A Fairbanks resident has invited experts and representatives from different political groups to a bipartisan panel. Alaska education leaders spoke at a U.S. Senate hearing on behalf of programs that support Indigenous students. The University of Alaska Board of Regents' decided to scrub mentions of DEI off of their webpages last month. Now, critics are concerned about the transparency of that process. A local tea company is offering to pay its employees’ college tuition.

The City of Fairbanks is reviving its Emergency Services Patrol program. A Canadian company is exploring the possibility of building a new gold mine in Juneau. One of the last sled dog races of the season will start in Kotzebue tomorrow. The State House passed a bill last week that would help protect foster kids from unnecessary stays in acute psychiatric care facilities.