Jessie Holmes claimed first place in the 2026 Copper Basin 300 Monday in Glennallen.

First responders rescued two snowmachiners who became stranded near Summit Lake last night, and Jessie Holmes is the winner of this year's Copper Basin 300.

The northernmost subpopulation of grizzlies is made up of only a few hundred bears, spread out over a large, food-scarce expanse.

The incentives wouldn’t be a novel way of trying to buoy the local housing market, but the proposal does tweak some elements of a previous borough program.

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.

A 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.

A 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.

The 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.