‘It’s voting day’: In Alaska’s largest city, residents head to polls
Advocates said that despite concern elsewhere in the country, voting in Anchorage was mostly an example of democracy working as it should.
Alaskans line up at polls, as large number absentee ballots wait to be counted
There were long lines at polling places across Alaska on Tuesday, despite more votes being cast early and by mail than in the past.
PHOTOS: Election Day across Alaska
Here's a look at election day around Alaska.
Expecting higher pandemic traffic, hundreds of Alaskans ask for better Turnagain Pass plowing
More than 1,600 Alaskans are asking Governor Mike Dunleavy to restore money for snow plowing in Turnagain Pass, which they say is needed more than ever during the ongoing pandemic.
Campaigns make last push for votes in Alaska before election
The major candidates in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race are making their last push for votes ahead of Tuesday’s election, with the campaigns calling Alaskans and knocking on doors and the candidates holding last-minute rallies and stops.
Settlement in deadly crab boat sinking calls for over $9M
The owners of a Seattle-managed crab boat have reached a settlement of more than $9 million with two survivors and the families of four crew members who died last year when the Scandies Rose went down in the Gulf of Alaska.
With deadline looming, Dunleavy and legislative leaders trade letters on potential special session
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s chief of staff and the two top legislative leaders traded letters on Friday over whether the Legislature should call itself into a special session to extend Alaska’s public health emergency disaster declaration.
Sullivan ad criticized for ‘anti-Semitic’ images
The campaign of Sen. Dan Sullivan is taking heat for an ad that critics say is anti-Semitic.
On masks, Alaska Gov. Dunleavy tells local leaders to use power they say they don’t have
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has resisted imposing a mask mandate and maintains that such decisions are best made by local governments. But municipal officials in pockets of the state where COVID-19 is spreading fastest say they lack the legal power to require mask-wearing.
Addressing the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women in Alaska | Alaska Insight
Alaska has some of the highest rates in the country of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. After years of organizing around the issue, advocates are seeing more attention and resources brought to bear.
Hospital overflow sites remain at ‘ready,’ but officials worry about staffing
The hospital overflow site at Alaska Airlines Center can be ready to use within 48 hours, according to a state health official, but it’s not preparing the facility just yet.
In Alaska’s US House race, Galvin campaign goes big AND goes home
Rep. Don Young's challenger is running a $4 million campaign, much of it spent on ads. But in Galvin's Anchorage split-level, it's a more home-spun effort.
Concerns about in-person learning reach Anchorage Assembly
Top leaders from the Anchorage School District will present the plan next week to bring some students back into classrooms starting Nov. 16.
Coast Guard ends search for 7 boaters missing from Quinhagak
Local search efforts continued for the boaters, who were last seen near Eek.
New Pebble tapes: ‘You aren’t held to your promises’ in election season, mine exec says
The group that captured Pebble Mine executives bragging about their sway over Alaska's senators and governor have released new footage.
The Alaska Psychiatric Institute says it’s resuming admissions after investigating COVID-19 cases
The decision is a reversal from Friday, when the health department said that the state-run psychiatric hospital would not admit new patients for two weeks after four of patients tested positive for the virus.
UAA Chancellor Cathy Sandeen takes new job in California
The news of her departure comes about two years after Sandeen became the leader of Alaska’s largest public university.
In the Mat-Su and on the Kenai Peninsula COVID-19 case rates are doubling every week
The Matanuska-Susitna and Kenai Peninsula boroughs are seeing the most rapid increase in coronavirus cases in Alaska.
Health care providers, municipalities call for Dunleavy to extend disaster declaration
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s public health emergency disaster declaration is set to expire on Nov. 15. Health care providers and local governments say they need that declaration, which allows them to better respond to the pandemic.
Alaskans react to Trump Administration’s Roadless Rule rollback in the Tongass
Proponents of the change say that the industry is at risk of disappearing, while environmentalists and Indigenous tribes say that logging threatens the ecosystem.