Alaska stories today: A charter plane crash near Western Alaska airstrip kills eight. Anchorage’s camping ban and its impact on the homeless. From giant pumpkins to water-skiing squirrels, the Alaska State Fair marks 90 years. Plus, the mystery Juneau “Shed in Field” photo is finally solved for one Scottish man.

Voting in the Southwest Alaska community of Nunapitchuk was cut short after the precinct opened late. Voter access advocates say this is one of many examples of the Division of Elections failure to do its job. Also, across Alaska, too many close encounters with bears. And Sterling voters wrestle with a property tax to support community recreation.

Alaska's primary election results take shape, with Mary Peltola leading the top four U.S. Senate candidates and in the governor's race, two Democrats and two Republicans emerged as the front runners. Anchorage Police investigate the department’s fourth fatal officer-involved shooting this year.

As Primary voters head to the polls today, Alaska is in the national spotlight for a race that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate come November. Several Native groups sound the alarm over election staffing in Rural Alaska. Whittier braces for three weeks without natural gas service. And Talkeetna provides a backdrop and some actors for a film.

Alaska's Get Out the Native Vote program works to boost turnout in communities that once had high voter turn-out. The Anchorage School District restores some teaching jobs. The Sealaska Heritage Institute makes a bid to buy Juneau’s city hall. And a firewood shortage for Interior Alaska looms large.

Anchorage Police had its sixth officer-involved shooting of the year. More than sand, gravel and water pumps, it’s community teamwork and neighbors helping neighbors that spared Juneau from the worst of glacial flooding. And who is spending millions in Alaska to help fringe candidates and why?

Juneau waits, watches and prepares for the worst as waters from a glacial outburst reach the major flooding stage. And on the Kuskokwim River in Western Alaska, the coho run appears to be crashing, prompting emergency closures.

The Big Timber Motel, once an eyesore, is no more. Enstar races to repair a pipeline to Whittier. Questions over whether the Division of Elections violated federal law when it purged 3,000 voters from its rolls. The first round of federal grants for rural healthcare. And Juneau’s adobo scene serves up flavorful surprises.

Aviation acrobatics in the air at the JBER Arctic Thunder Open House — while on the ground, non-citizens are screened in separate check-in line. Also: Deal signed for 2028 Arctic Winter Games in Fairbanks and feeding Sitka gardens biochar.

Fairbanks steps in to keep the Arctic Winter Games on track. The fabric shell for the Anchorage Dome indoor sports complex reaches the end of its life. The Army Corps of Engineers seeks a permanent fix to Juneau's yearly glacial flooding. And riverbank restoration on the Kenai Peninsula preserves both riverbanks and salmon habitat.