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  • A national Republican senators organization has filed a complaint alleging that Senate candidate Mary Peltola spent campaign money on personal expenses. // Mayors of five Alaska boroughs where the proposed Alaska gasline would pass through disagree with the governor's plan to give tax breaks to the project. // Golden Valley Electric Association will hold a meeting Wednesday in Fairbanks to talk about its need to generate more electricity. // Thousands of Alaskans turned out Saturday in several communities around the state to protest the actions and policies of the Trump administration. // More than 1,700 comments had been posted online as of Monday in response to the federal government’s review of Alaska’s subsistence management program.
  • The remains of an Anchorage elementary school after the M9.2 Great Alaska Earthquake on March 27, 1964, the second-strongest earthquake ever recorded.
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    The state seismologist says the project is still several years and millions of dollars away, but the $2M appropriation is an important milestone.
  • The Fairbanks Children’s Museum will soon begin a multi-year relocation into a 15,000-square-foot space inside city hall, where the nonprofit will offer childcare. // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning short- and medium-term solutions to catastrophic flooding caused by a melting glacial around Juneau. // Three Alaskan entrepreneurs say they’re relieved that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled President Trump exceeded his authority last year when he imposed sweeping tariffs that've hurt business owners worldwide. // Several moose have had to be killed in Bethel over the last few months after this winter’s deep snow forced them to look for food in areas inhabited by humans.
  • The Fairbanks City Council voted on priorities for the site of a demolished building downtown, and a team of UAF researchers are on a snow machine expedition to study ice on Alaska's coastlines.
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    Authorities say a man died of injuries sustained in a house fire in Fairbanks Sunday. // The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has tentatively decided that oil and gas exploration should be allowed on state land near the Yukon River. // The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case challenging mail-in ballot deadlines. In Alaska, the court’s decision could extend to other types of voting as well. // The Fort Yukon girls basketball team won its third 1A title in a row at the state tournament in Anchorage earlier this month. // Around 25,000 Alaskans lost all or part of their health insurance subsidies in 2026 due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But there are some options for getting health care that don’t involve insurance. // A servicemember stationed at Eielson Air Force Base has been sentenced to serve two years in prison for possessing child sexual-abuse materials.
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    If funded at assumed levels by federal, state and local sources and approved by the school board again later this year, the budget would lower class sizes and add music teaching positions and more support staff.
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    The board for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has adopted a recommended budget for next fiscal year with dozens of restored positions. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy is out with a new bill offering tax breaks for a planned natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska. // Results show tribal members of Kipnuk have voted overwhelmingly to relocate their community after devastation caused by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. // An auction of drilling rights in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska broke records last week. // Nine seismic stations in Alaska are fully funded again after a new agreement with federal and state agencies.
  • Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about greater than recent year's Bering Sea ice extent and thickness off Alaska's coast.
  • Today is the spring equinox for the northern hemisphere. The forecast for next week calls for some seasonably warm weather. // Last year, Alaska lawmakers managed to increase the school funding, but this year, school districts are bracing for more deep budget cuts. // University of Alaska President Pat Pitney delivered her sixth and final State of the University address Thursday in Fairbanks. She’s set to retire at the end of May. // Repairs are underway on an important dock at the Port of Anchorage. Cargo Terminal 1 handles about $14 billion of goods annually to destinations statewide. The Iditarod crowned its Rookie of the Year Thursday. He was the fastest first-timer to ever complete the race.