7+ hour, 15+ min ago  (349+ words) Civics education would be included among graduation requirements for all Alaska high schoolers, under a bill passed by the Alaska Legislature in the final hours of the legislative session last week." The new requirement aims to bolster Alaska students" knowledge…...

7+ hour, 5+ min ago  (618+ words) Legislators are being held after school this month and the state is paying for the extra time because the governor did not do his homework. If that seems backward, you're right. Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered lawmakers to stay late after…...

7+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1288+ words) The Trump administration wants the U. S. Supreme Court to empower states to review their voter rolls for noncitizens just days before elections, a change that voting rights advocates say would risk disenfranchising Americans. The U. S. Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court…...

20+ hour, 19+ min ago  (289+ words) Evangeline Ruth Lewis and Heather David stood in the Monday heat, swatting away the occasional mosquito and looking at George Lewis" grave." In a wood-fenced plot in the Jones Point Cemetery, George Lewis" was one of dozens of graves decorated…...

20+ hour, 19+ min ago  (611+ words) After pulling the Chilkoot Indian Association out of debt and completing a backlog of audits, tribal administrator Harriet Brouillette was recognized as the 2025 Tribal Administrator of the year. She was presented with the award during the annual Alaska Tribal Administrators…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (406+ words) One of the most widely used campgrounds in the Chilkat Valley is closed. The Alaska Division of Parks, part of the Department of Natural Resources, has decided not to open the Chilkoot Lake State Recreation Area campground this summer" "[It's]…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1110+ words) Monday welcomed in the first real summer weather of the year, and the first real summer crowds: more than 2, 000 passengers off Cunard Cruise Line's Queen Elizabeth." There appears to be no simple answer, yet, on whether locals want such an…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1764+ words) At the beginning of his three-year federal prison sentence for felony tax evasion, Roger Shoffstall lost his telephone privileges when a guard caught him running his small Alaska phone company from behind bars. He's lost a lot of privileges over…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (1365+ words) Matt Heilala, a Republican and a podiatrist, says he's running to be the next governor of Alaska, and he's put up real cash to back it up: He's invested more than $1 million of his own money in his campaign. But…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (478+ words) An officer on Main Street performed a traffic stop. A caller in Haines reported a lost wallet. Item description and contact information was obtained. A caller in the 900 block of Main Street reported a speeding vehicle. A caller at Small…...