Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown after midnight ET Wednesday for the first time in almost seven years.

Alaska State Troopers say two people in the Mat-Su were arrested Saturday for their role in the death of a young child.

In the 2025 municipal election in Fairbanks, incumbent Melissa Burnett and Naomi Hewitt are running for seat D on the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board.