Patrick Gilchrist

An Alaska fire incident management team is in the Lower 48 to oversee one of the nation's highest-priority wildfires as fire activity intensifies in the West. // The Department of Public Safety has identified the Alaska State Trooper who, the department says, fatally shot a man in Fairbanks last week after a short car chase. // Seven flight service stations across Alaska have been closed after the Federal Aviation Administration placed stations’ employees on administrative leave. // A residential fire in South Fairbanks last month has resulted in the death of one person, according to the City of Fairbanks Fire Department. // State investigators have accused 15 Alaskans and businesses of filing more than $1.8 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims in five separate cases.

Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Patricia Haines sentenced 63-year-old Michael Paschall to three years with one suspended and 10 years probation during a sentencing hearing Thursday at Rabinowitz Courthouse.

The incident marks the second fatal shooting involving an Alaska State Trooper in Fairbanks in 10 days.

A rare funnel cloud was spotted in a remote area south of the Denali Highway Saturday evening. // The Alaska House ethics committee says Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance likely violated state law when she criticized a local newspaper’s coverage of a Charlie Kirk memorial. // President Trump has pardoned a diesel mechanic from Wasilla who was convicted of removing pollution-control equipment from diesel vehicles. // Nearly twenty years ago, a California couple set out to play a game of croquet on the lawn of every state capitol. They finished that quest in Juneau last month.

Pearl Creek STEAM Charter School wants to use the vacant Pearl Creek Elementary building.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly has authorized administration to lease a vacant building to the charter school at the center of an ongoing court battle. // Alaska’s food assistance program had the highest payment error rate in the country last year. // An economist at the University of Alaska Anchorage found Alaska’s federal workforce shrank almost 16% between April 2024 and April 2026. // Some states showed out at the Great American State Fair in Washington D.C. But Alaska’s booth is underwhelming.

School districts across Alaska are set to receive up to $115 million in one-time funding this year thanks to high oil prices. But how much of that will materialize is currently unclear. // States that allow mail ballots to be counted after Election Day reacted with relief Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Republican effort to outlaw the practice. // The Alaska Division of Elections on Tuesday posted a sample ballot that included Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg – but without his party affiliation. // A new memoir recounts a nurse practitioner’s firsthand experiences providing care in rural Alaska. // An icon of Alaska journalism died in June following a battle with endometrial cancer.

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Monday that Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg must be included on the ballot for a U.S. Senate seat. // Police fatally shot a man in Fairbanks Sunday evening after he pointed a gun at an officer, according to Fairbanks Police Department. // A group of Alaska Native organizations is launching a new rural veterinary public health program next month to provide care for animals in dozens of villages across the state.