Alaska State Troopers, NTSB, and Alaska National Guard aircraft and personnel conducted recovery efforts on Saturday.

The KSRM News Department has compiled some of the week’s top headlines.

The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount McKinley.

A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, and all 10 people on board died, authorities said.

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Governor Mike Dunleavy (R-Alaska) today applauded President Trump’s leadership for highlighting the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project in his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba today at the White House and announcing a “joint venture” on Alaska oil and gas between the United States and Japan.

50-year-old Ruben Fernandez was sentenced to serve 20 years for one conviction of Murder in the Second Degree for the 1995 murder of 18-year-old David Burdette in Anchorage.

Harvest Alaska announced a potential agreement with Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) and Chugach Electric Association to bolster Southcentral Alaska’s energy supplies through Harvest’s acquisition and redevelopment of the existing Kenai LNG Terminal owned by a MPC subsidiary.

Join Cooper Landing Emergency Services for their annual winter tradition, Snowshoe Softball. The Snowshoe Softball game is a public health event that encourages the community to get outside and be active. It’s also a fundraiser that folks can donate to help the CLES.

H.R. 42, the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act, and H.R. 43, the Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025—were considered on the House floor and passed under the rules of suspension on Tuesday.

The seat was vacated earlier this year when Bill Elam officially took his post in Juneau as the State House representative for Alaska District 8.