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You may have noticed the eye-catching display of bits and bobbins: stuffed animals, beads and soccer balls at the Douglas Library. And that’s what it’s for — to be looked at.

The university’s Institute of Northern Engineering will use a $7.5 million DOE grant to expand its ongoing survey of critical minerals in Alaska, and beyond.

Two health-related bills that faced unusual deaths in last year’s session of the Alaska Legislature have been resurrected as new bills for lawmakers to consider this session.

Sen. Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, and Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, both introduced similar bills aimed at reviving the system to boost hiring for state jobs.

The Sitka black-tailed deer shelter at the Wildlife Conservation Center was demolished after a windstorm swept through much of the region.

A bill that died in the House last year has been resubmitted and is one of 76 filed in advance of the session so far.

Districts face budget shortfalls with the failure of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act funding, aimed at schools located near federal lands.

This week’s word is yán, which means hemlock.

Bostick grew up in Palmer and previously worked in the Anchorage district attorney’s office and as a private attorney, often representing domestic violence victims.

The every-other-year festival was slated for September, but organizers now say it will return in 2027.