President Donald Trump speaks at a rally Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at the Menard Center in Wasilla. (James Brooks photo/Alaska Beacon)Weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s...
There’s a whole generation of us who can taste this before the cup of Russian Tea even hits the table. I posted this on TikTok last week and the comments filled up with the same sentence over and over: “My mom used to make this. My grandm...
Mt. Edgecumbe High School, a state-run boarding school serving grades 9 through 12, is seen in Sitka on Oct. 6, 2025 (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)Clear communication at the state-run boarding school Mt. Edgecumbe High School is among the top...
Work continues on the new QTS data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah, on April 17, 2026. Today’s data center buildout has become the largest industrial boom since the railroad era of the 19th century, with $10 trillion in investment and almost twice the...
Damage in Kwigillingok from ex-Typhoon Halong is seen on Oct. 16, 2025. (Photo provided by the Alaska National Guard)In Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, schools in the flood zone remained closed. Homes swept away are still scattered across the tundra. Where...
I have made the claim in this space that Sen. Dan Sullivan never criticizes President Donald Trump.On Thursday night, Sullivan had to go back 11 years, before Trump was elected president, to find an instance in which he claimed he “denounced” Trump’s...
Thursday’s MLB postseason action featured a narrow ALCS victory for the Cleveland Guardians, and a dramatic comeback by the Milwaukee Brewers, who defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete a four-game sweep of the NLCS.Cleveland Guardians 3, Tampa...
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will miss Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers after a follow-up ultrasound revealed movement in a blood clot in his calf, the team announced Thursday. The decision sidelines the starting quart...
Dolly Parton’s handpicked cast for “DOLLY: A True Original Musical” has been announced ahead of the musical’s Broadway debut this winter. The five principal performers were selected by Parton before her death in August at age 80, and will bring her l...
Zach Bryan has announced his 2027 Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs Tour, a 23-show stadium trek spanning North America and Australia. The tour shares its name with Bryan’s upcoming eight-track EP, due out Oct. 16 through Warner Records. The p...
Mariah Carey is giving her long-overlooked Glitter soundtrack a major anniversary celebration, announcing that an expanded 25th anniversary edition will arrive Oct. 30. The release will mark the album’s first return to vinyl since its original 2001 r...
U2 has announced its first album of new material in nine years, with Carnaval De Luz set for release Nov. 13. The 12-track album will be the band’s 16th studio LP and arrives as U2 marks its 50th anniversary.Island Records revealed the project alongs...
Scott Weiland’s first-ever live album will receive a broader release this fall, giving fans access to concert recordings that previously appeared only in a limited Record Store Day vinyl edition. “Scott Weiland: Live” is scheduled for Oct. 23, with C...
Jennifer Lopez is bringing her Las Vegas residency to television this Thanksgiving. “The JLO Show: Live in Las Vegas,” a concert film documenting the singer and actress’ Caesars Palace run, will premiere Thursday, Nov. 26, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS, wit...
December 13, 1935 – October 4, 2026 Elizabeth “Nugazaq” Tocktoo Nayokpuk was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great grandmother whose greatest joy was her family. She worked hard throughout her life and faced life’s challeng...
A U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Epic Fury, March 31, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo)At a rally in Wasilla on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan sa...
Denali National Park visitors, ferried by shuttle bus, take in a view of Denali, North America's tallest peak, on Aug. 9, 2012. Seen in the background is the sole road that runs through the park. Denali is unusual among U.S. national parks for its st...
Alaska carries 269 miles of severely rutted highway
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., looks on during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Democra...
The Alaska Division of Elections director's office in Downtown Juneau is seen on Aug. 26, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)One day after the U.S. Department of Justice requested the state of California remove suspected noncitizens from tha...