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  • Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Congresswoman Mary Peltola traded accusations and interruptions Thursday during a heated Debate for the State. // Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was in Fairbanks Wednesday at a Chamber of Commerce event, where he promoted building Alaska AI data centers. // The Alaska Department of Natural Resources commissioner will appear before the state Senate Resources Committee to discuss a land deal that would include building data centers. // Taiwan says it plans to buy 6.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas annually from the U.S. through its participation in a project to build the LNG pipeline in Alaska. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined a bipartisan group of senators last weekend who called for President Trump to immediately call off his plan to buy diesel fuel from Russia. // More buses and cars will be allowed to travel the road through Denali National Park, under a rule announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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    Alaska has attracted proposals for as many as 15 data centers, but concerns about how to power them have fueled calls for caution.
  • Golden Valley Electric Association issued its first energy-emergency alert Monday that advises members to conserve electricity and prepare for possible controlled outages -- also known as rolling blackouts.
  • Golden Valley Electric Association issued its first energy-emergency alert Monday that advises members to conserve electricity and prepare for possible rolling blackouts. // The average price of a gallon of heating fuel in rural Alaska reached a record of almost $8 per gallon in August, according to a state survey. // Korean officials continue to push back after President Trump announced late last month that South Korea would invest more than $50 billion in an Alaska gas pipeline.// Officials in the Mat-Su Borough say it's been a challenge to prepare for President Donald Trump’s rally today at the Menard Sports Center in Wasilla.
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    Flu cases are on the rise across Alaska, and dogs displaced by the remnants of Typhoon Halong are finding new homes.
  • Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Fairbanks' trend toward less October snowfall.
  • Alaska’s four candidates for governor offered their plans to boost the state’s economy and address other issues during Thursday's Debate for the State. // President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally in Wasilla on Tuesday to promote Sen. Dan Sullivan’s re-election. // Delta Junction voters elected three City Council members in Tuesday’s municipal election. And voters in the town of Eagle re-elected their mayor. // Alaska’s major airports in Anchorage and Fairbanks are on track to set a new annual passenger record, after a busy first half of the year. // State wildlife biologists spotted something on the North Slope this summer that they believe has never been photographed alive before: a true albino caribou calf.
  • Fairbanks North Star Borough canvass board members began work Wednesday on verifying votes cast in Tuesday’s election. // The top vote-getting Republican in the Alaska governor's race has a history of being sued for not paying her bills. // Alaska gubernatorial candidate Treg Taylor has agreed to pay a fine and update his campaign-finance disclosure reports as part of a settlement with state regulators. // A company planning to develop a coal project in western Mat-Su has leased over 800 acres to build a large-scale industrial park. //The remnants of a typhoon moving toward the Bering Sea is expected to bring elevated wind and water levels to Western Alaska.
  • Preliminary unofficial results from Tuesday’s municipal election in the Fairbanks North Star Borough show a few tight races and one clear winner – the borough’s biennial tax cap. // The U.S. Energy Department has OK'd $150 million to partially fund a second electrical intertie to run from the Interior to Southcentral. // Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins raised more than twice as much over the past two months than all three of his Republican rivals combined. // An investigation has commenced into a Haines group that advertised free gifts, like a cup of coffee, to anyone who votes in Tuesday’s municipal election. // The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest destroyer — The U.S.S. Ted Stevens, named for Alaska’s legendary U.S. Senator.
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    The Vice President announced $400 million to build new transmission lines in Alaska as he rallied Republicans in Fairbanks.
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    Vice President JD Vance visited Fairbanks last night to rally support for Republicans ahead of the midterm election, and the Alaska Federation of Natives will not endorse candidates this election cycle.