Lisa Murkowski and three other U.S. senators returned Monday from Greenland, where they tried to repair relationships after President Trump’s threats to take over the island. // A UAF student has made his first court appearance after he ate a fellow student’s AI-generated artwork in an act of protest. // Workers at Alaska’s only major shipyard have been busy since a new operator took charge of the state-owned facility in Ketchikan last fall. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s fiscal plan is taking a beating as lawmakers and the public take a closer look at the proposal. Now, the governor is changing course.

Yukon Quest mushers face many challenges along the trail, and volunteers are there to support them.

“It shouldn’t be acceptable for this art to be put alongside these real pieces,” he said. “It chews up and it spits out art made by other people.”

Yukon Quest mushers will run into overnight low temperatures of around 40 below tonight and Tuesday as they traverse the Yukon Flats. // About a hundred people packed a hearing in Anchorage for six and a half hours last week on a controversial proposal to reform the Federal Subsistence Board. // Despite Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s advice, Alaska state officials continue to search for a solution to its long-running budget problem of spending more than it takes in. // A judge ruled last week that Alaska’s two largest news organizations and two top reporters did not defame an ex-state employee in a story they wrote in 2023.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the recent redefinition of El Nino and La Nina.

The 11th Airborne Division will begin a major training exercise Monday near Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base. // Despite the state education commissioner overturning their decision, the president of the Fairbanks school board is standing behind the board’s unanimous vote to reject a charter school application last year. // The family of one of the victims who died in a Bering Air plane crash last year is suing the regional airline. // Mushers pulled their bib numbers at a Yukon Quest Alaska event Thursday. // One of Alaska’s most prolific murderers is buried in a place of honor, in a cemetery for veterans in Sitka. But that could change – with an act of Congress.

Fairbanks school district administrators are proposing almost $7 million worth of reinvestments to lower class sizes and restore some programs. // Fairbanks cross country skier Kendall Kramer is days away from competing in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. // The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Aaron C. Peterson of Anchorage to be a federal District Court judge in Alaska. //The federal government is seeking public input on a proposal to open up ocean waters off Alaska for seafloor mineral-mining lease sales. // Former Sitka state representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins this week became the third Democrat to run for governor.