Wednesday, August 5, 2026

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Opinion: Voters Should Be Wary About Campaign Finance Initiative Backed by Out-of-State PACs and Unions

By Wyatt Young Nelson Understanding who is funding a campaign finance ballot initiative can provide important context about its potential motivations, intended effects, and the...

Opinion: Here Be Dragons

By Glen Biegel Ancient maps sometimes carried a warning at their edges: Here be dragons. Beyond the known world lay uncertainty, danger, and monsters of the imagination. The...

AK Almanac

The Social

Can I Eat This, Or Will It Kill Me?!?

The Alaskans Afield: Foraging for Wild Foods class, hosted by the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, offers Alaskans an opportunity to walk trails...

Alaska Archives Receives $220K for Two-Year Project to Preserve Primary Sources of Alaska’s History

The Alaska State Archives of the Division of Libraries, Archives, and Museums has been awarded $220,146 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)...

Anchorage Cops for Community Host 13th Annual Clothesline Project Aug 1st

Clothesline Project benefitting Anchorage area youth and families takes place Saturday, August 1st at Clark Middle School. Over the past 12 years, Anchorage Cops for...

This Just In

Newly Declassified Documents Provide Evidence of Election Security Risks, Non-Citizens Registered to Vote, and Intelligence Intentionally Hidden from the President

On July 16, 2026, the White House released a trove of previously classified intelligence reports and investigative files related to election integrity. These documents expose vulnerabilities in America’s election systems, foreign efforts to gather voter data, voting registration of thousands of non-citizens, and improper handling of that information inside government agencies. According to the Trump […]

Alaska To Be Critical Mineral Accelerator Engine in National Science Foundation’s Nationwide Effort to Secure America’s Tech Dominance

Today, July 14, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that the Alaska Critical Minerals Collaborative (ACMC), led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF),...
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