State lawmakers are throwing cold water on hopes for a super-sized Permanent Fund dividend, and a Fairbanks man is in custody after an armed standoff with law enforcement at his house.

The state of Alaska has finally secured the funding it needs to replace a couple aging bridges on the Alaska Highway, and this year's Iditarod champion just won the Kobuk 440 sled dog race.

Mined metals rival Alaska seafood as top exports from the state, according to a state Department of Labor analysis. // An Alaska House committee last week inserted a roughly $3,800 Permanent Fund dividend into its latest draft of the state budget. But that figure is far from final.

Three of Alaska’s key shipping companies are set to hike rates as fuel prices skyrocket amid the war with Iran. // The University of Alaska Fairbanks announced its opening the Interior’s first planetarium to the public later this month. // A federal judge last week dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed against the Alaska Office of Children’s Services. // A Harvard law professor weighs in on oral arguments about birthright citizenship in the U.S. Supreme Court putting Native Americans in the spotlight. // An Alaska Public Media reporter provides some context for Mary Peltola’s campaign messaging in the race for U.S. Senate.

Recent controversy over reports of cutbacks at UAF's primary research institute for Alaska Native languages drew the attention of state lawmakers this week. // The Fairbanks borough has the highest residential vacancy rate in the state. That should be good for renters, but it isn’t that simple. // Alaska lawmakers are considering two bills that would eliminate the need to change our clocks twice a year. // University of Alaska staff voted to form a union. The Coalition of Alaska University Employees for Equity will be the UA system's largest union. // The federal government has announced that it’s giving Alaska $109 million to help pay for replacing two old bridges on the Alaska Highway.

If you think this past winter in Fairbanks felt colder than ever before, well, the National Weather Service says you’re right. // The committee proposing a charter school in Two Rivers presented its resubmitted application this week. // The Alaska House passed a bill Wednesday that would help the state capture more tax revenue from companies that sell to Alaskans online. // Arctic sea ice has been shrinking in recent decades, reaching record lows both in summer and in winter. A new study shows a continuation of the trend.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough mayor wants more funding for the school district in the upcoming budget, and this year’s Cama’i Dance Festival brought three packed days of performances and events to Bethel.

A national Republican senators organization has filed a complaint alleging that Senate candidate Mary Peltola spent campaign money on personal expenses. // Mayors of five Alaska boroughs where the proposed Alaska gasline would pass through disagree with the governor's plan to give tax breaks to the project. // Golden Valley Electric Association will hold a meeting Wednesday in Fairbanks to talk about its need to generate more electricity. // Thousands of Alaskans turned out Saturday in several communities around the state to protest the actions and policies of the Trump administration. // More than 1,700 comments had been posted online as of Monday in response to the federal government’s review of Alaska’s subsistence management program.

A Democratic congressman is criticizing the Trump administration’s deal to buy a stake in Trilogy Metals, the company trying to develop Alaska’s Ambler mining district. // A federal mine inspector didn’t find any safety violations related to a fire that broke out in January at the Kinross Fort Knox Mine near Fairbanks. // Developers of the Alaska LNG project are pressing lawmakers to pass a tax bill proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy last week. //University of Alaska Fairbanks students are trying to solve Fairbanks Police Department’s oldest cold case homicide as part of a new criminal justice course at UAF.

The Fairbanks Children’s Museum will soon begin a multi-year relocation into a 15,000-square-foot space inside city hall, where the nonprofit will offer childcare. // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning short- and medium-term solutions to catastrophic flooding caused by a melting glacial around Juneau. // Three Alaskan entrepreneurs say they’re relieved that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled President Trump exceeded his authority last year when he imposed sweeping tariffs that've hurt business owners worldwide. // Several moose have had to be killed in Bethel over the last few months after this winter’s deep snow forced them to look for food in areas inhabited by humans.