By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon Alaska foster youth are admitted to acute psychiatric facilities an average of 90 times per year, according to the state. Lawmakers want to …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Members of the Alaska Legislature said this week that they’re likely to use the state’s Constitutional Budget Reserve to fix a roughly …
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order dealing with federal elections, but because the U.S. Constitution reserves many electoral powers for the states, experts across the country and here in Alaska say they’re not certain what effects Trump’s action will have. “The Division of Elections is reviewing the executive order and will […]
An investigation continues for an Alaska pilot who waited for hours in an icy lake for rescue on the wing with two young family members for possible misuse of his student license. The Federal …
Alaska foster youth are admitted to acute psychiatric facilities an average of 90 times per year, according to the state. Lawmakers want to make sure they don’t have unnecessarily long stays. The Alaska House of Representatives passed House Bill 36 unanimously on Wednesday. The bill would require foster youth hospitalized in psychiatric facilities to have […]
Alaska has long had the distinction of having the nation’s highest or nearly highest rates of gonorrhea. Now there is another troublesome trend among those who contract the sexually transmitted infection. Cases of a rare but severe complication of gonorrhea have spiked in Alaska for reasons that are not yet fully understood, according to state […]
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled in favor of Alaska’s state-owned investment bank in a lawsuit that could clear the way for oil drilling in the Arctic …
Members of the Alaska Legislature said this week that they’re likely to use the state’s Constitutional Budget Reserve to fix a roughly $173 million budget deficit for the 12 months that end June 30. Lawmakers are confronting another, larger deficit as they craft the budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, but it […]
Health care in Alaska is expensive. Some say the most expensive in the country. And it’s only getting harder for families and businesses to keep up. Now, two bills in the Alaska Legislature, Senate Bills 121 and 122, could make things even worse. They would raise health care costs for nearly everyone with private insurance, without improving access or quality […]
A pilot rescued with two young family members after they survived a night on the wing of an airplane partially submerged in an Alaska lake is a student pilot who was not authorized to fly with …
A pilot and his two young daughters have survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake. They were rescued after being spotted …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon The Alaska House of Representatives is asking the Trump administration and Canadian government to step back from a brewing trade war. In a …
A federal judge in Alaska has ruled that the Biden administration lacked the authority to cancel seven oil and gas leases that had been issued for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. District …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon Hundreds rallied at the Alaska State Capitol on Friday for a “People’s March” and to protest and condemn the recent actions of the …
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal …
Alaska State Troopers say a teenager has died after being buried by snow in an avalanche. The accident happened Saturday when a group was riding snowmachines near Turnagain Pass, a popular outdoor …
Today is Monday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2025. There are 282 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 24, 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez (vahl-DEEZ’) ran aground on a reef …
More states are passing or considering family medical leave laws that would require employers to offer paid leave for workers to undergo treatment or care for a sick family member. Separately, more …
GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer During a day-long visit to Sitka Wednesday, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski addressed topics of local, state and national significance, mostly as they related to …
By CORRINE SMITH Alaska Beacon Several dozen demonstrators arrived early to the Alaska State Capitol on Thursday ahead of U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s annual address to the …