Dec. 2, 2024 8:30 a.m. newscast:
1. The Fairbanks City Council has adopted a 2025 budget plan that adds funding for the police and fire departments.
2. Alaska State Troopers have identified the two people who died in a car wreck Sunday on Chena Hot Springs Road.
3. Governor Mike Dunleavy has appointed the lead attorney for Fairbanks-based Doyon (DOY-yon) Utilities to be the Alaska Supreme Court's newest justice.
4. Alaska’s state-supported home lender is restarting a rebate program aimed at boosting energy-efficient construction as the state continues to struggle with a housing shortage.
5. A trade dispute between China and the U.S. over sales of materials used in the manufacture of semiconductors could have wide-ranging implications for Alaska.