At the Equinox Marathon in Fairbanks, runners can count on official aid stations for water and fuel. But along the course, locals have created a few unofficial stops of their own.

President Trump announced Wednesday that South Korea would invest more than $50 billion for the Alaska LNG project. // Funding for the Alaska LNG Project is part of a trade deal between the United States and South Korea. // This year's $1,200 Permanent Fund dividend will be direct-deposited into Alaskans’ bank accounts starting today. // Hundreds of people gathered in the village of Teller last weekend for two nights of singing, drumming and celebration. // Wednesday was Orange Shirt Day, a day to commemorate the loss of Indigenous peoples' lives, language and culture caused by residential schools in the United States and Canada.

Heavy fall rains have rivers running unusually high across the Interior and Western Alaska. // The National Weather Service is forecasting the first serious snow of the season will come Thursday. // A monument honoring Alaska Native veterans was unveiled last weekend at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage. // Fat Bear Week has a new weighty winner – and it’s a bear who became famous as a cub for hitching rides on his mama's back. // Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin talks about last week’s New York Times story about U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s occasional angry outbursts. // Three of the four candidates for governor asked Alaskans in Southeast during a Tuesday forum in Ketchikan to support their campaign.

A UAF climatologist said they could cause problems heading into winter.

A Fairbanks real estate company is suing the Fairbanks Native Association for allegedly breaking its lease for office space. // The Army Corps of Engineers opened a 45-day public comment period earlier this month for the first proposed mine in the Ambler Mining District. // The State of Alaska is proposing changes to how it distributes nearly $40 million in federal disaster relief to communities still recovering from ex-Typhoon Merbok. // The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a $315 million contract to build a new fuel pier and cutter mooring on Kodiak Island for four new ships to be based there.

The public is asked to comment on a draft environmental review of the proposed Donlin Gold Mine, and mama bears are the stars of this year's Fat Bear Week.

Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about this year's Arctic Sea minimum and how it compares to numbers logged since satellite ice imaging began in 1979.

Aid station volunteers served up unusual refreshments at a Fairbanks marathon, and a family in Haines is working on a way for visitors to see the Lynn Canal — from several stories above the ground.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and Fairbanks Education Association have reached a tentative one-year collective bargaining agreement. //The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that construction can continue on a controversial road through a national wildlife refuge in southwest Alaska. // A new study published by the University of Alaska Fairbanks shows Indigenous knowledge can improve analysis of Arctic Ocean. climate-driven changes. // The Talkeetna Roadhouse is changing hands at the end of the month. And to celebrate 30 years of business, the owner hosted a potluck to introduce the buyer. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy has lifted a statewide executive branch hiring freeze that required managers to get special permission to hire new state employees. // The New York Times published a story yesterday that claims U.S. Senate challenger Mary Peltola mistreats her staff.

A new line of federal funding will help researchers find new ways to extract critical minerals from existing mines.