Advocates for developing Alaska’s trails say they’re glad to see that the state Department of Transportation is including trails in its long-range plans. DOT scheduled two sessions on trails as part of a weeklong series of virtual focus-group meetings on different transportation modes.

The program is set to expire, but a Fairbanks representative hopes to keep it going.

In his address to the Alaska Legislature, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan said national Democrats are bent on ruining Alaska, and an idea to create a municipal lottery met significant resistance at a Fairbanks City Council work session.

A majority of council members spoke against the idea of a municipal lottery at a Tuesday work session, encouraging city administration not to spend more time developing the idea.

Kipnuk evacuees are deciding whether to rebuild their village in the same spot or move to higher ground, and an Alaskan athlete has a good shot at winning an Olympic medal .

Josi Shelley wins the inaugural Yukon Quest Alaska 750.

The National Weather Service says another low-pressure system is headed our way later this week, bringing more snow and even colder temperatures. // Alaska lawmakers plan to again vote on a measure to change the way corporate income taxes are calculated to generate millions of dollars in new state revenue. // The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted last week to adopt new chum salmon bycatch limits for the Bering Sea pollock fishery to protect the chum.

Josi Shelley is on track to win the Yukon Quest Alaska 750.

1.The Alaska House Finance Committee adopted a new budget draft last week that makes a few small changes, and a really big one: it removes the Permanent Fund dividend. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly is fully funding construction of a long-delayed new animal shelter. // The state Department of Transportation will hold a series of virtual meetings this week to ask Alaskans for input on a 30-year transportation plan. // The families of three more victims of last year's fatal Bering Air plane crash have filed lawsuits against the regional airline.

The new shelter will replace the current facility, which was built in 1974.