Time is running short for anyone interested in acquiring the old Gerstle River bridge on the Alaska Highway. It’s one of three bridges built during World War II that the state Department of Transportation is planning to replace over the next few years.

President Trump didn’t mention any Alaska projects during his State of the Union Address. // Some Fairbanks City Council members are clashing with Mayor Mindy O’Neall over the next steps for the city-owned site of the demolished Polaris Building. // The Alaska Department of Transportation wants to give away a historic bridge on the Alaska Highway that’s scheduled for replacement. // Alaska senators advanced a heavily-modified version of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s tax bill last week.

State officials are calling it a win for Alaska’s economic sovereignty, but some residents are worried about losing longstanding subsistence rights.

The Alaska House approved a fast-tracked spending bill totaling nearly half a billion dollars on Monday. // A measure to repeal Alaska’s nonpartisan primaries and ranked-choice voting will be on the ballot this year, but disputes continue over the wording of the ballot question. // The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday that it’s getting ready to offer more than two million acres of federally managed land to the state of Alaska. // The Alaska Climate Research Center issued a report last month that says Alaska saw its 8th hottest year on record in 2025.

UPDATED: The North American Aerospace Defense Command said today that U.S. aircraft intercepted a total of eight Russian military planes Thursday that were flying through international airspace off the western coast of Alaska.

A weather system is dumping snow on Fairbanks and the Interior again today. And more is in store through Tuesday. // The North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted five Russian military aircraft Thursday flying through international airspace off Alaska's coast. // The Alaska Federation of Natives urged state lawmakers last week to fix the fish and game management system that's causing problems for Native subsistence hunters. // A state legislator’s chief of staff was arrested last week and now faces charges of child sexual exploitation and child sex trafficking. // Alaskans pay some of the nation's highest prices for coffee, because of volatile markets and tariffs. // The two top finishers of this year's Iron Dog snowmachine race that ended Saturday in Fairbanks set a record for winning the race four times in a row.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the atmospheric phenomenon of Sun Dogs.

Food security advocates are asking the state legislature to continue a program that lets SNAP recipients double their buying power at farmers markets. // A multi-vehicle pileup on the Richardson Highway Wednesday left three people injured and damaged several military and civilian vehicles. // The first round of fundraising reports in the 2026 governor’s race is out. // Public testifiers largely supported a bill in the legislature that seeks to ban law enforcement officers from wearing face masks on duty, but the Anchorage police chief doesn’t. // This year’s Iron Dog will mark the 30th – and final – time that Todd Palin is taking part in the endurance snowmachine race.