The board for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has adopted a recommended budget for next fiscal year with dozens of restored positions. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy is out with a new bill offering tax breaks for a planned natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska. // Results show tribal members of Kipnuk have voted overwhelmingly to relocate their community after devastation caused by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. // An auction of drilling rights in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska broke records last week. // Nine seismic stations in Alaska are fully funded again after a new agreement with federal and state agencies.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about greater than recent year's Bering Sea ice extent and thickness off Alaska's coast.

Today is the spring equinox for the northern hemisphere. The forecast for next week calls for some seasonably warm weather. // Last year, Alaska lawmakers managed to increase the school funding, but this year, school districts are bracing for more deep budget cuts. // University of Alaska President Pat Pitney delivered her sixth and final State of the University address Thursday in Fairbanks. She’s set to retire at the end of May. // Repairs are underway on an important dock at the Port of Anchorage. Cargo Terminal 1 handles about $14 billion of goods annually to destinations statewide. The Iditarod crowned its Rookie of the Year Thursday. He was the fastest first-timer to ever complete the race.

Working in temperatures that reached the minus-30s, teams of kids carved whimsical animals and a towering Eye of Sauron.

A North Pole woman was sentenced Monday to 17 years in prison after fatally striking a Fort Wainwright soldier with her vehicle while driving intoxicated. // Voting began Wednesday for University of Alaska staff across the state to decide on forming a union. // A group of kids in Fairbanks put their creativity to the test in an ice sculpture carving competition last week. // Jessie Holmes won the Iditarod Tuesday, successfully defending his title from last year.

An ordinance proposed by two Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly members would change the name of Pioneer Park back to "Alaskaland," its former name. The Borough Parks and Recreation Commission was tasked with weighing in on the ordinance.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly has been advised to come up with a new name for Pioneer Park, and a proposed law that would make it easier for out-of-state nurses to practice in Alaska is facing fierce pushback.

Critics say the law adds new hurdles to a program that food-insecure veterans depend on.

The head of a powerful state Senate committee is calling for stronger legislative oversight of the Alaska LNG project as its developer nears a final decision. // This year’s risk of river breakup flooding is above average for much of the state, according to a report by the Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center. // Rookie musher Jody Potts-Joseph is making a name for herself in this year's Iditarod for how she dealt with an unexpected obstacle she encountered on the trail. // Some Alaska veterans face a harder time receiving federal food assistance since Congress passed a law that requires many vets to work in order to get benefits. // Legislation intended to protect Alaskans from drinking water contaminated with PFAS chemicals got its first committee hearing Friday.