Patrick Gilchrist

The University of Alaska Board of Regents announced Fairbanks attorney Matt Cooper as the system’s next president on Friday. // Legislators grilled Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s pick for attorney general during a series of contentious confirmation hearings last week. // Data from 2019 to 2024 shows Alaskans between the ages of 12 and 15 had the highest rate of ATV crash injuries, compared to other age groups. // Gubernatorial candidate Shelley Hughes named her running mate on Thursday.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bipartisan election reform bill Thursday, setting up a contentious override vote in the coming days. // State House lawmakers rolled out a new draft of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposal cutting taxes for the Alaska LNG project on Monday. // A confidential informant is suing the state public safety department, Alaska State Troopers and the A&E Television Network for compromising her safety by filming an arrest without her consent. // The online marketplace Etsy plans to ban products made out of fur as well as threatened or endangered animals. Some Alaska Native artists say they’re frustrated with the decision. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski says it’s time for Congress to assert its authority over the war against Iran. // A national nonprofit is appealing the dismissal of a federal lawsuit against the Alaska Office of Children’s Services.

The state board's decision officially overturns the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education's unanimous vote to deny the charter school's application.

Four Alaskans appointed to serve on state boards and commissions recently resigned ahead of a legislative confirmation vote expected next week. // Alaska-based telecommunications company GCI announced plans to acquire Quintillion in a $310 million deal. // Scientists have identified the mysterious golden orb found at the bottom of the Gulf of Alaska in 2023.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly voted 7-2 Friday to rename Pioneer Park, favoring the former name, "Alaskaland."

It’s out with the old, and in with the … old. The name for Pioneer Park is going back to “Alaskaland.” // A pair of bills in the Alaska legislature seeks to create a statewide sentencing program specifically for military veterans. // Here’s a closer look at fundraising in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. // A bill that would reinstate a pension system for state and local government employees is on the verge of a state Senate vote.

Leading bids for the Fairbanks North Star Borough animal shelter replacement project came in about $10 million below borough engineers’ estimates. // President Trump has appointed Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy to a seat on the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. // A Slovakian musher living in Tok is suing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Biden-administration officials over a denied immigration petition. // Last week, 150 Alaskans fanned out across the Capitol to make the case for their industries, ranging from drilling and mining to tourism and fishing. // The U.S. Coast Guard announced that the first of its two new medium-weight icebreakers will be homeported in Alaska.

A startup has ideas to build a luxury resort and event center in the hills of Fairbanks, but it’s not short on skeptics. // Alaskans have been paying more for gas due to the conflict in the Middle East, and economists say it’s not an area where people tend to have wiggle room in their budgets.

A new company says it’s cooking up plans to build a luxury resort and event center in the hills of Fairbanks, on land with ties to gold mining history and a brief stint on television.

Protesters in Fairbanks gathered Saturday to demand accountability from Troopers after they fatally shot a man experiencing a mental health crisis and seriously injured his brother. // The Alaska Federation of Natives recently released a study looking at ways to reduce overrepresentation of Alaska Native people in the state’s prison population.