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.

Republican Bernadette Wilson is again calling on fellow Republicans to drop out of the governor race. //UAF researchers say work is underway on a project to reduce U.S. dependence on imported critical minerals. // The U.S. government wants the Red Dog lead and zinc mine operator to pay a fine for spilling contaminated water into a creek. // Alaska health officials say influenza-related illnesses killed 36 Alaskans in the 2025-26 flu season. // Alaska State Troopers have identified the victims of last week’s plane crash in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. // The FNSB School District and the union that represents the district’s classified staff have OK’d a tentative one-year agreement.

Alaska State Troopers say a plane crash killed two people Thursday near Nabesna. // State officials say 75 absentee in-person ballots cast by voters in rural western Alaska communities in last month’s primary election arrived too late to be counted. // President Trump’s appointee to serve as chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission has a fondness for Russia, according to a recent story by ProPublica. // The Mat-Su Borough School District is moving ahead on a plan to allow teachers and staff members to carry concealed weapons in schools. // Suicide death rates for elder Alaskans have been rising, especially for people age 75 and older. But the state is taking steps to better understand the issue. // It’s Fat Bear Week at the Katmai National Park and Preserve.

The Air Force is asking for public input on a plan to begin work in an area on Eielson Air Force Base where a small nuclear reactor would be located. The so-called microreactor would provide backup electricity and heat for the base.

The Air Force is seeking public input on plans for a small nuclear reactor at Eielson Air Force Base, and scientists found new sea sponges in Alaska.

A creeping landslide, driven by permafrost thaw, has limited visitor’s access to the park since 2021.

Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Chinook wind microclimates north of the Alaska Range.