Initiatives to regulate marijuana like alcohol, and to raise the state minimum wage, will be on August ballot.
Anchorage, Fairbanks, are on a short list for stationing of its new U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter jets.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sending $21 million for Alaska fishery disasters.
Trail conditions are fair for the seventy mushers signed up for the Iditarod Sled-dog Race kicking off this weekend.