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Seasonal employers, including the seafood and tourism industries, have sought a sick leave rollback and legislators are expected to reintroduce a bill in 2027.

The Trump administration’s order to allow import of Russian diesel violates a 2022 law banning Russian energy imports while the country’s war with Ukraine is ongoing, according to a bipartisan group o...

A note from Lu-Anne Haukaas Lopez, the first tribally enrolled executive director of an ACLU affiliate in the country, on Indigenous Peoples' Day.

A Department of Justice spokesperson said the search was part of an ongoing criminal investigation.

Retired cigarette vending machines are refurbished to vend original art.

October is a time of witches, goblins, ghosts, and ghouls — and also a time for us to contemplate the ramifications of book banning as we recognize Banned Books Week this week.

Sightings like this are almost unheard of. The last record Fish and Game has is from 1976, when someone watched an albino calf from the Porcupine Herd through a spotting scope for about two minutes. N...

One Juneau educator wants to use her research skills to help both kids and elders confront this colonial history.

“I think joy and melancholy have a lot to say to each other,” Pádraig Ó Tuama tells Rachel. In his poetry, he allows that conversation between joy and melancholy to play out as he explores love, grief...

The last thing a hunter needs to pack before a moose hunt is a crash course in federal regulations and bureaucracy.

What they look like, how to spot them, and why you should never respond TL;DR: AI-generated emails are flooding writer inboxes and often look legitimate. They use fake flattery, invented book title…

Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.

Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.

The Alaska Beacon is dropping out of a debate that it had planned to co-host with the Alaska Landmine ahead of the general election.

A national Republican organization has put $1.6 million into the Alaska governor’s race — going toe-to-toe with Democratic money that’s also flooded into the state in recent days.

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As Alaska heads into the general election, the Alaska Beacon, Alaska Public Media, KTOO and the Anchorage Daily News have an updated voter guide.

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Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan has voted to continue the Iran War 14 times, even as gas and diesel prices surge in his state.

Under the ALICE metric, 37% of households in Alaska are not able to afford the state’s cost of living.

Bids from interested companies were due Thursday; a contract could come as soon as next month, documents indicate.