Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine, but reached no agreement. The Trump administration deployed the National Guard in Washington, DC, and attempted to take …

U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska at a U.S. military base for a crucial summit. This Friday’s meeting could influence the war in Ukraine and …

As the leaders of the United States and Russia met on Anchorage’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Friday, supporters of Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion staged multiple demonstrations in Alaska to protest the meeting and what they predicted would be capitulation to Russian goals. Ivan Hodes, a U.S. Army veteran, was among a group protesting Friday […]

President Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the start of their summit in Alaska. The two men arrived almost simultaneously and exchanged a warm handshake and …

Alaska’s top elected officials expressed hope about President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage on Friday.  Gov. Mike Dunleavy and the state’s congressional delegation welcomed Trump when he arrived.  Dunleavy has been a vocal supporter of the Trump administration and called it “a historic day for Alaska,” sharing enthusiasm and praise […]

President Donald Trump’s face-to-face high-stakes summit with President Vladimir Putin could determine the fate of European security as well as the trajectory of the war in Ukraine. Trump has a …

You think you know what you want to do after high school. But you may not know how to acquire the education you need to get there. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Upward Bound and Teaching Through Technology Alaska programs have teamed up once again to help high school students from across Alaska prepare for […]

President Donald Trump’s high-profile meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin adjourned their brief summit Friday without announcing a breakthrough in negotiations to end Russia’s three-year-old invasion of Ukraine. “We didn’t get there, but we have a very good chance of getting there,” Trump said after several hours of closed-door negotiations with Putin in Anchorage.  The […]

Last week’s enactment of a bill to allow the use of computers and tablets in prison will provide another tool to rehabilitate those incarcerated in Alaska prisons, and potentially improve their transition back into society, Rep. Rebecca Himschoot,...

Putin arrives in Alaska for a summit with Trump on the Russia-Ukraine war.

A group seeking to decriminalize Alaskans’ use of certain medicinal mushrooms and other psychedelics can start collecting signatures to try to put the question before voters. Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, who oversees the Alaska Division of Elections, said Thursday she has certified a statewide initiative application that proposes legal but regulated use of certain natural […]

With President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to meet in Alaska’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to discuss bringing an end to the war in Ukraine, the optics could be setting the stage for a normalized U.S.-Russia energy collaboration in the Arctic. This concept was previously expressed by Kirill Dmitriev, Russian envoy and head of […]

Today is Friday, Aug. 15, the 227th day of 2025. There are 138 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 15, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York; more …

BOSTON — During this year’s budget cycle, Oklahoma state Sen. John Haste said lawmakers had two major things on their minds. “Number one was tax cuts. Number two, what the hell is going on in Washington?” he told a national gathering of state lawmakers last week in Boston. While Oklahoma lawmakers secured another round of […]

More federal law enforcement missions on the streets of Washington, D.C. are expected Thursday as troops muster in response to President Donald Trump’s unprecedented announcement that his …

Alaskans are planning demonstrations in solidarity with Ukraine across the state, ahead of the meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Ukraine.  Trump and Putin are expected to meet at the Anchorage military base, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. The two leaders then plan […]

Orthodox Christians across Alaska are taking part in three days of prayer for peace, ahead of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Friday's meeting will …

The former first U.S. ambassador-at-large to the Arctic, Mike Sfraga, has stepped into a new role as interim chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and brings experience, focus, and a unique passion for the state’s leading research institution, which describes itself as “America’s Arctic university.” In a phone interview in early August, Sfraga talked […]

The U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska is happening at a site where East meets West in a place familiar to both countries as a Cold War front line of missile defense, radar outposts and intelligence …

When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers stacked along the Mendenhall River largely prevented flooding of the nearby residential area. The flooding reached a record-breaking 16.65 feet at 7:15 a.m., but nearby homes, businesses and three schools were mostly spared. On Wednesday afternoon, […]