Eight cross-country skiers with Alaska ties were selected this week to represent Team USA at the Winter Olympics next month in Italy.

With such strong representation from the 49th state, a line can be drawn connecting the current crop of Alaska’s best to those who came before and helped inspire the latest generation of Alaska’s winter stars.

With the Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo games starting up on Feb. 6, Kikkan Randall took a moment with Alaska’s News Source to lay out her expectations on the Alaskans representing Team USA.

With Greenland prominent in the headlines, Augusta McDonnell talks with Professor Cameron Carlson, Dean of the College of Business and Security Management at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks about the potential impacts on Alaska.

With the New Year on our minds, Tracy Sinclare sat down with local Certified Financial Planner Al Biss with Biss Wealth Partner to talk about what we can do now to set us up for a successful 2026.

Doug Murray has been an instructor at Juneau Shotokan Karate Club for more than forty years. He sat down with reporter Joe Allgood after the roof of the dojo collapsed due to heavy snowfall in Southeast Alaska. While the loss of their dojo is unfortunate, he's hopeful about the future of the club. Here is an extended version of that conversation.

Reporter Lauren Maxwell sits down with Tiffany Hall with Recover Alaska about Dry January and how you can be more successful in cutting back on your alcohol use.

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance sat down with reporter Lauren Maxwell to discuss the state of Anchorage's finances including the possibility of cuts and a potential sales tax.

Over the weekend, three people fell through the sea ice near Kotzebue. One man, 46-year-old Elmer Brown, was rescued but later died. Another man was rescued and one is still missing as of this recording. Matt Mertes spoke with Climate Specialist Rick Thoman with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness about how the sea ice on Alaska's coast has changed over the years and what happens now.

On Monday night, Palmer swore in their new mayor, but he isn’t an unfamiliar face. City councilor and former Mayor Jim Cooper returns to the Palmer mayoral seat. Political Reporter Wil Courtney sat down with the new mayor Monday before he was sworn in.