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Good news, Alaskans: Your emus are legal now
Pike Ainsworth was inspired to raise emus in Alaska after learning about emu farmers in Maine and British Columbia. He ordered some eggs and managed to hatch one.
Want to host an earthquake seismometer? Researchers are looking for help on the Kenai Peninsula
Researchers are looking for homes for seismometers that will help them learn more about the earth underneath the Kenai Peninsula.
4 takeaways from Alaska’s election night results
Election Day is over in Alaska, and enough dust has settled to call some high-interest contests, and to know what to watch for in unresolved races as more ballots are counted.
Peltola leads in Alaska’s U.S. House race, while U.S. Senate race tightens
The Division of Elections is only counting first-place votes this week. It’s likely that the congressional races won’t be decided until second rankings are tallied on Nov. 23.
Dunleavy poised to win Alaska governor’s race
If Dunleavy’s share of the vote remains over 50% as more ballots are counted, he will win a second term as governor outright.
Alaskans say no to constitutional convention
Voters oppose the convention by more than 2-1.
Watch our election night coverage
Alaska Public Media was live from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. on election night.
It’s Election Day in Alaska. Here’s what to know.
It’s Alaska’s first general election under the state’s new ranked choice voting system. Already, thousands of Alaskans have cast their ballots.
Scenes from Election Day morning in Anchorage
At rush-hour this morning in Anchorage, candidates and their supporters gathered at street corners for last-minute sign waving.
This Alaska-born bird flew 8,500 miles to Tasmania, and we’re still not totally sure how it did it
Before it was internationally famous, B6 was just another godwit chick in Alaska, where wildlife biologist Dan Ruthrauff with the U.S. Geological Survey found it.
Got a business idea? Pitch it to Soldotna’s own ‘Shark Tank’
Like the TV show, Spark Soldotna has local entrepreneurs pitch their best business ideas to a slate of local judges, or “sharks.”
Ghouls and graphs: Soldotna house tallies 779 trick-or-treaters
Even with a heads-up from the neighbors, Nick Berlon and Nikki Stein got more trick-or-treaters last year than they were expecting — 731. This year, they were ready.
Slot machines are illegal in Alaska. So how is Klawock’s casino in business?
In Klawock, the local tribe is now running more than 20 machines that look an awful lot like the kind of slots you might find on the floor of a Las Vegas casino.
Alaska U.S. Senate candidates show clear contrast on abortion rights, Supreme Court nominations and gun rights
Incumbent Republican Lisa Murkowski, Republican Kelly Tshibaka and Democrat Pat Chesbro appeared together for Debate for the State.
Watch: Debate for the State with Alaska’s U.S. Senate candidates
In attendance: incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Kelly Tshibaka, both Republicans, and Democrat Pat Chesbro.
Watch: Debate for the State with Alaska’s U.S. House candidates
Debate for the State 2022 is a collaboration between Alaska Public Media, Alaska’s News Source and KTOO.
U.S. House candidates talk fish, energy and bipartisanship in televised debate
Candidates for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat sparred over fish, energy and partisan politics at Wednesday’s Debate for the State.
Bingo night is back at Juneau’s Filipino Community Hall, and as popular as ever
Regular bingo nights have started up again at the Filipino Community Hall in downtown Juneau after a two-year hiatus. On a recent Thursday evening, the bingo hall was buzzing.
In Kenai Peninsula wood-stacking contest, you’re supposed to bribe the judge
People who live in Cooper Landing and Moose Pass take a little extra care when they stockpile their firewood for the winter — because they know they’re going to be judged.
‘Lift your spirit’: Alaska Native dancers dazzle at first Quyana performance at AFN in 3 years
Anticipation was high for the return to Quyana, after two AFN conventions in a row were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.