The 7–2 approval at Monday night’s KPBSD Board of Education meeting makes Aurora Borealis the district’s first charter school to operate a high school program.

The bills provide targeted support for rural and Tribal communities, workforce development, Arctic operations, and local infrastructure projects.

Sullivan’s nominations are made with the assistance of an Alaska Academy Review Board, a group of 11 members from across the state who review applications, conduct interviews, and makes recommendations to the senator.

According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, a magnitude 4.8 event occurred at 6:24 AM on 2/4, was 62.1 miles deep, and was 26 miles NE of Mt. Spurr.

The Kenai City Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday, on an ordinance that would dissolve the city’s Harbor Commission and shift its responsibilities to other city bodies, while also restructuring how city-owned tidelands are leased and managed.

The forecasts come from NOAA’s 2026 Preliminary Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone SAFE Report, prepared by the National Marine Fisheries Service Cook Inlet Salmon SAFE Team.

Legislators last week focused on reviewing the governor’s fiscal proposal, including attending a seminar hosted by the Institute of Social and Economic Research, which examined the economic impacts of Dunleavy’s ideas.

Proceedings to extradite Jacob Lemaitre to Alaska are underway, and Indiana prosecutors have indicated they also intend to file criminal charges.

The young male seal was first spotted out of its natural habitat at an oilfield on Dec. 17, 2025.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has opened the first of six offshore oil and gas lease sales required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, targeting roughly 1.05 million acres off Alaska’s southcentral coast.