Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Fairbanks' trend toward less October snowfall.

Alaska’s four candidates for governor offered their plans to boost the state’s economy and address other issues during Thursday's Debate for the State. // President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally in Wasilla on Tuesday to promote Sen. Dan Sullivan’s re-election. // Delta Junction voters elected three City Council members in Tuesday’s municipal election. And voters in the town of Eagle re-elected their mayor. // Alaska’s major airports in Anchorage and Fairbanks are on track to set a new annual passenger record, after a busy first half of the year. // State wildlife biologists spotted something on the North Slope this summer that they believe has never been photographed alive before: a true albino caribou calf.

Fairbanks North Star Borough canvass board members began work Wednesday on verifying votes cast in Tuesday’s election. // The top vote-getting Republican in the Alaska governor's race has a history of being sued for not paying her bills. // Alaska gubernatorial candidate Treg Taylor has agreed to pay a fine and update his campaign-finance disclosure reports as part of a settlement with state regulators. // A company planning to develop a coal project in western Mat-Su has leased over 800 acres to build a large-scale industrial park. //The remnants of a typhoon moving toward the Bering Sea is expected to bring elevated wind and water levels to Western Alaska.

The online map covers 66 coastal communities.

Preliminary unofficial results from Tuesday’s municipal election in the Fairbanks North Star Borough show a few tight races and one clear winner – the borough’s biennial tax cap. // The U.S. Energy Department has OK'd $150 million to partially fund a second electrical intertie to run from the Interior to Southcentral. // Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins raised more than twice as much over the past two months than all three of his Republican rivals combined. // An investigation has commenced into a Haines group that advertised free gifts, like a cup of coffee, to anyone who votes in Tuesday’s municipal election. // The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest destroyer — The U.S.S. Ted Stevens, named for Alaska’s legendary U.S. Senator.

The Vice President announced $400 million to build new transmission lines in Alaska as he rallied Republicans in Fairbanks.

Vice President JD Vance visited Fairbanks last night to rally support for Republicans ahead of the midterm election, and the Alaska Federation of Natives will not endorse candidates this election cycle.

Vice President JD Vance is visiting Fairbanks today for a midterm election rally, and the Alaska Earthquake Center in Fairbanks just launched an interactive map to help coastal residents prepare for tsunamis.

The author of a book that takes a critical look at the oil industry and its influence on Alaska politics will speak Saturday in Fairbanks.