Next act for Sarah Palin is unclear after Alaska U.S. House losses
One consultant says Palin, the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee, could have “run away” with Alaska's 2022 U.S. House races but didn’t seem focused.
Juneau police make an arrest in September killing of Faith Rogers
Anthony Michael Migliaccio, 34, was arrested in Juneau on Thursday evening under a warrant for first degree murder, according to a police press release.
Voter approval of Alaska judges is hitting an all-time low, and justice system experts aren’t sure why
Alaska doesn’t track with other politically conservative states, which tend to have the highest approval ratings for their judges.
‘I watched it rapidly turn into absolute chaos’: Inside the deepening dysfunction at North Star psychiatric hospital
Former workers say understaffing and decisions by management pushed the private psychiatric hospital — the only one in Alaska that serves children — to the brink of disaster.
Two years after contentious 2020 vote, Alaska finds only three voter fraud cases
Despite claims by some Alaskans that fraudulent voting changed the state’s election results two years ago, no evidence of fraud on that scale has been uncovered by investigators.
Peltola wins Alaska’s U.S. House race by 10 point margin
Congresswoman Mary Peltola came out nearly 10 points ahead of Republican Sarah Palin.
Murkowski wins Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
With ranked choices tabulated, Murkowski got 53.7% of the vote to Kelly Tshibaka’s 46.3%.
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy is reelected to second term
Gov. Mike Dunleavy won a second term outright, with 50.3% of the vote.
Republicans hold majority in Alaska House after benefiting from ranked choice voting
Republicans hold 21 of the 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives after the first full run of Alaska’s new ranked choice voting system.
Missed the ranked choice vote count? Here’s the recording.
Wednesday is the day Alaskans have been waiting for — ranked choice voting tabulation will take place at the Alaska Division of Elections headquarters in Juneau.
The latest vote tallies in Alaska’s first ranked choice general election
View live results for Alaska's 2022 governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House races.
2 Anchorage students arrested after police find loaded gun
It’s the second time in the last two weeks that a student has brought a gun to school in Anchorage.
‘Pins and needles’: Alaska legislative candidates in close races wait out election results
Legislative candidates are handling the weekslong wait in different ways. For Cathy Giessel, it’s spending some time catching up on less political activities, like quilting.
State, North Slope Borough file lawsuit seeking to remove ringed seals’ threatened listing
The agency’s threatened listing for Alaska’s population of ringed seals was granted in 2012.
First bear with bird flu in U.S. was cub in Southeast Alaska
Glacier Bay National Park visitors alerted wildlife officials after they noticed the animal’s strange behavior.
4 black bears euthanized after frequent visits to East Anchorage homes
Fish and Game biologist Dave Battle said the department got daily calls this summer about the sow and three cubs getting into trash and birdseed.
Young moose rescued from Soldotna basement
State troopers, Fish and Game biologists and Central Emergency Services firefighters worked together to get a moose out of a Soldotna home's basement Sunday morning.
Food Bank of Alaska anticipates high demand with inflation in and pandemic aid out
The Food Bank of Alaska handed out thousands of free frozen turkeys and holiday meal kits through its annual Thanksgiving Blessing events.
Anchorage’s beloved holiday star will be switched on remotely for first time ever
In years past, teams from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson had to take snowmachines up the mountain to turn the star on and off.
Anchorage teen was fatally shot in robbery over ‘puff bars,’ charges say
One of three juvenile suspects in the case, 17-year-old Sakariya Abdulkadir Musa, was charged as an adult in the Tuesday death of 16-year-old Jersey Miller.