Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about the autumn 2026 climate outlook, and how the most recent fall with similar El Nino conditions panned out.

Four people died in a plane crash in the Kenai Peninsula community of Seldovia Wednesday, according to Alaska State Troopers. // Sen. Dan Sullivan and former Congresswoman Mary Peltola vied for support from the petroleum industry Thursday at the Alaska Oil and Gas Association’s annual conference in Anchorage. // Alaska is set to receive up to $23 million from Meta under a landmark multistate settlement agreement.

Golden Valley Electric Association’s board of directors voted Tuesday to chug along with a proposal to buy a 60-megawatt generator for an estimated $80 million. The 60 megawatt generator is meant to ensure GVEA will have enough electricity to accommodate increasing demand.

The fourth of eight victims in last week’s fatal plane crash in Southwest Alaska has been identified. // Golden Valley Electric Association’s board of directors voted Tuesday to chug along with a proposal to buy a 60-megawatt generator for an estimated $80 million. // On track to finish third in the primary, Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg says he’s staying in the race for U.S. Senate, for now.

The Fairbanks City Council passed a resolution at its regular meeting authorizing Mayor Mindy O’Neall’s administration to enter into negotiations with the lone respondent to a request for proposals. The vote was unanimous.

The City of Fairbanks on Monday inched a little closer toward accepting a plan to redevelop the site of the demolished Polaris Building. // The Lower Kuskokwim School District says it won’t be re-opening schools in the two communities hit hardest by ex-typhoon Halong last October. // Alaska's biggest health insurance provider is asking to raise its rates on the individual marketplace by more than 25% for next year.

City of Fairbanks Mayor Mindy O'Neall announced the resignation of Chief of Staff Mike Sanders at Monday night's City Council meeting.

The U.S. military has identified some of the victims of the plane crash that killed eight people in Southwest Alaska last week. // The Mukluk Fire destroyed 44 homes in Tok over the past week, according to updated figures from the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection. // The chief of staff for the City of Fairbanks is moving on after just under five years on the job. // Two Nome-area miners allege in a federal lawsuit they were unlawfully prevented from using a public beach to reach their mining claims.

Investigators say the charter plane that crashed in Southwest Alaska last week, killing eight people, was on its second attempt at landing. // The destructive wildfire that broke out in Tok last week won’t delay the start of the school year, according to the district superintendent. // NOAA announced earlier this month that it would end its support for the Arctic Report Card.

Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about this week's Mukluk Fire in Tok and its similarities to another devastating late season blaze in the Susitna Valley back in 2019.