5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (526+ words) An attorney advising the state Legislature says the Division of Elections likely lacked legal justification to block Dan. J. Sullivan of Petersburg from running in Alaska's U. S. Senate race. The Division of Elections ruled Monday that Sullivan could not be on the…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (904+ words) State senators are closely examining a House-passed bill offering tax cuts for a North Slope natural gas pipeline as they near Friday's deadline to end a special session on the issue. Many of their concerns center on a theme: what's…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (369+ words) The day after the season's first drift gillnet fishing opener, salmon remained top of mind for fishers of the Kuskokwim River. At Riverview Park in Bethel, community members gathered and filled plates with dried whitefish and fresh-caught fillets of grilled…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (388+ words) A brown bear attacked a man biking the Dome Trail in Anchorage Saturday afternoon, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The victim was riding his bike down the trail when he encountered a bear walking toward him,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (467+ words) Alaska school districts that have grown to rely on international teacher hires are likely to do without them this year, even after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration's fee hikes for highly skilled worker visas on June 8. Lisa Parady,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (841+ words) Platinum, on the Bering Sea coast, is a small town " it has fewer than 50 residents. But when it comes to local elections, administrators make sure that traveling even small distances within town doesn't get in the way of voting. "We'll…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (583+ words) Against the backdrop of Bethel's main highway, Quinton Simeon spoke about the future of the Kuskokwim River with his family in mind. "I don't want to pass on a poisoned river to my babies or my grandchildren," Simeon said to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (298+ words) A federal judge late last month ruled against a group of Alaskans seeking to force the state to process applications for food assistance on time. The decision ends a yearslong legal effort to hold the state to timelines in federal…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (345+ words) Alaska gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson says she's a political outsider with a background in business who understands the needs of Alaskans in the way that her late, great uncle, former Gov. Wally Hickel, also did. But Wilson is not new to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (224+ words) Bethel police officers shot and killed a man at a residence early on the morning of June 7. According to an Alaska State Trooper dispatch, Bethel police responded to a home on Schwalbe Street just before 2 a. m. based on reports of a…...