Here’s why Alaska is the slowest in the nation when it comes to vote counting
Questions, confusion and speculation about Alaska’s vote-counting process are erupting this week as state officials wait to count more than 100,000 absentee and other ballots until next week -- long after other U.S. states count the vast majority of their votes.
Alaska’s Labor department says unemployed Alaskans will finally begin seeing additional funds Friday
The program promises to pay some unemployed Alaskans an extra $300 per week for up to six weeks.
With more than 100,000 ballots still to count, Alaska campaigns cross fingers and crunch numbers
Experts say they expect to see at least some come-from-behind victories after next week’s vote count, since Republicans were more willing to vote in-person on Election Day during the COVID-19 pandemic. The big question is how many.
Some Alaska Republicans build large leads through Wednesday’s vote count, with counting to resume in a week
Alaska Republicans appeared to have sizable leads in some key races in the state, though 40% of the ballots remain to be counted.
‘I hope someone can help us’: ASD’s decision to resume in-person learning faces growing scrutiny
Anchorage School District administrators and the teachers union provide starkly different views of how prepared classrooms are to welcome back students in less than two weeks.
Trump wanted to stop the vote when he was ahead. Alaska’s congressional delegation urges patience
Alaska’s all-Republican congressional delegation is not backing Trump’s call to stop counting votes.
Nunapitchuk turns to tradition after COVID-19 outbreak
The village of Nunapitchuk went into strict lockdown after it discovered positive cases, but also used traditional medicine.
Here’s how one Anchorage elementary school is preparing for in-person learning
Across the Anchorage School District, elementary school teachers and staff are preparing for younger students to return to classrooms on Nov. 16.
‘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.