7+ hour, 19+ 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, 47+ min ago   (625+ words) Home » Juneau abortion-rights PAC weighs in on Oct. 6 local races that have no authority over abortion law Step. 13, 2026 – The Juneau Pro-Choice Coalition Political Action Committee has released its endorsements for the Oct. 6 municipal election. The group applied an abortion-rights test…...

12+ hour, 12+ min ago   (428+ words) Home » Barbara Haney: Eight questions the Fairbanks Assembly should answer before voting on 2026-25 This is not a question of whether you like organized labor. It is a question of procurement, of who bids on borough work and what the borough…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (648+ words) Home » Michael Coons: Communism promises plenty but delivers scarcity Sept. 13, 1016 – Alexander Dolitsky came to America in 1978, and his column, published in The Alaska Story on Saturday, is spot on, especially regarding the Soviet Union. Back in 1972, I took the Orient…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (853+ words) Home » Alaska drops remaining Whittier voter misconduct cases after appeals court raises burden of proof Sept. 12, 2026 — The State of Alaska has dropped its remaining voter misconduct cases against nine American Samoan residents of Whittier, after the Alaska Court of Appeals…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1126+ words) Home » Anchorage Assembly to hear proposal giving 10-year property-tax break to select first-time homebuyers Sept. 12, 2026 — The Anchorage Assembly will hold a public hearing Tuesday on a proposed 10-year property-tax exemption for certain newly constructed homes purchased by first-time buyers — an…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (523+ words) Home » Trump announces Obamacare refunds to millions of Americans, including Alaskans, who were overcharged Sept. 10, 2026 — Some Alaskans who purchased health insurance through the federal Obamacare marketplace without receiving a premium subsidy will receive a $500 refund from the federal government beginning…...

3+ day, 12+ 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…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (825+ words) Home » Democrats’ lawyer sends cease-and-desist threat to Alaska radio stations over ranked-choice voting repeal ads Sept. 9, 2026 — An attorney representing the campaign to preserve ranked-choice voting in Alaska has sent a cease-and-desist letter to radio stations demanding that they stop broadcasting…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (799+ words) Home » Alaska Democrats deploy ‘Team Togo’ candidates into conservative districts as Schultz transfers $200,000 to party Sept. 9, 2026 – The Alaska Democratic Party has acknowledged that it deliberately recruited candidates to compete in some of Alaska’s most conservative legislative districts, including places where…...