In Alaska’s first ranked-choice election, the leader on election night may not be the ultimate winner.
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How to vote in Alaska’s primary and special US House elections
How to find polling places, language assistance, resources for special needs and other help,
Tundra burns helped make the 2022 Alaska fire season one of the biggest since 1950
Until 2015, tundra fires in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta were small and infrequent. That changed suddenly seven years ago.
Supreme Court rules against forward funding for education, confirms limit on legislative power
Setting multi-year budgets in Alaska requires cash on hand, justices said.
Legislative committee boosts budget for Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. investigation
Members of the committee hired a special investigator in January to determine whether political factors played a role in the December firing of Rodell by the corporation’s board of trustees.
On Utqiagvik’s edge, an observatory measures the gases that are warming the Arctic and the planet
NOAA’s Barrow Atmospheric Baseline Observatory got a big upgrade enabling more science at a time when climate-change conditions are getting worse.