Statewide, there are 17 governor candidates, five competitive legislative seats, one ballot measure and many federal candidates.

There are five competitive races for the Alaska House and Senate in this year’s primary election, where candidates are vying for the top four places in order to advance to the ranked choice general election in November.

Nine of the 17 candidates running for governor responded to a survey from Anchorage-based public relations firm Thompson & Co.

A man signs voter registration paperwork at a polling location, with “I Voted” stickers and a small American flag on the table. (Photo: freepik) By Andrew Rice The Center Square The partisan makeup of the U.S. Senate could be determined by a seat up for election in Alaska. Voters in Alaska will head to the polls on Tuesday to select candidates in Alaska’s nonpartisan primary race for U.S. Senate. Currently, the partisan makeup of the U.S. Senate is 53-45 with Republicans in t

Candidates for governor are considering whether it’s worth continuing on to November, even if they’re among the top finishers in this month’s election.

Former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor, a Republican candidate for governor, violated state campaign finance laws by donating more than 60 times the maximum amount of money to his own campaign, according to disclosure documents filed this week.

As the 2026 commercial salmon harvests winds down in Alaska, the seafood industry is already calculating how to navigate at a profit in 2027.

Ruling may allow future political candidates to temporarily hide their personal finances from voters.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has now vetoed 31 of the 115 bills passed by legislators during the 34th Alaska State Legislature, extending the record for the most in a single Legislature.

The annual report, issued since 2006, prominently features work of Alaska scientists and conditions in Alaska, including those affecting Indigenous communities.

The number of alleged noncitizens listed by the division is 500% of what it was last year and now stands at more than 2,800, with most being independents.

Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, will pay more than $2,000 to settle a series of campaign finance complaints filed by a former chair of the Alaska Republican Party in 2025.

The U.S. Department of Education is expected to award $41.3 million in grant funding through the Alaska Native Education Program to 26 Alaska grantees after some delay, according to an announcement from Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

Candidates should not be removed from the primary election for filing a blank disclosure form, attorney Griffin Deitz told a judge in court on Friday.

GOP advocacy nonprofit is publishing the Alaska Navigator; a liberal 501(c)(4) organization is publishing progressive articles as The Alaska Independent.

Federal fishery managers would start analyzing the DNA collected in ocean waters to help inform their decisions, under a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate, Alaska’s Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said on Thursday.

More than 100 noncitizens were also mistakenly registered to vote, Carol Beecher told state lawmakers in a partial response to questions.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents unanimously approved a cut in the tuition rate for out-of-state students to create a standard tuition rate for all resident and nonresident students across campuses and degree types, beginning in fall 2027.

Six candidates for Alaska governor and lieutenant governor from across the political spectrum appeared side-by-side in a room full of superintendents and school officials in Juneau, promising that boosting education funding would be a priority of their administration, if elected.

The deployment of National Guard troops hailing from all across the country to Washington, D.C., is expected to cost taxpayers more than $1.4 billion in additional funds through 2029.

A New York-based child welfare advocacy group has dropped a lawsuit against the Alaska Office of Children’s Services that alleged widespread misconduct by the state’s foster care system.

Other companies also have their leases tied up in litigation from local and environmental groups.

The administration is seeking to change safety rules for oil operations in Arctic waters off Alaska, a region where exploration and development projects have stalled.

Since 1994, the Alaska Republican Party has sent absentee ballot applications to registered voters across the state, urging voters to cast their ballot by mail.

The Alaska Beacon, Alaska Public Media, KTOO and the Anchorage Daily News worked together this year and have created a voter guide to help Alaskans make informed choices when they vote.

The groups appear to be trying to ‘dilute the vote’ for the leading GOP and Democratic hopefuls, one strategist says.

Ballot Measure 1, on the Aug. 18 statewide primary ballot, would reimpose limits on financial donations to state candidates.

Alaska is now in charge of hazardous waste regulation in the state, a task that can be made more challenging by geographic remoteness.

Information from the Alaska Division of Elections and historical performance by the state offer a guide.

Providers say they’re serving fewer children because state and federal funding are insufficient to cover rising operational costs.

Samples taken from city’s plant revealed genetic material from measles, a highly contagious disease that is particularly dangerous for young children.

‘I believe that the people who live here are ultimately the best stewards and will determine the future of the region.’

Ballot Measure 2 would repeal the open primary and ranked choice general election systems, and repeal some campaign disclosure rules.

After a cold spring, they’re planning for a worst-case scenario next winter and doing their best to avoid it.

Democratic US House candidate explains his decision to suspend his campaign against Republican incumbent Rep. Nick Begich and back independent Bill Hill.

How one village established a Native-led sexual assault response team to help address the oncoming chaotic boomtown atmosphere.

Two new lawsuits say the US Army Corps of Engineers violated the law by issuing a wetlands-fill permit for a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge wetlands.

The group aims to turn around a decline in Alaska Native voter turnout through forging statewide partnerships, boosting voter education and outreach, and reducing logistical challenges.

The federal government has agreed to pay the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium $400 million to settle claims of inadequate cost coverage over several years.

Alaska scientists are teasing out the effects of Ichthyophonus, a parasite that has taken a particularly severe toll on already weak Yukon River Chinook runs.

Two of Alaska’s largest labor organizations have sued Gov. Mike Dunleavy for failing to promptly fill two seats on the board that governs the state’s public employee pension plans.

Kodiak Republican Rep. Louise Stutes requested the special state audit due to public complaints, but said it would investigate only the board’s process and procedures, not actions taken.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether or not to overrule the state of Alaska’s decision to seize the airplane of a bush pilot who flew a bootlegger and beer to a dry village in 2012.

US phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty.

There were 14 cases of congenital syphilis in 2025, the most recorded in any recent year.

Behind the scenes of a climactic day in the Alaska Legislature for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.

Saying ‘democracy itself is under threat,’ Matt Schultz suspended his campaign and urged voters to support Bill Hill to oust the GOP incumbent, Nick Begich.

Rep. Garret Nelson, R-Sutton, chased a black bear away from Rep. Julie Coulombe, R-Anchorage, in front of the Alaska State Capitol during a late-night encounter this week.

AIDEA is spending as much as $175 million to look for petroleum in the refuge.

Alaska regulators on Wednesday assessed a $741,520 civil penalty against the operator of a small and trouble-plagued North Slope oil field for five months of unauthorized flaring of natural gas.