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Yellow bins hold machine-sorted ballots at the Anchorage Voting Center. As of April 3, the machine had sorted 37,202 ballots for the spring election. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media)

The Assembly will have at least 4 new members after the spring election. Here's who's running.

The deadline to file for the Anchorage municipal election was Jan. 24 at 5 p.m. Four incumbents are not seeking reelection.

Speaking with legislative leadership in Juneau | Alaska Insight

We discuss priorities with legislative leadership at the KTOO studio in Juneau.

A van sits half-buried in avalanche debris on a rural highway.

Avalanche blocks Parks Highway near Cantwell

Two more avalanches came down over the weekend, but the highway is now open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Speaking with legislative leadership in Juneau | Alaska Insight

We discuss priorities with legislative leadership at the KTOO studio in Juneau.

Wind turbines on a green Arctic plain below cloud-streaked skies

Trump executive order puts dozens of clean energy projects in rural Alaska in limbo

The projects aim to decrease emissions, lower energy costs and support local infrastructure in rural communities.

A woman in a toque works at a computer while a very large, spitz-type dog lies by her desk.

After buying the Haines paper, a longtime Alaska journalist looks to boost local news statewide

A new nonprofit called The Alaska News Coalition is working to help independent, local news organizations stay in business.

It was standing room only at Delta Junction’s city council meeting on Tuesday, with many residents coming to testify about the impending loss of emergency medical services.

Delta Junction’s emergency medical services contractor walks away as COVID relief money dries up

Delta Junction residents may have to provide their own emergency transportation to Fairbanks, almost 100 miles away.

Trump says he wants to overhaul FEMA as he travels to North Carolina and California

President Trump took first trip of his term on Friday to North Carolina and California, visiting communities grappling with recovery from natural disasters.

Newhalen man made phone threats to state officers, FBI, Pentagon, troopers say

Troopers say Jay Anelon, 38, left a message with Public Safety Commissioner James Cockrell's office saying, “I know what you look like, and I will kill you.”

Security guard stands at entrance of the new Chin'nan Gaming Hall, which opened on Monday in Birchwood.

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, January 23, 2025

A conservation group plans to fight Trump's executive order aimed at rolling back protections in the Tongass National Forest. Plus, the Eklutna tribe opens a controversial casino on tribal land north of Anchorage.

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