claiming police used unnecessary SWAT-style force on a Fairbanks man who was experiencing a mental health crisis. // Alaska lawmakers plan to compel Gov. Mike Dunleavy's administration to release data on oil taxes by using the Legislature’s subpoena power.

A round-up of area fires that grea in last week's heat. Governor Dunleavy is trying to set up an August special session so the legislature can't over-ride his spending cuts.

With the return of hot, dry and windy weather, parts of the Alaska Interior are under a warning for fire conditions.