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  • The State of Alaska has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit alleging the Elections Division violated Alaskans’ right to privacy by giving voter information to the federal government. // Two people were killed Tuesday when their plane crashed after taking off from a western Alaska moose-hunting camp. // The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Wednesday on last month’s plane crash in western Alaska that killed all eight people on board. // The growing population of Sandhill Cranes that come to Creamer’s Field is making it more difficult for the state Fish and Game Department to keep them away from aircraft around Fairbanks International. //University of Alaska leaders are considering adopting an artificial intelligence policy that require all three campuses to have an AI plan. // A Senate committee has passed a bill sponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan that aims to reduce the pollock fleet’s bycatch of salmon. // Denali National Park has reopened a scenic road now that a new bridge has been built.
  • 1. A Fairbanks woman died Monday after falling into a river in a remote site about 40 miles west of Delta Junction. // The Pentagon wants to build up to a dozen military data centers near bases across Alaska. // Ex-Attorney General Treg Taylor pitched his record in Gov. Dunleavy’s administration to listeners Tuesday in an Alaska Public Media radio talk show. // The National Weather Service predicts wet, windy weather for Fairbanks and most of the Interior into Thursday. // The long-awaited Nome port expansion project took a symbolic step forward a couple of weeks ago.
  • A Minto man died Wednesday of a gunshot injury he sustained in an accidental shooting after a hunting trip. // The November election will give voters the option to rank candidates, but many Alaskan voters don’t want to rank. // The Alaska Democratic Party is asking a judge to disqualify a Republican state House member who failed to fill out a financial disclosure form when he filed for re-election. // Republican Congressman Nick Begich made his first official visit to Nome Wednesday. // More young Alaskans died of suicide in 2025 than in any other year in the past decade.
  • The state agency that investigates shootings involving law enforcement officers has determined two Fairbanks police officers and an Alaska State Trooper were legally justified in fatally shooting a suspect in June. // The Mukluk Fire burned more than 50 homes and over 7,000 acres in the community of Tok. But more avenues of providing relief to the fire victims are opening up. // The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. plans to ask the Legislature for additional funding to enable the AGDC to continue pursuing a a natural gas pipeline next year. //The Arctic Report Card has found a new group of supporters. The news comes after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pulled its support for the Arctic Report back in August. // It’s been more than two years since the school in the western Alaska village of Stebbins burned down. And the community is feeling the loss in new ways.
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    The fire destroyed dozens of homes since it began in August.
  • Republican Treg Taylor is back in Alaska’s race for governor. Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced her decision late Friday. // Alaska’s criminal appeals court has thrown out an indictment of a Whittier woman born in American Samoa who state prosecutors accuse of felony voter misconduct. // An Anchorage-based aviation firm has released the names of two pilots killed last month in a plane crash in western Alaska. All eight aboard died. // The Indian Health Service handed ownership of the state's biggest tribal hospital to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. // Arctic Inuit leaders will meet in Nome in 2030 for the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s 16th General Assembly.
  • Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about climate warming as a driving factor of landslides and flash floods like the recent deadly events in Nepal and the Grand Canyon.
  • Congressman Nick Begich holds a solid lead over independent candidate Bill Hill after last month’s primary election. But Hill thinks he can beat Begich. // A legal group founded by a member of President Donald Trump’s inner circle is suing the state’s judge-nominating body, the Alaska Judicial Council. // The Alaska Judicial Council is recommending that voters don't retain two judges in the Nov. 3 election. // Anchorage Democrat Rep. Andrew Gray has asked Alaska’s attorney general to prosecute former Attorney General Treg Taylor for failing to file financial reports. // Alaska’s commercial salmon season is winding down, and fishermen are thankful they’re getting higher prices for their catch than they’ve seen in decades. // Alaska’s chief investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board retired this week. Clint Johnson spent nearly three decades with NTSB.
  • Alaska's public schools are set to receive an additional $115 million in state funding this year from a boost in oil revenues. // President Trump says he’ll make a campaign swing through Alaska, to help incumbent U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan win re-election. // A Seattle startup is developing a microreactor for maritime use, to keep ships at sea longer without refueling. // Federal regulators plan to begin the first formal stage of a major environmental review this month for a proposed mine in the Ambler Mining District.
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    A Black Gold Transport ore-hauling truck wrecked Friday night after it hit a bison on the Alaska Highway near Delta Junction. // A breakdown of primary results and political maneuvering in the leadup to the withdrawal deadline. // How some progressive ranked choice voting supporters feel about a top candidate’s decision to withdraw, leaving just one Democrat in the Alaska governor’s race. // Results from Alaska’s primary election suggest existing coalition majorities in the state House and Senate are likely to continue after November’s general election.