Journalist and author Neil Shea will talk tonight about his travels around the Arctic in a lecture at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He also will talk about a book he wrote about the impact of climate change in the region.

Alaska Airlines says it has increased checked bag fees for most customers due to volatile fuel prices and global uncertainty. // Four more aerial-refueling planes arrived at Eielson Air Force Base earlier this month. // Two University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers completed a nearly 2,000-mile journey along Alaska's western coastline by snowmachine last week. // A typically routine appointment to a Fairbanks North Star Borough commission failed to gain enough support from Assembly members last Thursday. // For one engineer in Mission Control for NASA’s historic Artemis II flight, the passion for space exploration was born in a Kenai Peninsula classroom.

The regulatory maneuver would split up North Pole and Fairbanks in future assessments by the EPA, which would have to approve any request to divide the area.

At a campaign event in Fairbanks, Shuerch warned that widening political divisions are making it harder to address Alaska’s biggest problems.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the forecast development of an El Nino and uncertainty about what it means for our upcoming summer, fall and winter weather.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Click Bishop announced his running mate Wednesday at a campaign event in Fairbanks. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a fast-track budget bill Thursday that provides $450 million for construction projects, disaster relief and wildfire suppression. // State officials are considering a proposal to ask the EPA to regulate air quality in Fairbanks and North Pole separately. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a fast-track budget bill Thursday that provides $450 million for construction projects, disaster relief and wildfire suppression. // The Alaska Department of Transportation opened the Taylor Highway last week and will begin clearing the Denali Highway next week.

State lawmakers are throwing cold water on hopes for a super-sized Permanent Fund dividend, and a Fairbanks man is in custody after an armed standoff with law enforcement at his house.

Aaron Hague, 37, is accused of killing another man and stealing his identity.

The state of Alaska has finally secured the funding it needs to replace a couple aging bridges on the Alaska Highway, and this year's Iditarod champion just won the Kobuk 440 sled dog race.

Mined metals rival Alaska seafood as top exports from the state, according to a state Department of Labor analysis. // An Alaska House committee last week inserted a roughly $3,800 Permanent Fund dividend into its latest draft of the state budget. But that figure is far from final.