Honoring the first responders who had fallen in the line of duty, an effort to clean up Anchorage after a long winter took place, and motorcycle riders dust off their seats to get ready for the summer riding season.

In national headlines, the White House has announced its plans for the president's birthday, and tariffs went into effect overnight.

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State Troopers arrested a Wasilla man on murder charges Wednesday stemming from a case last November where a 16-year-old Wasilla teen was found dead along a powerline trail. Plus, in another wave of statewide protests, Alaskans demonstrated their political discontent on May Day.

Providence is closing its Crisis Recovery Center for adolescents in May due to a sudden loss of state funding, prompting urgent warnings from lawmakers about the impact on Alaska's already strained mental health system. Plus, flying in rural Alaska can be treacherous, according to Con Bunde, a former state senator who’s been a pilot in Alaska for more than 40 years.

Details of the lives of the two killed in Monday's plane crash south of Homer are being revealed, including why they were flying to the small town of Nanwalek. Plus, on Tuesday, family and friends of Edwards Jr. returned to the site of his death in Anchorage's Fairview neighborhood to place flowers and a picture, and to remember him - a moment filled with emotion.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, Michael Heyman, sat down with us to discuss the fentanyl crisis in Alaska and why drug cartels specifically target our state.