By Diana Haecker */ Unofficial primary results indicate that in the race for U.S. Senate, Mary Peltola has a tiny lead over incumbent Republican Dan S. Sullivan, with Dan J. Sullivan Jr. (Petersburg Sullivan) in third and Gerald Heikes placing fourt...
Kendra Arciniega and Alissa Nelson, in an axolotl costume, hold signs on the morning of Aug. 18, 2026, urging support for independent gubernatorial candidate Meda DeWitt. They were among DeWitt supporters gathered on primary election day at the inter...
Former Assembly Member Barbara Haney, a Republican state House candidate in House District 33, didn’t bother to check the facts before passing along false information from Facebook, an attack on one of her opponents in the race, Fairbanks teacher Pep...
A polling site at the Mat Su Fire Station 5-1 in Palmer stages a sign reminding residents to vote in the primary election on Aug. 18, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)In Southcentral Alaska, voters in some of Alaska’s most conservative reg...
The setting sun casts pink hues in the Craig District of the Tongass National Forest on June 15, 2020. (Photo by Amy Li/U.S. Forest Service)The Trump administration will move ahead with plans to end more than 25 years of sweeping protections for tens...
An arctic fox on the tundra of the north slope of Alaska near a field camp of the Alaska Science Center.(Photo by Ryan AskrenUSGS, Alaska Science Center)Have you ever wondered about how sea ice and ocean temperatures are changing, marine debris in th...
Federal investigators search through bushes outside a house in Rhode Island. Violent crime in the United States fell by an estimated 9.3% in 2025. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)Violent crime in the United States fell by an estimated...
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A U.S. Senate contest featuring a former congresswoman and a challenger with the same name as the incumbent headlines Alaska's primary. Tuesday's ballot also includes candidates for the state's ...
Republican-led states face leadership shuffling.
The runner attacked by a bear on a popular Chugach State Park trail last week was Klaire Rhodes, a well-known Alaska athlete who praised the effectiveness of the bear spray she carried. The ...
A runner on Anchorage's Wolverine Bowl trail used bear spray to fend off a brown bear and was hospitalized, marking the ...
A woman was running alone on a path called the Wolverine Bowl Trail when the brown bear attacked her, officials said.
Polls show a close race in Alaska, a state that backed Donald Trump by double digits in the 2024 presidential election.
Former Rep. Mary Peltola would be the first Native Alaskan member of the Senate. The primary is Tuesday Aug. 18 ...
Soldotna and South Anchorage opened the season with wins, but blowout upsets by West Anchorage and Kenai Central reshape the rankings.
A coalition of Alaska Native organizations called on the state Division of Elections to take immediate steps to ensure rural polling places have adequate staffing heading into Tuesday's ...
Trump won Alaska by double digits in 2016, 2020 and 2024. But this year, Republicans face tough Senate and governor's races.
Alaska voters will narrow down a long list of contenders for a competitive U.S. Senate seat that’s expected to play a pivotal ...
A family waits in line to apply for asylum at the southern border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in 2023. The number of refugees admitted to the United States during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is on pace to hit its low...