Politics
Lucy Bauer gets prized endorsement of Rep. Laddie Shaw for his District 9 seat
Although Rep. Laddie Shaw, already a retired U.S. Navy SEAL is retiring in January, he still has one of the most valuable assets in...
Breaking: Gov. Mike Dunleavy picks a side, endorses Jared Goecker for AK Senate, Chugiak-Eagle River
Republican Jared Goecker, running against Sen. Kelly Merrick for Chugiak-Eagle River's state Senate Seat L, has just gotten a big-name endorsement from the sitting...
The 907
Helicopter with five aboard crashes into Naknek River, one dies
The National Transportation and Safety Board is investigating the crash of a Bell 206B helicopter near King Salmon.
On Saturday morning, Alaska State Troopers...
Columns
Michael Tavoliero: Wherever ranked-choice voting is used, Democrats dominate. Here’s why
By MICHAEL TAVOLIERO
Ranked-choice voting (RCV) is an electoral system where voters rank candidates by preference instead of choosing just one.
While choice is the personal...
Bob Bird: Reshuffling the American and Alaskan deck
By BOB BIRD
The proud American union is a union by force --- as was feared with Patrick Henry’s warning in 1788, and later proved...
AK Almanac
The Social
Cabbage giants compete at the fair … and we have a winner
Scott Robb is certainly Alaska's reining Cabbage King. He took home the blue ribbon Friday with a 97.35 pound cabbage at the 28th annual...
It’s an Alaska thing: Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off
The winningest pumpkin for the Alaska State Fair in 2024 was the ginormous orange gourd entered by Anchorage grower Dale Marshall, who defended his...
Breaking: Dan Fagan returns to airwaves on KVNT
A legend in Alaska talk radio is coming back to the airwaves in Alaska after taking 18 months off. Dan Fagan says retirement is...
This Just In
Hunter Biden changes plea in tax evasion case
Hunter Biden, business partner with his father President Joe Biden, is attempting to make a no-contest plea to avoid his tax evasion case going...
Drop in bucket: Feds grant another $380 million to communities, nonprofits impacted by illegal aliens
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, announced the allocation of over...