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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
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Fairbanks North Star Borough canvass board members began work Wednesday on verifying votes cast in Tuesday’s election. // The top vote-getting Republican in the Alaska governor's race has a history of being sued for not paying her bills. // Alaska gubernatorial candidate Treg Taylor has agreed to pay a fine and update his campaign-finance disclosure reports as part of a settlement with state regulators. // A company planning to develop a coal project in western Mat-Su has leased over 800 acres to build a large-scale industrial park. //The remnants of a typhoon moving toward the Bering Sea is expected to bring elevated wind and water levels to Western Alaska. -
Preliminary unofficial results from Tuesday’s municipal election in the Fairbanks North Star Borough show a few tight races and one clear winner – the borough’s biennial tax cap. // The U.S. Energy Department has OK'd $150 million to partially fund a second electrical intertie to run from the Interior to Southcentral. // Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins raised more than twice as much over the past two months than all three of his Republican rivals combined. // An investigation has commenced into a Haines group that advertised free gifts, like a cup of coffee, to anyone who votes in Tuesday’s municipal election. // The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest destroyer — The U.S.S. Ted Stevens, named for Alaska’s legendary U.S. Senator. -
South Korea's national industry minister says the country has not agreed to invest $54 billion in the proposed trans-Alaska gas pipeline. // The Alaska Office of Special Prosecutions has decided not to prosecute a state Trooper who fatally shot a man in Fairbanks last July. // The Fairbanks City Council has postponed an ordinance that would define how the city handles e-bikes. // Local produce were in the spotlight last weekend at Soldotna's Harvest Moon Local Food Festival. // A financial adviser and an economist offer some expert advice on how you should spend your Permanent Fund dividend.
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President Trump announced Wednesday that South Korea would invest more than $50 billion for the Alaska LNG project. // Funding for the Alaska LNG Project is part of a trade deal between the United States and South Korea. // This year's $1,200 Permanent Fund dividend will be direct-deposited into Alaskans’ bank accounts starting today. // Hundreds of people gathered in the village of Teller last weekend for two nights of singing, drumming and celebration. // Wednesday was Orange Shirt Day, a day to commemorate the loss of Indigenous peoples' lives, language and culture caused by residential schools in the United States and Canada.
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Heavy fall rains have rivers running unusually high across the Interior and Western Alaska. // The National Weather Service is forecasting the first serious snow of the season will come Thursday. // A monument honoring Alaska Native veterans was unveiled last weekend at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage. // Fat Bear Week has a new weighty winner – and it’s a bear who became famous as a cub for hitching rides on his mama's back. // Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin talks about last week’s New York Times story about U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s occasional angry outbursts. // Three of the four candidates for governor asked Alaskans in Southeast during a Tuesday forum in Ketchikan to support their campaign.
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A Fairbanks real estate company is suing the Fairbanks Native Association for allegedly breaking its lease for office space. // The Army Corps of Engineers opened a 45-day public comment period earlier this month for the first proposed mine in the Ambler Mining District. // The State of Alaska is proposing changes to how it distributes nearly $40 million in federal disaster relief to communities still recovering from ex-Typhoon Merbok. // The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a $315 million contract to build a new fuel pier and cutter mooring on Kodiak Island for four new ships to be based there.
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NewsThe public is asked to comment on a draft environmental review of the proposed Donlin Gold Mine, and mama bears are the stars of this year's Fat Bear Week. -
NewsAid station volunteers served up unusual refreshments at a Fairbanks marathon, and a family in Haines is working on a way for visitors to see the Lynn Canal — from several stories above the ground.
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The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and Fairbanks Education Association have reached a tentative one-year collective bargaining agreement. //The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that construction can continue on a controversial road through a national wildlife refuge in southwest Alaska. // A new study published by the University of Alaska Fairbanks shows Indigenous knowledge can improve analysis of Arctic Ocean. climate-driven changes. // The Talkeetna Roadhouse is changing hands at the end of the month. And to celebrate 30 years of business, the owner hosted a potluck to introduce the buyer. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy has lifted a statewide executive branch hiring freeze that required managers to get special permission to hire new state employees. // The New York Times published a story yesterday that claims U.S. Senate challenger Mary Peltola mistreats her staff.
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Republican Bernadette Wilson is again calling on fellow Republicans to drop out of the governor race. //UAF researchers say work is underway on a project to reduce U.S. dependence on imported critical minerals. // The U.S. government wants the Red Dog lead and zinc mine operator to pay a fine for spilling contaminated water into a creek. // Alaska health officials say influenza-related illnesses killed 36 Alaskans in the 2025-26 flu season. // Alaska State Troopers have identified the victims of last week’s plane crash in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. // The FNSB School District and the union that represents the district’s classified staff have OK’d a tentative one-year agreement.
