Sen. Lisa Murkowski did not rule out running for governor during a Monday news conference in Anchorage. // Fairbanks researchers recently successfully tested the feasibility of a system that stores heat in the ground in summer for use during winter. // A lack of reliable housing and other infrastructure leads to health and economic problems for kids in rural Alaska, according to panelists at a conference last week in Anchorage. //Wildfire season has slowed, but not ended. Warm, dry weather over the weekend created conditions in an area about 120 miles northeast of Fairbanks that've led to an uptick in fire activity there.

GVEA’s board of directors decided last week they're not ready to sign a contract to begin buying power from a proposed large-scale wind project. // Alaska lawmakers on Saturday voted to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of state funding for public schools. // Alaska legislators also overrode Dunleavy’s veto of a bill enabling the legislative auditor to review tax and royalty settlements the state negotiates with oil companies. // State lawmakers refused Saturday to accept an executive order from Dunleavy seeking to create a state agriculture department. // A group of Indigenous leaders, scientists and policy-makers have published a study on the complex causes of the Yukon River's salmon population crashes in recent years.