6:30/8:30Former Anchorage mayor and Republican candidate for Alaska governor Dave Bronson says his experience leading the state's largest city puts him ahead of his rivals.// The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new director visited Alaska this week to learn about the state's high tuberculosis rates. // The rising cost of crafting and delivering traditional Alaska Native garments to customers has made it hard for the artisans to make a profit. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ordered an investigation into an effort by the Mary Peltola campaign to recruit a same-name challenger to Sen. Dan Sullivan. // The New York Times reporter who broke the story on the same-name challenger says Peltola’s ex-campaign manager was a major source.

The New York Times published a story Wednesday that revealed Democratic operatives secretly recruited a second candidate named Dan Sullivan to act as a spoiler in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. // The Alaska Beacon reports that in the week leading up to Election Day, nearly 10% of the state's registered voters had turned out and voted early. // The National Weather Service predicts that some remnants of a typhoon will bring high winds and high-elevation snowfall into the eastern Interior on Friday. // In western Alaska, the remnants of Typhoon Champi are expected to move through the southern Bering Sea before reaching the Bristol Bay region early Saturday morning.

The state of Alaska is asking a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit that would block election results if U.S. Sen. Dan narrowly loses to Mary Peltola. // Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski made a surprise endorsement Tuesday in the Alaska governor’s race: Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins // A new organization is working to bring the practice of allowing people to die with medical assistance to Alaska. // Polling places in some rural Alaska communities have failed to fully open to voters, more than a week after early voting. // A lawsuit filed last week argues that a planned transfer of state land in the Mat-Su to Alaska's economic development agency is unconstitutional.

The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the air traffic control tower in Fairbanks at night, and Iditarod organizers are honoring the pilots that help make the race possible.

The Alaska Federation of Natives kicked off its annual convention in Anchorage Thursday. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski told the AFN convention that high energy prices are this year’s crisis, just as the Halong storm disaster was last year’s. // A Chinook salmon run in Kodiak has become the first test case to determine whether hatcheries can play a part in saving wild salmon. // A photographer, filmmaker and educator from the Y-K Delta has been honored at the Alaska Federation of Natives. // The Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition is hosting an event on Saturday to provide information on how to reduce electricity usage. // Delta Junction has a new community newspaper called The Buffalo Times. The weekly fills a void left when the Delta Wind abruptly shut down in July.

An Alaska Superior Court judge said last week that the state Division of Elections may have violated the Alaska Constitution’s right to privacy last year. // The U.S. Geological Survey has announced a new, larger estimate of the North Slope's natural gas capacity.// Golden Valley Electric Association has issued a second, smaller Energy Emergency Alert.// Political independent Bill Hill is behind Republican Rep. Nick Begich in the race for a seat in Congress.// Over the next three days, more than 7-thousand delegates are expected to attend the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage.Today's keynote speech will focus on the issue of subsistence.

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning on Monday for the eastern Interior, advising residents should prepare for heavy snow.//Some conservatives aren’t sure President Trump's rally in Wasilla last week helped Alaska Republican candidates seeking election.//Democratic governor candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins said he doubted Trump's support for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson will help her win election.//The annual Alaska Federation of Natives Convention and the Elders & Youth Conference will be held this weekend in Anchorage. //Early voting for the midterm elections officially got underway Monday across much of Alaska and will continue 'til Nov. 3.//The Aleutian Island of Adak is set to receive $115 million from the Defense Department to help the island prepare for potential military use.

Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Congresswoman Mary Peltola traded accusations and interruptions Thursday during a heated Debate for the State. // Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was in Fairbanks Wednesday at a Chamber of Commerce event, where he promoted building Alaska AI data centers. // The Alaska Department of Natural Resources commissioner will appear before the state Senate Resources Committee to discuss a land deal that would include building data centers. // Taiwan says it plans to buy 6.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas annually from the U.S. through its participation in a project to build the LNG pipeline in Alaska. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined a bipartisan group of senators last weekend who called for President Trump to immediately call off his plan to buy diesel fuel from Russia. // More buses and cars will be allowed to travel the road through Denali National Park, under a rule announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Republican Congressman Nick Begich III and his challenger, Independent Bill Hill, made their case to voters during Wednesday night’s Debate for the State. // Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson is pushing back after President Trump endorsed another Republican in the race: Bernadette Wilson. // A senior climate scientist with the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center says it’s possible this year’s super El Nino may not produce much snow in Alaska. // Indigenous scholars from across the country are meeting in Juneau this week to learn from local experts and build community

President Donald Trump was in Wasilla Tuesday for a rally to promote Republican candidates. // President Trump’s rally drew crowds of supporters — and protesters. // The Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce had to cancel a governor candidate forum scheduled for Tuesday after two Republican candidates bailed out so they could attend the rally in Wasilla.// A little over a year ago, life in dozens of Yukon-Kuskokwim communities was suddenly interrupted when an ex-typhoon slammed into Alaska’s west coast. // The Department of the Interior recently ended more than 100 collaborative projects between the National Parks Service and organizations, including Denali National Park and Preserve’s beloved sled dog program.