A Fairbanks man has been charged with murder after police responded to a report of a death Tuesday night. The Fairbanks North Star Borough Canvass Board began the new hand count audit Wednesday for this year's municipal election. Last month, tree tappers, chefs and scientists got together in Fairbanks to work on a flavor wheel for birch syrup. Funding for a program subsidizing rural air travel is set to continue through early November despite the ongoing government shutdown.

Preliminary election results are in for communities throughout the Interior, and parts of Western Alaska are at risk of flooding as a large storm moves up the coast.

It's municipal Election Day, and voters will be going to polls in the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the cities of Fairbanks, North Pole, Delta Junction, Nenana and Eagle. // President Trump on Monday approved the 211-mile Ambler Road in Northwest Alaska. Trump says the Ambler project will generate more jobs in the state. // Top state lawmakers say they’re investigating why $50 million from the state’s primary savings account was invested in an outside private equity fund. // State officials have made the first known detection of an "economically significant” pest of honey bees in Alaska. It’s called the Small Hive Beetle.

Among the most vulnerable Alaskans likely to be impacted by the federal shutdown are thousands of parents who depend on the WIC program to help them buy food. // Two Fairbanks-area residents were arrested Saturday on charges related to the alleged assault of two of their children. // More than 600,000 Alaskans will get a $1,000 Permanent Fund dividend this year, which when adjusted for inflation is the smallest in state history. // A group of friends held an outdoor memorial a couple of weekends ago in Delta Junction for a man known for his service to outdoor recreation and other community causes.

Mining companies are trying to attract federal dollars to help them dig up antimony in Alaska, and one man in Fairbanks has a unique way to beat the winter blues: balloon animals.

Early voting for municipal elections in the Fairbanks North Star Borough ends this evening at 7 p.m. A high-profile lawsuit challenging a key part of Alaska’s homeschool system moved ahead this week. A Fairbanks jury convicted a North Pole man Wednesday of two counts of murder for the fatal shootings of two men in January 2023. The Alaska Federation of Natives convention is less than three weeks away. Most of the staff running Alaska newspapers in Homer, Kenai-Soldotna and Juneau resigned Monday after the papers’ corporate owner forced revisions to a story due to pressure from a Republican state lawmaker. A Pennsylvania man allegedly used the stolen identities of seven Alaskans in an attempt to steal their Permanent Fund Dividends in 2022. This summer, Congress defunded public broadcasting, but this week, 14 public media stations in Alaska got some good news.

The U.S. Senate tried but failed to pass a funding bill Tuesday night, resulting in a government shutdown today. // An investigation is underway on the source of two fake bomb threats that were emailed Tuesday morning to the University of Alaska Fairbanks. // The Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center may be able to survive federal budget cuts that have forced many other U.S. climate science centers to close. // A Delta Junction woman accused of trying to cover up a deadly 2023 hit-and-run pleaded guilty Monday to two felonies. // Katmai National Park and Preserve's Fat Bear Week has a new champion — a 1,200-pound bear named Chunk.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $16.7 million dollar grant to begin construction of the first veterans cemetery in the Interior. // A last-minute candidate has filed for the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly seat currently held by Brett Rotermund. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly is pushing for the return of a Fairbanks woman being held at an immigration detention center in the Lower 48. // The Alaska LNG Project gained two more agreements this month. The deals are non-binding, but company officials say it shows the project is moving forward.

A Fairbanks water utility is gearing up to use federal and state funds to get rid of toxic forever chemicals in its stockpile of contaminated compost. NORAD dispatched U.S. aircraft Thursday to intercept four Russian military plans in international airspace. Sen. Murkowski says it was wrong for the FCC Chairman to say his agency could take action against Jimmy Kimmel "the easy way or the hard way." A four-time Iditarod champion wants to see the thousand-mile race change.

Alaska state legislators are urging congress to preserve federal funding for science and research, and two candidates are vying for a seat on Fairbanks City Council.