Visitors on the deck of the USS Ted Stevens brave blustery weather in Whittier to learn about the new Navy warship's features during a media tour on Thursday. The ship is named for the late U.S. senator, who was decorated World War II aviator before...
The state averaged 39.43 deaths per 100,000 residents from 2020 to 2024
Cars travel at midday on 7th Avenue in downtown Anchorage on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)Alaska has roughly the population it had in 2013. What little growth the state has seen in the past three years came from residents over...
Former President Donald Trump prepares to speak in front of a crowd at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)Vice President J.D. Vance will hold a campaign event on Monday in Fairbanks...
President Donald Trump gestures as he exits the stage during a midterm election rally at the Choctaw Event Center on Oct. 1, 2026, in Durant, Oklahoma. (Photo by Jessica Tobias/For Oklahoma Voice)When Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin decl...
By Ned RozellA male red fox returns to a den with a snowshoe hare in April 2019. Photo by Ned RozellNote: At the start of every walk, my dogs try to sneak away to “fox town,” a fox den on the other side of the pond near my cabin, and we often see the...
In this online ad, prediction market platform Kalshi advertises its sports betting products in California and Texas, both states that have not legalized sports gambling. States are increasingly targeting platforms like Kalshi, arguing they circumvent...
In this video, I explore Valdez, Alaska, using a jet-powered motorized kayak called a Mokai. The activities featured include ...
Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Rep. Nick Begich the Third and Gov. Mike Dunleavy have yet to tell the truth about the gas line fraud show put on by Donald Trump in the Oval Office to promote Sullivan’s reelection campaign.The four of them ne...
Student backpacks hang in their cubbies at a school in Alaska. At least 30 states have opted into a federal program allowing individuals to receive tax credits for donations to scholarship organizations that might offer tuition help for private schoo...
The Atlanta Braves eliminated the Philadelphia Phillies with a 6-2 victory Thursday night in the decisive Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Series at Truist Park. Michael Harris II opened the scoring with a three-run homer in the first inning,...
The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to the Dallas Cowboys for a 2027 sixth-round draft pick and a 2028 second-round selection, ending a contract standoff that had kept the 26-year-old off the field to begin the season. Dall...
Riley Green will headline the inaugural World Bass Enterprises Concert 250 on Oct. 30 at The Pinnacle in Nashville, serving as the featured entertainment event during the first-ever Champions Tournament. Organizers said the performance is designed to...
More than two decades after the release of her career-defining debut, Gretchen Wilson is giving Here for the Party a new life through an all-star duets album featuring some of country music’s biggest names. The project is expected to arrive as a trib...
System of a Down will mark the 25th anniversary of its landmark album Toxicity with a free, weeklong exhibition in Los Angeles. The ‘System of a Down x Beyond the Streets: Toxicity 25th Anniversary Exhibition’ will open Oct. 13 at Beyond...
Grammy Award-winning musician and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Sheryl Crow has released a new single titled “Freight Train,” offering fans a deeper preview of her forthcoming studio album, Pick You Up, scheduled for digital relea...
Noah Kahan is contributing to the upcoming soundtrack for “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” with his new song “Draw You Out,” serving as the album’s lead single. “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (The Album)” will arrive Nov. 13 thro...
Madonna and Charli XCX have teamed up for “Danceteria Afterhours,” a new version of Madonna’s “Danceteria” from her latest album, Confessions II. The collaboration features longtime Madonna collaborator Stuart Price handling production, and brings to...
New arrivals follow a deadly winter for the state’s experimental deer herd
By Diana Haecker The patience of Nomeites was tried lately as mail, groceries and long-awaited Amazon boxes were slow in arriving in Nome, and by extension in the regional communities. Starting Wednesday, Alaska Airlines stopped accepting cargo ship...