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Benson, who also appeared in ABC's "Alaska Daily," says she can't spoil the significance of her character Bee in the twist-laden HBO drama.

Smokejumpers are responding to some of the fires, which are largely burning in remote areas of the state.

A day earlier, they feared as many as 10 rural precincts would be unstaffed.

An off-duty officer was charged with driving drunk in December. At least two other off-duty officers have been arrested on similar charges since 2022.

When the New Old Time Chautauqua marched into a TEDx talk in Seattle in 2012, there were jugglers, marching band musicians with mismatched uniforms, a saxophonist with a fez and a mustachioed ringmaster in a kilt. Now, the motley troupe of almost 60 performers and educators is in Juneau for three days of workshops, shows and activities that start Thursday. Download Audio

A new plywood cut-out of a person in front of city hall is part of a national effort to bring awareness to homelessness. The social art project began in Charleston, South Carolina where the city collaborated with a design firm to create 430 plywood figures—the estimated number of homeless people in the city at the time. The figures were then placed in park in front of their City Hall. Now, the project has gone national and every state capital has been asked to put a figure in front of their city hall in solidarity.

Robert Meireis had a tough life that included a history of violence, years in prison, even tattoos tying him to white supremacist groups. He lived a violent life on the edge of society. That he met a violent end in a double murder discovered last month in West Juneau wasn’t necessarily a surprise to some people who knew him. And yet, he also had people that cared about him and were stunned when the news broke.

While police issues continue to divide communities and make national headlines, the Sitka Police Department is trying to restore confidence locally, after disturbing video from the Sitka jail surfaced on social media this fall. Download Audio

The number of Americans with eating disorders has skyrocketed during the pandemic. Alaska does not have enough resources to help them.

Earlier this month, Angoon’s mayor asked for help after discovering high levels of mercury in subsistence seal. With only one grocery store in town, the small Southeast village is dependent on what’s in the water. And according to a tissue sample test, that might include contaminants from a nearby mine. Download Audio

She's co-sponsoring a bill that would require the justices to adopt their own ethics rules. She and Sen. Angus King are the only sponsors so far.

Kitty Douglas is the youngest of 15 people to die in custody in Alaska this year. It's the most since 2015.

Just three legislative races will feature competitive primaries, but the final slate sets up a number of key contests in November.

The winds ripped off roofs, toppled trucks and tore boats from their docks.

A House bill would limit individual contributions to candidates to $2,000 over two years. 

Police say an officer fired on Ryan A. Hunt, who was wanted on a felony warrant, before he jumped from a second-story window Wednesday.

The cause of death for Wade, 44, who claimed responsibility for the deaths of five people in Alaska, is unknown.