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This weekend around Anchorage: The state fair opens, plus comedy, cinema, music and more

Monday; Alaska State Fairgrounds, 2075 Glenn Highway in Palmer The Alaska State Fair kicks off its 2026 edition on Friday with fun, food, rides, games, entertainment, ...

Democrat ahead of Republican incumbent in Alaska Senate primary

Mary Peltola, a Democrat, will advance to the general race in November alongside Sen. Dan Sullivan.

Sen. Sullivan, former US Rep. Peltola begin Alaska US Senate campaign after advancing from primary

Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola wasted no time preparing for their general election ...

Peltola Shows Strength in Crucial Alaska Senate Contest

Both parties see Alaska as key to winning the Senate. The state’s nonpartisan primary put Mary Peltola, a Democratic former ...

Elite Anchorage trail runner was the person mauled by a brown bear

Klaire Rhodes wrote that she was "incredibly fortunate" to emerge without more serious injuries from the bear attack, describing "claw and teeth marks on my body." ...

Alaska Supreme Court hears arguments on Mat-Su school district’s bathroom policy

The case involves an elementary transgender student who sued the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, arguing the ...

Sen. Sullivan, former congresswoman Peltola will face off for Alaska US Senate seat in November

Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former congresswoman Mary Peltola have advanced to November’s general ...

Former state rep tops ranked-choice slugfest as Alaska advances nominees for governor

Seventeen tickets competed in Alaska's nonpartisan primary to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Michael Dunleavy in the ...

Several Anchorage trails closed due to increase in bear activity

The closures are a precautionary measure after close encounters between trail users and brown bears, according to a ...

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Mary Peltola makes campaign stop in Nome

By Ariana Crockett O'Harra Around 50 people attended a campaign event hosted by U.S. Senate candidate Democrat Mary Peltola last week at Nome VFW Post #9569. Peltola was Alaska’s congresswoman from 2022 to 2025. She won a special election after...

NOAA ship Fairweather on the mission to map large swaths of the Bering Sea

By Diana Haecker and Ariana Crockett O'Harra A stunning 61 percent of Alaskan maritime waters are not sufficiently mapped by modern standards, and a much higher percentage in the vast Bering Sea and Bering Strait region  is not up to date in mo...

Housing Summit_Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness 2026

The focus of the multi-day event is how organizations from different sectors can improve client outcomes and get involved in the work of the Continuums of Care. The Alaska Housing Summit is for housing and homelessness service providers, funders and...

Trump announces plans to fill Alaska’s third federal judge position, vacant for over two years

The east entrance of the James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse and Federal Building is seen on July 8, 2024. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)President Donald Trump announced plans to nominate Kyle Reardon, a federal magistrate judge and f...

Feds trying to crush Dan J. Sullivan because he had the gall to challenge Dan S. Sullivan

The president of the United States and the Justice Department, with the full support of Sen. Dan Sullivan, are abusing our justice system to intimidate Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg and violate his civil rights.That’s the only way to interpret the ne...

Police make arrest after Anchor Point cabin burglarized, lawn mowed

Homer man facing 8 charges after 2 trucks, boat and other items stolen

To build healthcare affordability in Alaska, we need to look at care costs

Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, Monday April 20, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)Imagine tearing a ligament on a weekend hike and calling around for a price on the surgery, only to find that the same procedure cost...

Want to do something about climate change? Talk about it

High water laps at the Kivalina shoreline in 2012. The Inupiat community on the Chukchi Sea coast is battered by erosion, storm surges and other effects of climate change. A relocation plan is in the works. (Photo provided by Alaska Division of Commu...

Alaska on course to approve new campaign donation limits in Ballot Measure 1

More than 70% of participating voters approved the measure in unofficial tallies

Homer voters have their say in Alaska primaries

Brent Johnson tops voting for House District 6 while Louise Stutes in front for Senate District C