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Patrick Gilchrist/KUACA truck loaded with explosives slid off the Alaska Highway Tuesday night, but Troopers say the cargo didn’t detonate. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski was among a bipartisan group of senators that met with the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland on Wednesday. // Donlin Gold and Glenfarne, the company leading development of the Alaska gasline project, announced a nonbinding agreement last week. // A Juneau-born athlete is headed to Italy next month to represent Team USA’s biathlon team in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. // Southeast Alaska's largest tribe has earned nearly $40 million from U.S. Navy contracts in Guantanamo Bay. Some tribal members are concerned that money comes from supporting immigrant detention. -
Matt Faubion/Alaska Public MediaJessie Holmes claimed first place in the 2026 Copper Basin 300 Monday in Glennallen.
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Democrat Mary Peltola announced Monday she’s running for U.S. Senate, taking on Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan. // The U.S. Supreme Court has again declined to take up challenges to a federal law that protects subsistence hunting and fishing in Alaska. // Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Grier Hopkins is proposing property tax exemptions for new residential construction // The holidays have wrapped up for most of us. But for followers of Russian Orthodox tradition in Alaska, Christmas has just arrived. // Researchers are strapping cameras on to grizzly bears that live above the Arctic Circle to better understand their lives out on the frigid tundra. -
NewsA Saturday night crash on the Parks Highway near Nenana injured six people. // With the state legislative session just over a week away, here’s a look at some bills lawmakers are proposing. // Alaska’s junior U.S. senator talks new legislation, the Alaska gasline project and the U.S. intervention in Venezuela. // Two Soldotna-based Alaska State Troopers pleaded not guilty in federal court in Anchorage late last week to one count each of violating a Kenai man’s civil rights. -
Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about what's enabled a long run of consistently colder than normal temperatures and whether it's linked to climate change. -
A medical office in Fairbanks is closing its doors as the owner faces charges of felony child sex abuse, and Canada's Yukon Quest sled dog race will not run this year. -
NewsA letter addressed to patients says Alcan Medical Group will permanently close at the end of January due to “unforeseen circumstances.” It does not mention the criminal charges. -
NewsThe Alaska race is still on track to run its longest route since the Quest split in 2022. And its board president is hoping for reunification. -
1. Alaska State Troopers say traffic on the Parks Highway was delayed for 10 hours Wednesday when a semi tractor-trailer crashed into a bridge in Cantwell.2. Kinross Alaska has donated a million dollars to establish a charitable fund for grants to help organizations in Upper Tanana Valley communities.3. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s foundation has donated $18 million to Alaska Pacific University.4. Great egrets landed early last month in Unalaska for the first time in recorded history. Biologists suspect Typhoon Halong brought the big birds in.5. A team of scientists has been studying areas around Nome to determine whether beavers are contributing to climate change. -
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NewsFairbanksans have been dealing with dead car batteries, uncollected trash, and other cold weather problems during the month-long freeze — but warmer weather is ahead. -
NewsAn online public notice says the transportation department is working on conceptual designs, engineering and environmental studies. The notice, which was posted on New Year’s Eve, also says the department is soliciting feedback on the project. The public comment period closes on Wednesday.
