Meet the bears competing to be the 2026 Fat Bear Week champion in Alaska national park
Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park in Alaska and this year, the competition is fiercer than ever.
Sep 22, 2026Open source
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U.S. closely watching Chinese research ships off Alaska
OSLO >> The U.S. is watching China’s presence in its Arctic zone “very closely” amid concerns regarding national security, a senior U.S. Arctic militar...
Sep 21, 2026Open source
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Most U.S. States Are Divided Into Counties. What Are Similar Divisions in Alaska Called?
Sep 21, 2026Open source
Opinion: Confronting the lasting cost of military service for Alaska’s Gold Star families
Grief is only part of the burden when lost income and complicated survivor benefits follow a veteran’s death.
Sep 21, 2026Open source
Opinion: The cost of staying in Alaska, and what we can do about it
Housing costs are driving difficult choices, and the Permanent Fund may offer one avenue worth examining.
Sep 21, 2026Open source
Alaskans will decide fate of ranked choice voting system after chaotic end to state’s primary
Alaska voters will once again be asked whether to keep or scrap their top-four primary and ranked choice general election system this fall.
Sep 21, 2026Open source
Hawaiian, Alaska update check-in times, add 737s on Maui flights
Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines are moving interisland check-in and bag drop to 50 minutes before departure and adding Boeing 737-800s to Maui routes.
Sep 19, 2026Open source
Alaska independent and Michigan progressive among newest additions
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is adding three more candidates to its “Red to Blue” program for top recruits, including an independent r...
Sep 15, 2026Open source
Otters, whales and Glacier Bay: Vermonters in Alaska, Part 2
“Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, where we will spend our last two nights together, isn’t exactly small.”
Sep 14, 2026Open source
Alaska drops voter misconduct cases against American Samoans who checked ‘U.S. Citizen’ box
Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against 11 residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court ruled that prosecutors must pr...
Sep 14, 2026Open source
15-Year-Old Boy Rescued In Alaska's Bering Strait Clung To Capsized Boat For Days
The captain of the fishing boat that rescued the boy said he had clung to the skiff for close to three days in frigid waters.
Sep 14, 2026Open source
Fat Bear Week 2026: Voting opens this month to rank winter-ready brown bears in Alaska
Fat Bear Week 2026: Voting opens this month to rank winter-ready brown bears in Alaska
Sep 13, 2026Open source
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother will make you forget all about Marvel’s Blade disaster
TIFF 2026 included films like Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, In Alaska, The Face of Horror, Babies, and Drifter.
Sep 13, 2026Open source
Ranked-Choice Fail: in 2024, 60 Percent of Alaska Voters Didn't Rank Choices
In 2024, 60% of Alaska voters skipped ranking choices in ranked-choice voting, risking GOP losses.
Sep 13, 2026Open source
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Meet the bears competing to be the 2026 Fat Bear Week champion in Alaska national park
Fat Bear Week is back at Katmai National Park in Alaska and this year, the competition is fiercer than ever.
Sep 22, 2026Open source
U.S. closely watching Chinese research ships off Alaska
OSLO >> The U.S. is watching China’s presence in its Arctic zone “very closely” amid concerns regarding national security, a senior U.S. Arctic militar...
Sep 21, 2026Open source
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Most U.S. States Are Divided Into Counties. What Are Similar Divisions in Alaska Called?
Sep 21, 2026Open source
Opinion: Confronting the lasting cost of military service for Alaska’s Gold Star families
Grief is only part of the burden when lost income and complicated survivor benefits follow a veteran’s death.
Sep 21, 2026Open source
Opinion: The cost of staying in Alaska, and what we can do about it
Housing costs are driving difficult choices, and the Permanent Fund may offer one avenue worth examining.
Sep 21, 2026Open source
Alaskans will decide fate of ranked choice voting system after chaotic end to state’s primary
Alaska voters will once again be asked whether to keep or scrap their top-four primary and ranked choice general election system this fall.
Sep 21, 2026Open source
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