Rural Health Tech in Alaska: Kodiak Community Health Center won $657,688 from Alaska’s Rural Health Transformation Program, targeting better patient access, electronic health record exchange, and AI-assisted documentation support. Power Grid AI for Remote Alaska: UAF’s AURORA-AI project received $725,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to help rural islanded microgrids forecast demand, spot abnormal conditions, and optimize real-time operations using AI plus high-resolution utility data. Tongass Old-Growth Logging Fight: Southeast Alaska conservation groups are pushing back on the Forest Service’s Revilla Integrated Research Project near Ketchikan, which would log 4,000 acres of old growth, harvest 83 million board feet, and build 40+ miles of road—sparking concerns for wildlife and subsistence impacts. Alaska Defense & Community Ties: The Alaska Defense Forum returns in Fairbanks with a “Readiness in Action” focus on practical partnerships between the military and local communities as Arctic geopolitics intensify. STEM-Adjacent Health Care Tech: A new Anchorage full-arch dental implant studio highlights 3D-planned, same-day temporary teeth using in-house lab workflows. STEM in the Newsroom: NOAA is ending support for a key climate report, with Arctic scientists saying they’ll release it anyway.