Alaska childcare providers, families and employers are under intense strain with the lack of childcare availability and funding, according to advocates. They are calling for major state investment in ...

As physicians continue to navigate care for patients with complex pregnancies in states with abortion bans, a group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new guidelines to help provider...

Democratic and independent candidates for the Alaska State House are largely out-fundraising Republican opponents in races for Republican-held seats.

Democratic and independent candidates for the Alaska State House are largely out-fundraising Republican opponents in races for Republican-held seats.

Climate change forces are combining to make the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta especially vulnerable and possibly unable to support residents.

The Alaska Public Offices Commission is set to determine whether Wilson, who is running for governor, is required to disclose her company’s customers.

Bringing home a bundle of joy in America today unleashes a digital onslaught of advertisements pushing products, services and apps that target mothers most fiercely, with a clear promise: The gadget t...

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

Flu deaths rose for a third consecutive season, the Alaska Department of Health said in its annual review of last winter's flu season.

Elara Bradley, 13, won the state civics bee finals in June, punching her ticket to the National Civics Bee in Washington, D.C., next month.

An Alaska nominee for federal judge joined other nominees in a joint confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and declined to answer some questions about the 2020 e...

This year, with 49 total racers, the Cape Blossom Marathon hosted nearly three times more participants than its inaugural race last year. As one of just a few races above the Arctic Circle, it's as un...

Statewide, about 3.4% of absentee ballots were rejected for various problems but ballots arrived in line with 2020, 2018 and 2016.

Medicaid enrollment, rural issues and mental health were among the topics discussed at an Alaska Hospital and Healthcare Association event.

The Republican gubernatorial candidate did not include the travel gifts on a required campaign financial disclosure.

A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

The prospect of data centers in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough has raised public concern and scrutiny of a proposed state land transfer of nearly 20,000 acres to the Alaska Industrial Development and E...

Supporters say the program is necessary to keep students safe.

Incumbent Republican Rep. Nick Begich III and independent challenger Bill Hill agreed on most fisheries issues in the Kodiak debate, including support for reducing bycatch and protecting fish stocks.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is expected to depart Wednesday evening for a seven-week campaign break after spending less than two weeks in session during August and September.The extended “district wor...

The ongoing bombing campaign, which President Donald Trump launched alongside the Israeli government in February, has also significantly reduced American military weapons stockpiles.

Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.

The Pentagon wants to build up to a dozen new military data centers near Anchorage, Healy and Fairbanks.

As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...

The American Geophysical Union is taking over management of the Arctic Report Card after the Trump administration abruptly ended support.

Now a Trump administration proposal to pay married stay-at-home parents could make the problem worse.

Incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III and independent challenger Bill Hill took very similar positions in a Kodiak debate on issues including fisheries bycatch, declining fish stocks and repr...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday kept in place a lower court’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s embattled plan to place new restrictions on mail ballots for this year’s midterm elections.

The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.

WASHINGTON — Both chambers of Congress return to Capitol Hill this week for a brief session before heading back to the campaign trail until mid-November. The House will be in for one week and the Sena...

YouTube video by Kodiak Chamber of Commerce

Alaska candidates for governor defended their financial disclosure reports this week, following a review by the Alaska Department of Law that claimed several possible omissions.

Days after the Alaska Department of Law said it found possible gaps in dozens of political candidates’ financial disclosure forms, a review by the Alaska Beacon and interviews with the affected candid...

Alaska Youth for Environmental Action teens from Anchorage are concerned at a proposed state land transfer to AIDEA because the proposed industrial park, which may include a data center, could be vast...

Native Hawaiians will have to comply with the new work requirements in President Donald Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act, despite facing significant obstacles to employment and healthcare.

The Alaska Democratic Party filed a petition on Wednesday asking the Superior Court to compel the Alaska Division of Elections to disqualify a candidate for the Alaska State House from the November ba...