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OPINION: Trump should pipe down with the pipeline lies

If Pinocchio had been in the room, his nose might have grown long enough to equal several of the 115,000 sections of 40-foot steel pipe that would be needed to construct the mythical mirage of the Alaska North Slope natural gas pipeline project t...

OPINION: Six justices — you pay the bill

New Supreme Court term begins with six Republican-appointed justices holding the majority, and Americans facing the consequences

Republican infighting among three mediocre candidates for governor helps JKT

If you haven’t done so already, take the time to read this column in the Anchorage Press, written by an anonymous Alaska resource industry executive who complains that Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a candidate he doesn’t support, is “likely to be our next...

More capacity coming as Alaska Airlines retires older planes

The 800 Series is configured for 161 passengers, a 37-seat gain over the 124-passenger 700 Series

Anchorage 'cartel attorney' gets 20-year prison sentence for drug trafficking

An Anchorage attorney who prosecutors say was connected to a deadly Alaska drug trafficking ring was sentenced Tuesday to 20 ...

How to Watch Alaska High School Football Playoffs: 7 Live Streams, Oct. 9–10

Watch seven Alaska high school football playoff games live Oct. 9–10 on the NFHS Network. Complete ASAA streaming schedule, matchups and times.

An asylum seeker’s traffic stop, a teenage UAF student’s airport detention: Contested ICE tactics come to Anchorage

House cleaner Daniel Yunsan Acosta says he has no criminal history and is in the United States legally. One week after his ...

Alaska governor candidates spar over bipartisan cooperation, among other issues, in Debate for the State

Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Republicans Bernadette Wilson, Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor offered their visions for ...

New Alaska sea sponge species fuel debate over fishery practices

The vast and largely unexplored seafloor off Alaska’s coastline produces occasional startling discoveries. The latest ...

Alaska’s gubernatorial candidates clash in ‘Debate for the State’

Alaska’s four candidates for governor met Thursday night for the first of three “Debate for the State” broadcasts, live from ...

Former Alaska Attorney Sentenced 20 Years for Trafficking

Former Anchorage defense attorney Justin Facey was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to ...

Trump administration cuts environmental reviews to fast-track Alaska oil exploration

Seismic surveys, well drilling, ice road construction and other wintertime oil exploration activities on federal lands on the ...

State report shows heating fuel prices are at a record high in rural Alaska

Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Dawson, a U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force member, chats with a community representative at a fuel facility in St. Michael in the Bering Strait region during an inspection conducted on July 28, 2022. (Photo by...

Tregarrick Taylor wins the 'promise them anything' trophy

Bernadette Wilson with her Permanent Fund dividend gibberish cannot top this.Even Dave Bronson’s reckless fantasy that we can double Permanent Fund earnings and our financial problems will disappear comes up short.All hail to Tregarrick Taylor, the...

Two Alaska governor candidates advocate lower minimum wage, rollback of sick leave law

Alaska gubernatorial candidates Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (left), and Republicans Bernadette Wilson (center) and Dave Bronson (right) attend a forum hosted by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce in Juneau on October 7, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith...

Time capsule: Hardwood, softwood, fuelwood

Yukie, in chair, and Junie enjoy a warm fire on a cold Fairbanks day in November 2024. Photo by Sara WilburBy Carla HelfferichNote: After finally cleaning my stovepipe last weekend, it feels like woodstove season at my cabin can officially (and safel...

Book banning is a spooky practice

The Egan Library at the University of Southeast Alaska in Juneau is seen on May 7, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)October is a time of witches, goblins, ghosts, and ghouls — and also a time for us to contemplate the ramifications of book...

Trump administration cuts environmental reviews to fast-track Alaska oil exploration

Light from the setting sun on March 21, 2008 is reflected on the surface of an ice road in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Under a new Trump administration rule, new ice roads and other oil-exploration projects in the reserve will no longer...

Voters in midterm elections identify a culprit for rising cost of living: Trump’s tariffs

Voters angry over the rising cost of groceries and other items due to tariffs could be expressing their dissatisfaction in the midterm elections. (Photo by Ming Tang Tung/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Rebecca Myers lives in one of the nation’s most hotly...

Mechanic retirements could test peninsula’s auto repair options

State forecasts point to staffing pressures as drivers weigh repair costs