6+ hour, 18+ min ago   (435+ words) Home » Mukluk Fire reaches 70% containment, but buried hotspots still smolder near Tok homes By THE ALASKA STORY Sept. 13, 2026 – Firefighters extinguished a long-smoldering hotspot near a home on Midnight Sun Drive Friday morning as work continued on the 7,339-acre Mukluk Fire…...

11+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1089+ words) Home » Suzanne Downing: The ‘other’ Mary showed up in Kodiak fish debate, and it was not the nice Mary Sept. 13, 2026 – For years, Mary Peltola’s political handlers have sold Alaskans a carefully polished image: Mary smiling. Mary laughing. Mary holding a…...

12+ hour, 41+ min ago   (593+ words) Home » Anchorage Assembly to weigh limits on police surveillance as privacy, public-safety debate intensifies Sept. 13, 2026 — The Anchorage Assembly will continue a public hearing Tuesday on a controversial proposal that would place new limits and reporting requirements on the Anchorage Police…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (836+ words) Home » The Alaska Story investigation: Bill Hill’s Marxist message to voters collides with his stake in billion-dollar seafood giant Sept. 10, 2026 — Bill Hill presents himself to Alaska voters as a working-class fisherman ready to take on wealthy elites. But the Democrat-backed…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1068+ words) Home » The Alaska Story investigation: How ‘ranking the red’ really works when the Republicans don’t consolidate Sept. 8, 2026 – A computer simulation of a hypothetical Alaska governor’s race shows how three Republicans splitting the vote against one Democrat could produce sharply different…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (740+ words) Home » Alaska State Fair is political heartbeat — but JKT’s roving campaign literature crossed the line Sept. 8, 2026 — The Alaska State Fair is famous for carnival rides, enormous cabbages, livestock competitions, and concerts. But during an election year, it also becomes one…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (452+ words) Home » Adam Crum raises over $347,000 in his bid for governor, Dahlstrom nears $18,000 Alaska Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Crum is reporting a strong start to his campaign fundraising, raising $347,000 in his first financial disclosure with the Alaska Public Offices Commission. In…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (568+ words) Home » Alaska’s $1,200 PFD payments set to begin going out October 1 Sept. 7, 2026 — Feeling short on cash? Alaska’s annual dividend season is approaching, with most eligible residents scheduled to receive a combined $1,200 payment in October. The package consists of a $1,000 Permanent Fund…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (865+ words) Home » ‘Rank the red’ is a slogan, but not a strategy. Alaska’s election history proves it Sept. 6, 2026 – “Rank the red” is a zombie strategy making another appearance in Alaska Republican circles, promoted as a simple solution to the complications created…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (382+ words) Home » David Eastman: Rep. Andrew Gray has weaponized Alaska law against political opponents Sept. 5, 2026 – On Tuesday, the Chairman of the Alaska House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Andrew Gray (D-Anchorage), outed himself once again as a pawn of the left by publicly…...