The board of directors for Interior Alaska’s electric co-op approved proposed rate hikes at their meeting on Tuesday. Government shutdown-induced financial anxiety is affecting many service members and their families. The shutdown is also creating uncertainty for Alaska Native communities, and for tribal organizations that administer federal programs.Federal officials say Alaskan residents and businesses impacted by the remnants of Typhoon Halong can now apply for low interest disaster loans.

The new mayor of the City of Fairbanks has sworn in, and Kotzebue is still recovering from erosion and flooding damage to infrastructure that occurred three weeks ago.

Alaska State Troopers are looking for a man in connection with a fatal shooting Saturday in Fairbanks. The incident led to an increased police presence at two area schools on Monday. // Two new Fairbanks North Star Borough School District board members were sworn-in Monday, and then members chose their president for next year. // An effort is under way to transport dogs and other pets out of storm-damaged villages in Western Alaska and reunite them with their owners within six months. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski took to the Senate floor Monday to call on her fellow senators to put away the partisan rhetoric and end the government shutdown.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly certified the October municipal election on Thursday and three newly elected members were sworn-in. // Alaska State Troopers are looking for a suspect who allegedly helped kidnap and assault a man last week in North Pole. // Federal officials announced a land-swap last week that could clear the way for construction of a controversial road that would connect two Alaska Peninsula communities. // The number of teenagers working in Alaska is on the rise, according to new data from the state Department of Labor.

The Trump administration reissued right-of-way permits for the Ambler Road project Thursday. Fairbanks North Star Borough officials say they’re searching for places that could offer stable housing for Typhoon Halong evacuees. Alaskans are trying to bring Halong evacuees in Anchorage some comfort from home through traditional subsistence foods. The growing season in the Interior this year was one of the longest in recorded history.

The Pearl Creek charter application was rejected in a unanimous vote at a school board meeting this week. President Trump said he signed a disaster declaration for Western Alaska. A Glennallen jury has found a man guilty of multiple charges in connection with a series of assaults and a car chase in 2020. Alaskans won't receive food stamp benefits for November unless the government shutdown ends before then. Local transportation planners want your opinion about which road in the Fairbanks area deserves the title of "ugliest."

20 candidates ran for 12 seats on the Borough Assembly and Fairbanks and North Pole city councils. They spent a total of about $300,000 during the campaign. // Alaska Congressman Nick Begich has a new challenger: Pastor Matt Schultz of First Presbyterian Church in Anchorage. // Ana Hoffman of Bethel stepped down as Co-Chair of the Alaska Federation of Natives over the weekend. // Ten women will be inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame tonight.

Fairbanksans bundled up Saturday to voice their frustration with the Trump administration as part of the nationwide No Kings protest. // At least 25 communities around Alaska observed No Kings Day, including Fairbanks and also smaller towns, like Healy, Nome and Delta Junction. // Alaska Federation of Natives delegates called for an immediate emergency declaration from President Trump Saturday for communities hit by Typhoon Halong. // The Anchorage Health Department says a person who arrived in last week has been diagnosed with measles. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy visited two western Alaska villages Friday to assess the damage caused by high winds and flooding from Typhoon Halong. // Members of a panel that met Friday at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention emphasized the need for cooperation in managing subsistence use of fish and wildlife.

The Interior Gas Utility has received its first LNG from a new North Slope haul, but the utility's top executive says it'll be awhile before the haul is in full swing. The first iteration of a new hand count audit found the Fairbanks North Star Borough's voting machine tabulators were 100% accurate. A massive airlift is underway in Western Alaska as Alaska National Guard planes and helicopters transport people from villages devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

A North Pole man died Monday of injuries he sustained in a head-on collision on the Old Richardson Highway. Fairbanks public school administrators say a new charter school would cost the district more than the committee proposing it estimates. Local officials are still searching for two people missing from a Western Alaska village after remnants of Typhoon Halong left one dead and much of the region devastated by high winds and flooding. Escalating tensions between the U.S. and Canada fueled fears last winter that visits from Alaska's neighbor would drop; now, port of entry data near Haines does show a decrease, but not a full-scale boycott.