An Alaska Forest Practices Act compliant forest road is seen in what was previously an unroaded forest setting. (Photo courtesy of Keith Coulter)While environmentalists oppose the Trump administration’s proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule, which w...
Voters at Deering High School in Portland cast their ballot in Maine’s June 9, 2026 primary election. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star)Voting rights groups and Democratic officials are looking to defend against what they see as possible elect...
By Kate Persons Barn swallows are the world’s most widespread and abundant swallow, but here in the Bering Strait region they are a rarity. Recent photos on eBird showing a clutch of bright-eyed, soon-to-fledge barn swallow nestlings in a Gambell sh...
Members of the Alaska State Review Board are seen reviewing precinct ballot counts following the primary election on Aug 26, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)About 1 in 30 absentee ballots cast in Alaska’s August primary election were reje...
Groceries, gasoline, and social security rank among top concerns
Federal immigration officers were at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 23, 2026 to help with airport security as a partial governemnt shutdown continued. (Photo by Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder)WASHINGTON — The White Hous...
Every year since 2018, the Fairbanks school board has made the declaration above. School Board candidate Jaimee Coon and Assembly candidate Miguel Ramirez, who have just now learned that this happens, are making many false claims about the resolution...
Spending from 2015 to 2024 rose 63.8%, from $14 million to $23 million
Former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, third from left, speaks at a gubernatorial candidate forum on Wednesday, while former Attorney General Treg Taylor, Anchorage business owner and talk-show host Bernadette Wilson and former Anchorage Mayor Da...
Residents invited to share memories of storm that dropped nearly 18 inches of rain
Kennecott has been spruced up quite a bit since my last visit there nearly 30 years ago.
Measure would move election cutoff to 90 days and formalize balloting
A very simple cheese pizza, but you are free to top yours however you like
Governor candidate understands problems facing Alaska
AUTHOR’S NOTE: After years of making all the arrangements themselves for out-of-state or foreign clients, many Kenai Peninsula hunting guides, in the mid-1920s, joined an effort at consolidation.
Federal funding will support a traveling peer specialist
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Conservation groups believe that the beluga whale population of Cook Inlet, already at risk, will be further harmed by ...
Firefighters shuttled an estimated 161,000 gallons of water to the Whittier cruise ship terminal blaze, which significantly ...
After a win over South Anchorage, Dimond is the only undefeated team left in Alaska.