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.

Dark and starry night skies won’t disappear entirely from Fairbanks as days get longer this spring and summer.

Three of Alaska’s key shipping companies are set to hike rates as fuel prices skyrocket amid the war with Iran. // The University of Alaska Fairbanks announced its opening the Interior’s first planetarium to the public later this month. // A federal judge last week dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed against the Alaska Office of Children’s Services. // A Harvard law professor weighs in on oral arguments about birthright citizenship in the U.S. Supreme Court putting Native Americans in the spotlight. // An Alaska Public Media reporter provides some context for Mary Peltola’s campaign messaging in the race for U.S. Senate.

Meanwhile, administrators insist the center is growing and becoming more community-focused.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the record cold March, and Fairbanks record cold winter.