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    Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about La Nina and what it could mean for the upcoming winter.
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    Alaska Wildlife Troopers rescued a Salcha-area man Thursday after he spent two days hiking from his remote cabin into town to pick up food and supplies. The Trump administration has a new offshore drilling proposal to offer nearly all of the oceans off Alaska to potential leasing. A new program spearheaded by the state transportation department is looking into building a road connecting the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. You may have heard that Alaska imports 95% of the food residents buy. But food security experts say that number is made up. A look at peer-to-peer care in the state for people struggling with addiction.
  • Alaska State Troopers have redoubled their efforts to locate a North Pole man charged with murder. The charges stem from the fatal shooting of teenager at a party near Fairbanks last month. Meanwhile, a court has issued an arrest for the warrant of Darius Morgan, and set bail at a million dollars.
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    Northwest Alaska’s NANA Regional Corporation was holding what it called an informal meeting for Fairbanks shareholders inside the Westmark Hotel.
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    Fairbanksans gathered to protest an Alaska Native corporation’s role in running immigration detention centers. And the old city bus made famous by Into the Wild is still sitting in storage — but that hasn't stopped people from trying to see it.
  • An Alaska Railroad train struck and killed a Fairbanks man Sunday who officials say was walking on the tracks near Anderson. // The longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended last week. But reopening the government isn’t easy, and some agency workers are frustrated. // Researchers and community members gathered in Yakutat last month to talk about geohazards like landslide-induced tsunamis, and how to prepare for them. // The State of Alaska is exploring the idea of creating a new agriculture cooperative owned by farmers and ranchers around the state.
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    Fairbanks police say they seized $45,000 in cash as well as equipment, laptops, cell phones and a vehicle from two locations associated with the same operation.
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    He was the only person nominated for the top job on the assembly.
  • Firefighters say they found human remains in a home off Farmers Loop Road after they responded to a structure fire Saturday morning. // Fairbanks police busted an alleged illegal gambling operation Friday. // Assemblymember Scott Crass will be the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly's presiding officer for the coming year. // The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for today around the eastern Alaska Range south of Delta Junction. // Palmer Republican Sen. Shelley Hughes resigned from the Alaska Senate Friday to pursue her run for governor next year. // The Juneau Assembly tonight will consider whether the borough should adopt a ranked-choice voting system for municipal elections beginning next year.
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    The attorney for Monroe Catholic High School has filed a motion for reconsideration.
  • Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about river freeze up.
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    A Fairbanks judge has dismissed the lawsuit Monroe Catholic High School filed last year on behalf of its boys basketball team. University of Alaska President Pat Pitney announced that she will retire this spring. A look at the communities hit hardest by ex-Typhoon Halong one month after the storm struck Western Alaska. A French filmmaker has returned to Alaska for the second time in the past decade in pursuit of a new project in the state.