NORAD sent out a dozen aircraft to monitor two Russian reconnaissance planes flying through nearby international airspace, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy was joined by the federal government's top environmental official for a tour of a coal-fired power plant in Fairbanks.

Alaska's U.S. senators voted with the majority Wednesday against a resolution to limit President Trump’s power to wage war on Iran. // Alaska legislators are considering giving another boost to per-student funding for public schools. // The North Pole City Council criticized Mayor Larry Terch during Monday’s meeting for creating a toxic work environment and other issues. //Organizers of the 54th annual Delta Farm Forum have rescheduled the event for this Saturday, after postponing it last week due to cold weather.

Sen. Dan Sullivan is doubling down on his support for the war on Iran, and the U.S. military is conducting a major training exercise in Alaska and beyond.

State lawmakers posed sharp questions Monday to Alaska’s Division of Elections about its decision to share the state’s unredacted voter list with the federal government. // State prosecutors are no longer pursuing charges against a University of Alaska Fairbanks student who ate AI-generated art displayed on campus. // Factory trawlers and bycatch dominated the Alaska Outdoor Council’s governor’s forum on Saturday.

Sen. Dan Sullivan says he supports the U.S. attack on Iran that killed the country’s supreme leader. // The University of Alaska says it’s keeping the identities of candidates private in the search for a new system president. // A North Pole woman is facing felony theft and fraud charges for allegedly collecting more than $30,000 in food assistance benefits she wasn’t eligible for. // Crews are about half way done removing a colossal drilling rig that toppled over on the North Slope. // The Alaska House unanimously passed a prohibition on AI-generated child sexual abuse material on Friday – with amendments that expanded the bill. // Community members, faith leaders and lawmakers have jumped into action to support a Soldotna mother and her children who were detained and deported by ICE agents last month. // A state task force released recommendations last month for making psychedelic therapy available, if treatments are approved at the federal level.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly is reinstating a voter-approved property tax exemption for structures located on farms // The 54th annual Delta Farm Forum will be held Saturday at the Delta Junction Junior-Senior High School. // At least some folks who live in the Golden Heart City of Fairbanks ma-a-a-ay be losing some of their love for winter -- because it’s been a tough one. // The Alaska Board of Fisheries wrapped up a weeklong meeting in Anchorage this week after approving new limits for the South Alaska Peninsula salmon fishery. // Three old guys from Minnesota became unlikely crowd favorites in this year’s Iron Dog snowmachine race.

A military training exercise started this week and is taking place in training areas around Alaska and in Greenland. // The City of Fairbanks is committing $40,000 in stopgap funding to the organization that operates the town’s only overnight, low-barrier warming center. // Millions of federal dollars were recently awarded to the Kodiak Island spaceport and its owner. // The Alaska Permanent Fund beat its performance benchmarks last year and is approaching $90 billion. // President Trump’s pick for surgeon general told U.S. senators Wednesday that anti-vaccine rhetoric was never part of her message.

President Trump didn’t mention any Alaska projects during his State of the Union Address. // Some Fairbanks City Council members are clashing with Mayor Mindy O’Neall over the next steps for the city-owned site of the demolished Polaris Building. // The Alaska Department of Transportation wants to give away a historic bridge on the Alaska Highway that’s scheduled for replacement. // Alaska senators advanced a heavily-modified version of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s tax bill last week.

The Alaska House approved a fast-tracked spending bill totaling nearly half a billion dollars on Monday. // A measure to repeal Alaska’s nonpartisan primaries and ranked-choice voting will be on the ballot this year, but disputes continue over the wording of the ballot question. // The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday that it’s getting ready to offer more than two million acres of federally managed land to the state of Alaska. // The Alaska Climate Research Center issued a report last month that says Alaska saw its 8th hottest year on record in 2025.

A weather system is dumping snow on Fairbanks and the Interior again today. And more is in store through Tuesday. // The North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted five Russian military aircraft Thursday flying through international airspace off Alaska's coast. // The Alaska Federation of Natives urged state lawmakers last week to fix the fish and game management system that's causing problems for Native subsistence hunters. // A state legislator’s chief of staff was arrested last week and now faces charges of child sexual exploitation and child sex trafficking. // Alaskans pay some of the nation's highest prices for coffee, because of volatile markets and tariffs. // The two top finishers of this year's Iron Dog snowmachine race that ended Saturday in Fairbanks set a record for winning the race four times in a row.