Alaska House debates bringing back limits to campaign donations
A House bill would limit individual contributions to candidates to $2,000 over two years.
Coaches, officials and athletes denounce proposed ban on transgender students playing girls’ school sports
A bill from Sen. Shelley Hughes, R-Palmer, would prevent transgender girls from competing against cisgender girls in school sports.
In Unalakleet, pizza orders from around the world give exhausted mushers a boost
“Nice to be in Eskimo country!” said Iñupiaq musher Ryan Redington. He said his mother was born and raised in Unalakleet, and it’s been nice to visit with the community.
As gas prices soar, Alaskans should ‘get used to volatility,’ says one analyst
In Alaska, the average for a gallon of regular gas was $4.73 Monday, according to AAA. That’s up $1 a gallon from just a month ago.
Despite more than 50,000 lost jobs, federal relief boosted Alaska incomes during first year of pandemic
“Who would’ve predicted that in 2020, overall income to Alaskans, even on a per capita basis, increased?" state economist Neal Fried said. "And why was because of all these transfer payments that people were receiving.”
ConocoPhillips says it’s still working to find source of North Slope gas leak
The company says a subsurface gas leak was first observed at the Alpine site early in the morning on Friday, March 4. By March 7, the company relocated 300 of the site’s roughly 400 workers. The site is currently not producing oil.
Dan Kaduce is the only Iditarod musher still racing with a 14-dog team. Here’s how.
Chatanika musher Kaduce says it’s a combination of luck and good dog care habits that have helped him surge to the front of the pack,
From wrong turns to broken sleds, 6 mushers share their biggest mishaps of this year’s Iditarod
A lot can go wrong on 1,000 miles of trail.
Meet musher Hanna Lyrek, the Iditarod rookie who’s racing closest to the front of the pack
While she’s a newbie to the Iditarod, Lyrek has already proven her mettle in long-distance dog mushing. At age 19, she won the 2019 600-kilometer Finnmarksløpet, one of the biggest races in Europe.
Malaspina ferry could get second life as Alaska attraction
“We would be interested in converting the ferry into a floating hotel/restaurant,” said one pitch letter to the state.
Hugh Neff scratches from Iditarod halfway into the race
Neff said he was given the choice of being disqualified or scratching because of concerns from veterinarians about his dogs.
Gov. Dunleavy proposes suspending motor fuel taxes through June 2023
In Alaska, the tax on gasoline is 8 cents per gallon.
Iditarod mushers look forward to fast river trail, ready to put the miles of moguls behind them
"We've been dealing with the moguls from the start," says Richie Diehl. "It'll be nice to be on the river."
Historians correct details about Benny Benson’s age and heritage nearly a century after he designed Alaska’s flag
Researchers nd historians discovered that Benny Benson was actually 14 years old when he designed Alaska's state flag.
The Aleutians have a rat problem. Scientists are trying to solve it.
“The rats are like an oil spill that keeps on spilling, year after year,” said Steve Delehanty, the refuge manager for the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
Why Sen. Sullivan voted against a bill to fund government, aid Ukraine and renew VAWA
Sen. Sullivan says he supports much of the $1.5 trillion bill but wasn't given enough time to read it.
This trio of Iditarod mushers teamed up to navigate a heavy snowstorm
The trail and the non-trail looked exactly the same on the way into McGrath. The only way to tell the difference: When they stepped off the trail, they sank into hip-deep snow.
Top Iditarod teams swap laughs and stories during long rest at remote Cripple checkpoint
Then, it was back to racing.
Found: Sled dog Jimbo from Richie Diehl’s team located in an Anchorage backyard
Race officials say Jimbo has eaten a meal and is in "good health."
Delta Junction’s Slavic community, reeling over Ukraine war, launches relief effort
Shestopalov’s family was among the first in a wave of refugees that began arriving in Delta Junction in the 1990s.