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Patrick Gilchrist/KUACThe Denali Borough lifted emergency evacuation orders for the city of Anderson that had been in place since Saturday, due to a nearby wildfire. // Sen. Murkowski was among Senate Republicans who voted Tuesday to curtail President Trump's use of military force, telling him to cease hostilities against Iran unless Congress explicitly authorizes it. // A three-and-a-half-year boundary dispute between the state of Alaska and Fairbanks Area Surface Transportation Planning was resolved last week. // A bill that passed the state legislature with near unanimous support won’t become law. The legislation would have required more state oversight of children in psychiatric facilities. // A federal judge has ordered the State of Alaska to pay nearly $1.8 million in attorney fees to four Native groups, following a long-running fight over fishing rights in Southwest Alaska. // A man seeking to challenge U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan has filed suit after the Alaska Division of Elections removed him from this year’s ballot. -
Patrick Gilchrist/KUACThe Fairbanks North Star Borough School District's board president says that means Pearl Creek STEAM Charter School won't open in the fall.
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Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Summer Solstice and how this time of year's solar heating and moisture provide prime conditions for thunderstorms. -
NewsIt’s been a whirlwind of a week in the dispute over Pearl Creek STEAM Charter School. // The University of Alaska Fairbanks has entered into an agreement with Eielson Air Force Base to provide campus housing for servicemembers. -
NewsA Fairbanks Superior Court judge denied Pearl Creek STEAM Charter School's motion for preliminary injunction Wednesday that sought to force Fairbanks North Star Borough School District officials to execute a contract. -
NewsAn attorney advising the Legislature says the state likely lacked legal justification for disqualifying Dan Sullivan of Petersburg from running in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy has until later today to veto or sign two dozen bills into law. // A Juneau artist created a magazine for Indigenous writers to share their perspectives without having to simplify them to fit into the bounds of media run by non-Native people.
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NewsLocal animal control officials arrived at a kennel just outside Fairbanks in May to find 40 sled dogs and five puppies living in filthy conditions. People who helped move the dogs to new homes say the response from authorities was disappointing. -
As time runs short in the special legislative session, state senators are studying a House-passed bill offering tax cuts for a North Slope natural gas pipeline. // Animal control officials last month found 40 sled dogs and five puppies living in filthy conditions at a Fairbanks-area kennel. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other members of Congress are trying to stop the National Science Foundation from eliminating a system that monitors the oceans. // GCI internet and mobile service has been restored in western Alaska and the Aleutian Islands after an undersea fiber-optic cable was damaged three weeks ago. -
NewsAlaska's education commissioner says the state could withhold funds from the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, and wildlife managers want to improve bison habitat near Delta Junction. -
NewsThe plan would clear forests for a new forage area and improve existing fields to sustain the bison population — and keep them out of local farms. -
Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about the slow start to this year's Alaska wildfire season. -
NewsDenali National Park rangers have recovered the bodies of four people who died on the mountain last month — and fire weather has been mild in the Interior so far, but the experts say: don't hold your breath.
