Increase comes during first year of voluntary daily passenger limits, which city tourism manager says are meant to reduce adverse impacts rather than lower visitor totals.

Downtown block party scheduled 4-8 p.m. Thursday; US Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer set to depart Sunday.

George Jensen, 82, of Whidbey Island, Washington, and Gustavus, Alaska, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, in his Whidbey home with his loving wife by his side.

Conflicting surveys, predictions and headlines mark U.S. Senate race in Alaska that may decide party control with less than two weeks before voting starts.

The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking to work in the United States, the latest effort from the Trump administration to crack down on foreign enrollment.

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Alaska Airlines will retire its fleet of Boeing 737-700 aircraft next year, switching over to larger 800 Series planes — providing more passenger and cargo capacity, particularly on Southeast Alaska runs.

If Pinocchio had been in the room, his nose might have grown long enough to equal several of the 115,000 sections of 40-foot steel pipe that would be needed to construct the mythical mirage of the Alaska North Slope natural gas pipeline project that has mesmerized state leaders for decades.

Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson speaks at a gubernatorial candidate forum on Sept. 16, 2026, while former Attorney General Treg Taylor, Anchorage business owner and talk-show host Bernadette Wilson and former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins listen. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

607 votes in favor of rescinding, 490 vote to keep tax in results so far, a year after it is approved by voters.

Even if the FDA preserves telehealth abortion, they want mandatory ultrasounds, waiting periods and in-person visits.

More than 400 photos of boys and girls participants in Divisions I, II and III during title meet in Anchorage on Oct. 3, 2026.