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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.
Two men counting voter ballots

Here’s what to expect during Alaska’s ranked choice tabulation this afternoon

By Wednesday, Nov. 23, workers will be done counting the first choice votes on everyone’s ballot. This year, there’s an additional step – called tabulation or sorting.

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.
Yute Commuter Service plane crash

No injuries in Yute Commuter Service crash near Bethel

Alaska State Troopers report that no one was injured in a Yute Commuter Service plane crash about 10 miles south of Bethel on Sunday.

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.
Cooper Landing Emergency Services staff

Without housing, Cooper Landing Emergency Services struggles to keep volunteers

Cooper Landing Emergency Services volunteers are in short supply, as the community has struggled with providing affordable housing necessary to retain them.
A Man in a plaid shirt, playing with his children

‘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.
people on a inflatable bed on a flooded roadway

Climate change is making the weather more severe. Why don’t most forecasts mention it?

Scientists and forecasters are trying to figure out how to talk about the connection between climate change and severe weather. It could have big impacts on how people think about global warming.
a white seal in the snow

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.
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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.
a Bethel Winter House sign

Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Bethel's emergency shelter could close early this winter without more funding. Also, more and more Alaskans are voting to fire judges. And a battle over LGBTQ-themed books in the Homer library.

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.
Metlakatla

Biden administration announces $10.4M grant for undersea cable from Metlakatla to Ketchikan

A long-planned cable connecting Metlakatla and Ketchikan took a big step toward becoming a reality on Thursday, with the announcement of a federal grant.
Ethel Lund

Ethel Lund remembered as a health care trailblazer for Southeast Alaska Natives

The Alaska Native Sisterhood honored Ethel Aanwoogeex’ Lund as a champion for Native health care at a memorial service in Juneau on Friday, after her death at age 91.
a polar bear

Study tracks Arctic animals’ exposure to disease better known in Interior Alaska: tularemia

A wide variety of Arctic animals including polar bears are being exposed to a tick-borne pathogen normally associated with rabbits and hares, a newly published study said.
Homer Thanksgiving donation planners

Nearly 200 Homer families receive food baskets for Thanksgiving meals

Some 193 Thanksgiving food baskets were distributed over the weekend through the Homer Community Food Pantry, at the Homer United Methodist Church.
Kuskokwim River snowmachiners

Travelers urged to stay off the Kuskokwim River for now

Bethel Search and Rescue member Mark Leary said that conditions are not safe enough.

The next round of counting begins in Alaska. Here’s how ranked-choice voting works

A hypothetical example walks through a couple of scenarios — one in which a candidate wins outright, and one in which a couple of rounds of ranked-choice voting takes place.
a moose

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.
People gather around a truck full of cardboard boxes.

Alaska News Nightly: Monday, November 21, 2022

Candidates in close races wait for Wednesday's ranked choice results. Also, Bering Sea crabbers hope to get federal relief funds. And a beloved holiday star will soon light up in Anchorage.