2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (257+ words) Devastating wildfires in Spain and France have forced more than 200,000 people to evacuate. Across France, more than 167,000 people had been evacuated, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Saturday night, as some 30 fires burned simultaneously. The most devastating fires are…...

12+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1092+ words) Updated July 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM AKDT NEW DELHI — India's education minister tendered his resignation on Saturday, meeting a key demand of students whose anti-government protests swelled this week beyond the capital New Delhi and onto the streets of more than a…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (153+ words) ANCHORAGE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION. The Anchorage Assembly failed to take up a proposal to establish a public safety advisory commission, effectively killing the motion, at least for now. UTQIAGVIK OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. Alaska State Troopers are overseeing the investigation into…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (165+ words) Volcanic ash from Russia that canceled ten Alaska Airlines flights yesterday. The state pulls names off the voter rolls to confirm citizenship. Juneau volunteers fill sandbags, an important line of defense against an impending glacial outburst flood. Also, more on…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (340+ words) Alaska’s main Native healthcare organization is set to receive $400 million from the federal government for unpaid expenses after the U.S. Department of Justice settled a lawsuit the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium filed in 2021. The Department of Justice announced the…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (321+ words) The House of Representatives voted 220 to 205 on Tuesday to extend funding for the government at existing levels through December 4. Six Democrats joined with Republicans to advance the bill. The government is currently set to run out of money at the…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (153+ words) CESSNA SEIZED. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a Fairbanks pilot, who says the state imposed an excessive fine under the U.S. Constitution, when it seized his airplane over bringing beer into a dry village. GEORGE MARTINEZ....

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (638+ words) Nicholas Galanin carved away at a 25-foot totem pole in his Sitka studio, his dog sunning himself in the open warehouse doorway. “It’s a Kiks.ádi totem that’ll be raised in Juneau, I believe next year,” Galanin said, the sound…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (441+ words) The State of Alaska is not ready to give up its fight just yet in the Kuskokwim subsistence fishing lawsuit. It has filed an appeal of a federal judge’s decision to award $1.8 million in attorney fees to several Native groups…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (151+ words) CONGRESSIONAL RACE. Democrat Matt Schultz has dropped out of the race for Congress. Some of the reasons why he cut his campaign short. FLOOD ADVISORY. An atmospheric river will dump some heavy rain on the Anchorage Bowl. A flood watch…...