Jul 25 Massive wildfires burn through 'fireproof' regions in Alaska By Mark Thiessen, Associated Press Alaska is burning this year in ways rarely or ever seen. So far this year more than 530 wildfires have burned an area the size of Connecticut and the typically worst of the fire season lays ahead. Continue reading
Jun 22 Alaska U.S. House candidate withdraws, scrambling special election race By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press An Alaska elections official says the fifth-place finisher in the special primary for the state's U.S. House seat will not advance to an August special election following the withdrawal of independent Al Gross, who was in third place. Continue reading
Jun 18 Race for Alaska's U.S. House seat heats up as Palin seeks return to elected office By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press Palin attributed her decision to resign in 2009 to an onslaught of records requests and ethics complaints that she said were frivolous and had become time consuming and distractions. She said she “did the right thing.”… Continue reading
Jun 05 Palin among 48 candidates vying for Alaska House seat By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press The huge number of candidates and the short timeline for holding the election after Republican U.S. Rep. Don Young's death on March 18 has some voters overwhelmed and scrambling to learn more about their options. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 4:02 How a housing shortage is straining communities in rural Alaska By Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media Adequate housing has been a consistent problem in rural Alaska and the COVID-19 pandemic has made living there even more difficult. Alaska Public Media’s Erin McKinstry reports on the housing problem from the city of Shaktoolik. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 6:21 Overwhelmed by COVID patients, Alaska's health care workers also face harassment By William Brangham, Courtney Norris New COVID-19 cases continue to fall around the United States — down nearly 25% over the past two weeks, with deaths dropping by more than 10%. But there are still far too many losing their lives, especially in Alaska where… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 5:06 News Wrap: Congress approves $2 billion in emergency spending for Capitol security By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Congress gave final approval today to $2 billion in emergency spending for Capitol security. The Biden administration will allow a nationwide ban on evictions imposed during the pandemic to expire Saturday. The U.S. Continue watching
Jul 15 Biden ends large-scale logging on huge Alaska rainforest By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Biden administration is ending large-scale, old-growth timber sales on the nation’s largest national forest and will instead focus on forest restoration, recreation and other non-commercial uses. Continue reading
Jun 25 Supreme Court sides with Alaska Natives in COVID-19 relief money case By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The question for the court was whether Alaska Native corporations, which are for-profit companies that provide benefits and social services to more than 100,000 Alaska Natives, count as "Indian tribes." The high court answered yes. Continue reading
Jan 08 Murkowski becomes first GOP Senator calling for Trump's resignation By Associated Press The Alaska Republican tells the Anchorage Daily News that she wants Trump to resign after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol, forcing a lockdown. Five people died, including a Capitol Police officer. Continue reading