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Alaska legislator asks state to prosecute candidate for Lt. Gov. and former attorney general
Anchorage Democrat Rep. Andrew Gray has asked acting attorney general Cori Mills to prosecute former attorney general Treg ...
Trump’s tariff war with Canada adds uncertainty for Alaska businesses already grappling with higher prices
Trump’s trade fight with Canada could be especially challenging in Alaska, with the two sides sharing 1,500 border miles and ...
Trump-aligned group sues Alaska’s judge-nominating body over delayed records
The America First Legal Foundation says the Alaska Judicial Council has been slow to respond to a request for nearly six ...
Alaska's 2026 election saw some of the highest primary voter turnout of the past decade
Nearly 167,000 Alaskans cast ballots in this year's primary election, one of the highest turnouts for a primary in more than a decade. The ballots cast represented about 27.7% of the state's ...
Anchorage school officials release spending plan for $32M in ‘waterfall’ funding
If the plan is approved, the Anchorage School District will have spent about $32 million of the $44 million they’ve received ...
Pilots killed in deadly Alaska plane crash identified
The two pilots flying a chartered plane that crashed last month, killing all eight onboard, were identified Friday.
Early detection is the most practical way to improve cancer outcomes in Alaska
Distance, weather, work schedules, insurance status, and a thin health workforce all get in the way of routine preventive ...
Alaska’s state-owned gasline corporation says it will continue to pursue AKLNG pipeline in 2027
The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. plans to ask the Alaska State Legislature for additional funding as it renews its pursuit of a proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline in 2027. Frank Richards, ...
Former Bethel judge’s apparent resignation as top public defender remains unconfirmed
The Nora Guinn Justice Center in Bethel, Alaska on July 14, 2023. (Photo by Josiah Swope/KYUK)This story was originally published by KYUK. Former Bethel judge Terrence Haas became the state’s top public defender in September 2023. Last week, he annou...
Feds seek to ‘streamline’ Arctic oil permitting, ending environment studies of individual projects
The northeastern part of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska is seen on June 26, 2014. The Trump administration is proposing a new rule to eliminate the need for environmental studies of individual oil projects in the reserve. (Photo by Bob Wick...
Alaska’s state-owned gasline corporation says it will continue to pursue AKLNG pipeline in 2027
The entrance to the Alaska Gasline Development Corp.'s Anchorage office is seen on Aug. 11, 2023. The state-owned AGDC is pushing for a massive project that would ship natural gas south from the North Slope, liquefy it and send it on tankers from Coo...
Alaska appeals court dismisses noncitizen voting case against Whittier woman
A sign in support of Whittier's Samoan residents is seen outside a harbor on July 17, 2025. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)A three-judge panel of the Alaska Court of Appeals ruled Friday that state prosecutors misled grand jurors who indicted a...
Kenai’s annual Silver Salmon Derby canceled for 2026
Organizers cite uncertainty around this year’s coho salmon return
Immigration activity is taking a toll on children’s health, doctors say
A child looks up at a masked federal agent as his parents are spoken to before being let go after a court hearing in immigration court in New York City in September 2025. The Trump administration’s immigration arrest program is creating a chilling ef...
Kenai Beautification Commission eyes city improvements
Flowers, winter displays and park projects shape priorities for upcoming year
Developers eye Native nations, tribal communities for new data center projects
An explosion of data center facilities, including the one pictured here in northeast Oregon on May 18 have been built along the Columbia River Gorge during the last few years. (Photo by Jordan Gale/Oregon Capital Chronicle)Officials in Page, Arizona,...
US Supreme Court again urged to permit Trump vote-by-mail restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a lower court and allow it to enforce a U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting.Th...
With Pretty Rocks bridge completed, full road use in Alaska’s Denali National Park set to resume
The completed Pretty Rocks bridge in Denali National Park is seen on Sept. 2, 2026. The bridge allows visitors to travel above an ongoing thaw-induced slide that made the park's sole road impassable at about the midpoint of its 92-mile distance. Vehi...
Voters asked to weigh in on term limits for Kenai Peninsula school board
Proposition 1 would cap members at two consecutive full terms