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  • Alaska’s land-based internet is among the slowest and most expensive in the nation. // The state's 2026 high school graduates are looking ahead to the next chapter in their lives. Some plan to stay in Alaska; others are preparing to head out to the Lower 48. //State lawmakers passed two bills on the last day of the legislative session aimed at fulfilling requirements of a federal health care expansion effort. // As the Arctic takes on greater geopolitical significance, Alaska has assets of interest to the U.S. military: cold temperatures, and the Naval Air Facility Adak.
  • Several Memorial Day ceremonies took place across Interior Alaska Monday, including one at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks. // A Fairbanks resident died Friday of injuries sustained in a car fire on the Parks Highway west of Ester. // Firefighters have contained a wildfire burning in an agricultural area near Delta Junction. But state Forestry officials say the fire isn't fully extinguished. // A federal agency has developed a faster permitting process for oil and gas developments in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. // A startup wants to build a massive data center on the North Slope, close to natural gas supplies it would use to generate electricity the facility would need.
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    Firefighters have cut a line around a 15-acre wildfire south of Delta Junction to keep it from spreading. // The state of Alaska is on track to offer managed retirement accounts to businesses in the state that don’t already offer a retirement plan. // Hospitals, fire stations and clinics in Alaska may soon have ‘baby boxes’ to safely and anonymously accept surrendered infants. // Ahead of Memorial Day, Alaskans hope the stories of their friends and loved ones aren’t forgotten.
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    Hundreds of thousands of Vietnam veterans developed illnesses from exposure to Agent Orange, an herbicide used to remove dense tree cover during the war.
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    The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly adopted a budget Thursday for the upcoming fiscal year. // The Alaska Legislature is headed for a special session focused on tax cuts for the Alaska LNG project immediately after lawmakers adjourn. // The Fairbanks City Council approved an ordinance Monday that gives city officials more power when clearing out illegal campsites. // A jury last week found a woman guilty of murdering her young son inside her Fairbanks apartment in October 2024.
  • The Alaska House is racing to pass a bill offering tax relief for the Alaska LNG project before the regular legislative session ends. // A North Pole man died Saturday of injuries he sustained in a motorcycle wreck in Salcha. // Smokejumpers are working to control two small fires in the Yukon Training Area near Eielson Air Force Base. // The developer of a proposed natural gas pipeline took two busloads of officials on a tour of a Kenai Peninsula export terminal. // A Canadian company seeking to reopen a British Columbia gold mine plans to pilot a large boat up Alaska’s Taku River to get there. That worries area residents.
  • The Alaska Legislature wants the state’s development agency to finance multifamily housing, and a national organization honors a group that works to bring attention to Alaska’s missing and murdered Indigenous people.
  • Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about Greenup and how the leaf out process has long been tracked in Fairbanks.
  • In a historic vote, the Alaska Legislature on Thursday rejected Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s pick for attorney general. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted for the first time with Democrats Tuesday to advance a measure to remove U.S. forces from Iran. // Warm weather is ahead for the Interior this weekend. // Production of the first "sell-able" oil from the North Slope’s new Pikka Project will hit the market soon. // A quiet volcano on the Alaska Peninsula is showing signs of unrest, according to scientists at the UAF-based Alaska Volcano Observatory. //Fairbanks National Weather Service meteorologists in have declared that greenup has officially begun.
  • Dan Bross talks to National Weather Service hydrologist Heather Best about breakup along the Middle Yukon River.
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted against the war in Iran Wednesday for the first time since the conflict began. // State lawmakers have passed a resolution supporting Alaska Native Corporations’ participation in a federal contracting program the Trump administration opposes. // Federal firefighters have begun burning vegetation in military training areas around the Interior. // The Alaska House has passed legislation that would enable school districts to count their students accurately to get education funding. //The number of farmers in Alaska is growing, while the number of younger producers remains flat. A few farmers are working to change. // As lawmakers spar over issues in the Legislature’s regular session, one unusual proposal is bringing them together.
  • A state disaster declaration is in effect for some Interior communities impacted by ice jam flooding, and a few Alaska farmers are determined to recruit the next generation.