No injuries were reported, and the Fairbanks Police Department has identified two juvenile suspects.

Fairbanks police evacuated one of the city’s Fred Meyer stores on Saturday evening, after a deactivated mortar shell was left in one of the bathrooms. // Alaska’s Department of Education released student assessment results Friday, with most students continuing to test below proficiency in core subject areas. // A University of Alaska Anchorage economics professor says President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill will have widespread impacts to Alaska in the coming years. // A national organization is suing Alaska’s Office of Children’s Services in hopes the court will mandate reforms to a system they say is failing Alaska kids.

The U.S. House voted along party lines Wednesday to repeal a land use plan that covers millions of acres in Interior Alaska and the Dalton Highway corridor. The search is officially on for a permanent chancellor at UAF, with the position now open to applicants. A number of unopposed races are taking shape in three small municipalities across the Eastern Interior in this year's municipal elections. Disagreement over the state's seizure of a Fairbanks pilot's plane may land the case before the U.S. Supreme Court. A grounded fishing vessel spilled more than 3,000 gallons of diesel near a salmon hatchery in the Kodiak archipelago on Monday.

Demand for electric vehicles is rising in the state, but owners in the Interior have limited charging options.

The Trump administration unfroze federal funds set to help bring more EV charging stations to Alaska. The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District's Board of Education adopted a resolution in response to local concerns about immigration enforcement actions. The Alaska Department of Law is asking a judge to toss much of a lawsuit over the state's failure to process food assistance applications on time. Researchers mapped where bird traffic and ship traffic overlap in some of Alaska's waters.

Researchers are mimicking fungi to create a new material to keep Alaskans warm in the winter, and a ballot initiative to broaden Alaska's access to psychedelic natural medicines — like magic mushrooms — took another step forward last month.

Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed University of Alaska Fairbanks student Fernando Escobar as the next student regent to the University of Alaska Board of Regents earlier this year.

Fairbanks voters on October 7th will choose who they want to sit in the mayor’s office for the next three years. KUAC talked with seven voters about who they favor. // The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection is investigating 11 human-caused wildfires around Tok that’ve been reported since last Thursday.

Scientists say a warning system could have given people on the Alaska Peninsula 10 seconds or more to brace themselves for July’s M7.3 earthquake.

Investigators say an F-35 crashed at Eielson in January because of ice buildup in its landing gear. A Fairbanks nonprofit is launching a grant program in hopes of transforming blighted properties into new rentals. The Fairbanks City Council approved a new contract with the firefighters union Monday after two years of negotiation. Scientists are trying to figure out how to bring a system to Alaska that detects earthquakes early and sends a message to people who might feel the shake. A federal trial began in Anchorage Monday for a class action lawsuit against the Alaska Office of Children's Services.