Alaska’s Department of Public Safety is funneling resources to Fairbanks in response to a spike in violent crimes. // A federal grand jury returned an indictment last week charging a Fairbanks man with illegally trafficking firearms and drug-related offenses. // Thousands of Alaskans who rely on the federal marketplace for health insurance are experiencing sticker shock as they apply for coverage for 2026. // An Alaska Marine Lines barge that was headed to Alaska was taking on water off the coast of British Columbia

State law enforcement officials are looking into four recent crimes involving firearms, with suspects yet to be identified in two of the cases as of Monday afternoon. Officials say there is currently no evidence suggesting the crimes are related.

Brooklyn Whitman, 27, is accused of shooting and killing 34-year-old Ashlee Spann, of Fairbanks, at an apartment on Vassar Circle, near Chena Pump Road.

-A Delta Junction woman died of injuries she sustained Friday in a head-on collision with a fuel tanker truck. An Anchorage woman has been charged with murder in connection with a deadly shooting at a Fairbanks home on Saturday. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation is conducting a homicide investigation after Troopers found a man dead inside a car near Fairbanks on Saturday. The state investigation bureau is also looking into two incidents involving shots fired at two Black Gold Transport ore-hauling trucks late last week near Fairbanks. Alaska State Troopers have arrested a North Pole man wanted in connection with a kidnapping and assault case from last month. It’s the time of year when winter weather can trap pollution in many Interior Alaska communities, leading to poor air quality. Alaska’s state government is increasingly failing to keep up with requirements in state and federal law, according to the state’s nonpartisan auditor.

A National Weather Service meteorologist said more alerts are likely closer to Thanksgiving.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about La Nina and what it could mean for the upcoming winter.

Alaska Wildlife Troopers rescued a Salcha-area man Thursday after he spent two days hiking from his remote cabin into town to pick up food and supplies. The Trump administration has a new offshore drilling proposal to offer nearly all of the oceans off Alaska to potential leasing. A new program spearheaded by the state transportation department is looking into building a road connecting the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. You may have heard that Alaska imports 95% of the food residents buy. But food security experts say that number is made up. A look at peer-to-peer care in the state for people struggling with addiction.

That hasn’t stopped people from making the pilgrimage to Fairbanks to try to see it.

Alaska State Troopers say they’re still searching for a North Pole man charged with murder. The committee proposing a new charter school in Two Rivers has pulled their application. Fairbanks-based Alaska Native filmmakers are bringing an award-winning 1993 novel to the screen for the first time. Congress has nullified the Biden administration’s resource plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. President Trump’s pick to be a federal judge in Alaska encountered no turbulence at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.