The Peninsula Oilers Baseball Club prepares to return after taking a summer off. Plus, Anchorage students follow their own Iditarod with books.

Sunday is the voter registration deadline for people wanting to cast ballots in Kenai's special election next month. A high-profile budget bill takes a substantial step forward in the Alaska Legislature. Plus, environmental groups challenged the U.S. Department of the Interior's plan to offer two million acres of land to the state, with the goal of removing barriers to development.

The Alaska Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a case challenging the Alaska LNG Project brought by a group of eight young Alaskans. Congressman Nick Begich III delivers his annual address to the Alaska Legislature. Plus, three mushers participate in the Iditarod's first-ever noncompetitive class.

Alaska Senators unanimously pass a bill requiring civics education for high school students. Plus, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicks off with fanfare in Anchorage.

Two Southcentral Alaska companies seek to store natural gas under the Kenai Municipal Airport. Crews clean up a toppled Doyon rig on the North Slope. Plus, an Alaska doctor documents the first case of a rare infection in a patient who had contact with a brown bear.

Soldotna City Council members fund a slew of repairs at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. A federal oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet gets no bids. Plus, Gov. Mike Dunleavy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials tour a coal plant in Fairbanks.

Soldotna City Council members kill a proposed rezone of its riverfront property. Alaska's congressional delegation votes against a resolution limiting President Donald Trump's power to continue the war on Iran. Plus, state lawmakers consider another boost to funding for public schools.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District's working budget draft would close four schools and eliminate library employee positions, among other things. State lawmakers are watching the impact of war in Iran on oil prices and the implications for state revenue. Plus, state prosecutors drop the criminal mischief charge against a University of Alaska Fairbanks student who ate a classmate's AI-generated art.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough moves to built a communication tower in Turnagain Pass. U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says he supports military action in Iran. Plus, lawmakers question the state elections division after its decision to give voter rolls to the U.S. Department of Justice.

The Alaska House of Representatives unanimously passes a bill prohibiting child sex abuse material generated by artificial intelligence. Plus, the central Kenai Peninsula rallies around a mom and kids deported from Soldotna.