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Voters leave a polling place in Nome on Nov. 3, 2020. (Photo by Sophia DeSalvo/KNOM) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: The Anchorage Police Department and its…

Courtney Newman, an election official, helps a voter turn in her ballot on Aug. 16, at Turnagain United Methodist Church in Anchorage. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Alaska Division of Elections officials say they have a solid system of checks and balances in place that have long proved that state elections are fair, honest and secure. …

Alaska voters participate in the August elections. Some rural residents may not be able to vote in person on Election Day if the Division of Elections can’t hire and train a few more workers. (Katie Basile/KYUK) Alaska election officials are worried that they may not have staff to work Election Day next Tuesday in two…

Voters cast their ballots in the Aug. 16 elections in Anchorage. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: What U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka…

Used syringes stored in puncture proof plastic drink containers disposed of at Alaska AIDS Assistance Association’s syringe exchange location in Anchorage (Photo: Zachariah Hughes – Alaska Public Media) HIV/AIDS diagnoses have decreased by 8% in the US. In Alaska there are approximately 700 people living with this disease. By decreasing the associated stigma and shame…

U.S. House candidates at Alaska Public Media’s Debate for the State on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 (Hailey Barnes/Alaska Public Media) Alaskans across the state are already voting after big changes to our election system. Voters are using the new ranked choice method to select the state’s next Governor, U.S. House and one U.S. Senate seat.…

Candidates for U.S. House take questions at Debate for the State, produced by Alaska Public Media, KTOO and Alaska’s News Source on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (Photo by Hailey Barnes) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the…

State Sen. Mike Shower, standing, speaks at a Greater Wasilla Chamber of Commerce candidate forum on Oct. 18. Seated next to him is his challenger, fellow Republican Doug Massie. Both are Republicans, and both tout themselves as staunch conservatives. They have debates over the best ways to be effective and service the needs of the…

Nome construction equipment that was used for repairing the Nome-Council Road. (Chris Plutt/Alaska DOT) Three weeks after ex-typhoon Merbok hit Western Alaska and breached the Nome-Council Road, Department of Transportation crews and local contractors have finished their repairs. According to DOT, their construction workers along with Knik Construction hauled over 100,000 tons of material in…

Using indirect immunofluorescence microscopy, this photomicrograph revealed the presence of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in an unidentified tissue sample. (Dr. Craig Lyerla/CDC) Alaska health officials say they’re tracking a modest increase in cases of some respiratory viruses —  but, so far, it’s nothing like what other states are experiencing. Dr. Joe McLaughlin, Alaska’s state…

The candidates for Senate District E are, from left to right, former Republican Senate President Cathy Giessel, Democrat Roselynn Cacy and incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Holland. (Erin McKinstry & candidate courtesy photos) Roselynn Cacy got a political campaign mailer recently that urged her how to vote —  in her own Alaska Senate race. She’s a…

In May, Pebble Mine opponents held a rally and press conference in Dillingham, just ahead of EPA announcing its intention to reverse course on preemptive restrictions proposed during the Obama Administration. (KDLG) Backers of a proposed copper and gold mine in Southwest Alaska “tried to trick regulators by pretending to pursue a smaller project with…

Republican Forrest Wolfe and Democrat Donna Mears are running for Alaska House District 21’s seat. (Katie Anastas/Alaska Public Media) The House race between Democrat Donna Mears and Republican Forrest Wolfe in East Anchorage is one of several close races that could impact the future of education funding in the state. But here, it’s also personal:…

A gillnet stretches across the Kuskokwim River near Napaskiak on June 12, 2018. (Katie Basile/KYUK) During a meeting on Thursday in Bethel, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Subsistence Regional Advisory Council discussed another season of low salmon runs and restrictions on fishing. Myron Naneng is vice-chair of the local committee, he said that overregulation of subsistence fishing…

Candidates for U.S. Senate take questions at Debate for the State, produced by Alaska Public Media, KTOO and Alaska’s News Source on Thursday, October 27, 2022. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the…

(Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) With Election Day coming up fast on November 8 and early voting already underway, we want to answer any of your last minute questions about this year’s election. Gail Fenumiai, the state’s head of the Division of Elections will be able to answer any of your questions about ranked choice voting,…

This week on State of Art we’re hearing from the owner of Tent City Press, Bryce Fredrick. Along with the Anchorage Public Library and the Seed Lab, Tent City Press will be hosting a zine fair and swap on Friday, November 4. We also hear from Anchorage Community Theater’s Executive Director Matt Fernandez about their…

U.S. House candidates at Alaska Public Media’s Debate for the State on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 (Hailey Barnes/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Thursday on Alaska News Nightly: Candidates…

WATCH NOW on YouTube Live or Facebook Live. Alaska Public Media, in partnership with Alaska’s News Source and KTOO, presents Debate for the State 2022. The U.S. Senate debate is the third and final debate in our series. It starts at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27. (Missed the earlier debates? Watch the U.S. House…

At least 40 people came to an Oct. 25, 2022 meeting of Juneau’s planning commission, most of them wearing shirts that said “Juneau Needs Affordable Housing.” (Photo by Jennifer Pemberton/KTOO) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the…