Today is the spring equinox for the northern hemisphere. The forecast for next week calls for some seasonably warm weather. // Last year, Alaska lawmakers managed to increase the school funding, but this year, school districts are bracing for more deep budget cuts. // University of Alaska President Pat Pitney delivered her sixth and final State of the University address Thursday in Fairbanks. She’s set to retire at the end of May. // Repairs are underway on an important dock at the Port of Anchorage. Cargo Terminal 1 handles about $14 billion of goods annually to destinations statewide. The Iditarod crowned its Rookie of the Year Thursday. He was the fastest first-timer to ever complete the race.

A North Pole woman was sentenced Monday to 17 years in prison after fatally striking a Fort Wainwright soldier with her vehicle while driving intoxicated. // Voting began Wednesday for University of Alaska staff across the state to decide on forming a union. // A group of kids in Fairbanks put their creativity to the test in an ice sculpture carving competition last week. // Jessie Holmes won the Iditarod Tuesday, successfully defending his title from last year.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly has been advised to come up with a new name for Pioneer Park, and a proposed law that would make it easier for out-of-state nurses to practice in Alaska is facing fierce pushback.

The head of a powerful state Senate committee is calling for stronger legislative oversight of the Alaska LNG project as its developer nears a final decision. // This year’s risk of river breakup flooding is above average for much of the state, according to a report by the Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center. // Rookie musher Jody Potts-Joseph is making a name for herself in this year's Iditarod for how she dealt with an unexpected obstacle she encountered on the trail. // Some Alaska veterans face a harder time receiving federal food assistance since Congress passed a law that requires many vets to work in order to get benefits. // Legislation intended to protect Alaskans from drinking water contaminated with PFAS chemicals got its first committee hearing Friday.

The organization running Fairbanks’ only low-barrier overnight warming center announced Friday that it will not reopen next winter. // The Army has quietly scrapped a plan to replace Fort Wainwright’s old coal-fired heat and power plant. // The 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race hit the Norton Sound coastline over the weekend.

The Secretary of the Interior visited Alaska on Thursday and said the state could play a key role in national and international energy security. // President Trump's proposed SAVE America Act could make it hard for some Alaskans to vote. // The Tanana Chiefs Conference Board of Directors on Thursday elected Sharon Hildebrand of Nulato as the organization’s next chief and chairperson. // The Alaska Department of Transportation is offering incentives for a program intended to attract cargo airlines to Fairbanks International Airport. // Team Alaska continues to dominate the Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse. In Day 5 of competition, Alaska leads the medals count with a total of 150.

The state Board of Education delayed a vote Wednesday on whether to approve a controversial Fairbanks charter school application. // Environmental groups are suing the federal government for reducing protections on more than two million acres along the Dalton Corridor it's giving to the state of Alaska. // The Alaska Senate passed a high-profile budget bill Wednesday that would unlock hundreds of millions in government construction projects across Alaska. // Team Alaska continues to hold a lead over its Canadian competitors in Day 4 of the Arctic Winter Games going on in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

Alaska Congressman Nick Begich urged the state Legislature Tuesday to be bold with resource development, like a previous generation did to build the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. // Members of the state House and Senate Republican Caucuses criticized an Anchorage Democrat for what they called “disrespectful actions” during Begich's speech. // Doyon Ltd. selected Dan Winkelman to replace Aaron Schutt as head of the Fairbanks-based regional Alaska Native Corporation. // Fairbanks Native Association members have elected two new people to its board of directors, and re-elected an incumbent. // Nine inmates serving time at a state prison in Nome have been charged with assaulting three other inmates during a riot back in January. // The western Aleutian Islands have seen increased seismic activity over the past week. And scientists say it’s higher than average for that part of the region. // Alaska continued to lead the medals standings in the second day of competition in the Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse. // This year’s Iditarod includes three teams in the race’s first-ever noncompetitive Expedition Class.

The Alaska Senate unanimously passed a bill Monday that would mandate a new civics course or exam for high-schoolers starting in 2027. // As mushers travel the thousand-mile Iditarod trail to Nome, some Alaska kids are participating in a reading challenge named after the race. // The 2026 Arctic Winter Games got underway Sunday in Whitehorse.

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race got underway this weekend. // A Kwigillingok photographer’s work is being featured at the Anchorage Museum. // Researchers are documenting black seaweed across seven communities in Southeast Alaska to determine whether the cultural resource is a keystone species.