A Dallas-based mining company says it has started work to recover a critical mineral from historic mining deposits at a site near Fairbanks. The Bering Sea Land Bridge National Preserve has renovated its center in Nome. An Alaska state representative presented a longtime Fairbanks and KUAC reporter with an award from the state legislature on Wednesday. The top oil-producing company in Alaska announced last week that it's planning significant layoffs.

UAF is on track to become a top-tier research institution by 2030, a scientist studying salmon decline in Canada is coming to Fairbanks to talk about her findings, and a man in Ketchikan is keeping a nautical musical tradition alive.

The vote was unanimous, as Councilmember Sue Sprinkle, who introduced the measure, joined the rest of the council in rejecting it.

The state Department of Transportation has imposed weight limits on two old bridges on the Richardson and Parks highways to protect them from damage by heavy trucks. // A candidate for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education is suing her former employer over claims of discrimination. // The University of Alaska Board of Regents has introduced changes to its antidiscrimination policy to protect federal funding from cuts by the Trump administration. // The Alaska Division of Elections has identified 70 possible noncitizens who voted or attempted to vote in Alaska since 2015.

That year corresponds to the later of two timeframes the university has been eyeing since it launched a concerted push for Research 1 (R1) status. One of the goals in the UAF Strategic Plan is to achieve the status by 2027.

Chemetria "Sam" Spencer, who is currently running against Audra Hull for Seat C on the school board, filed the lawsuit in Alaska District Court last week.

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.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about this summer's temperatures and precipitation.