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US Coast Guard is searching for 5 people after a fishing boat reportedly capsized in seas off Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard says it’s searching for five people after a fishing boat reportedly capsized in rough weather and cold seas southwest of Alaska’s capital city of Juneau.

Female racing pioneer ‘Motorcycle Mary’ McGee dies a day before documentary on her is released

‘It’s a bird! It’s a plane!’ In Alaska, it’s both, with a pilot tossing turkeys to rural homes

Federal agency raises the size of most single-family loans the government can guarantee to $806,500

Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push

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Thanksgiving turkeys are dropped from the air for some Alaskans living off the grid

For the last couple of Thanksgivings, some Alaskans living in remote areas have been getting turkeys air dropped from small planes. It’s a mission taken by Alaska Turkey Bomb founder and pilot Esther Keim, who grew up off the grid and remembers the challenges during winter.

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What to know about Pam Bondi, Trump’s new pick for attorney general

Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, is Donald Trump’s new pick to serve as U.S. attorney general.

Trump-backed Republican Nick Begich beats Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola for Alaska’s only House seat

Republican Nick Begich has won the state’s U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Begich was endorsed by former President Donald Trump and won the seat that Republican Rep.

AP Race Call: Republican Nick Begich wins election to U.S. House in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District, beating incumbent Mary Peltola

Republican Nick Begich wins election to U.S. House in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District, beating incumbent Mary Peltola

Carcass of endangered fin whale washes up near Alaska’s largest city

An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska’s largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animal’s death.

Supreme Court leaves in place Alaska campaign disclosure rules voters approved in 2020

The Supreme Court has left in place disclosure rules for campaign contributions that Alaska voters approved in a 2020 ballot measure.

Alaska political leaders hope to see Trump undo restrictions on oil drilling

Political leaders in Alaska have welcomed President-elect Donald Trump’s pledges to expand oil production.

What Republicans are saying about Matt Gaetz’s nomination for attorney general

Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s nomination for attorney general is being met with a variety of reactions from Republicans, including cautious reservation, praise and pointed criticism.

AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Alaska

Donald Trump wins Alaska

Donald Trump wins Alaska.

Race for Alaska’s only US House seat too early to call

Alaska voters were deciding a hard-fought race for the state’s only U.S. House seat that could help decide control of that chamber.

Barrier-breaking Alaska congresswoman copes with personal tragedy as she faces tough reelection bid

Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola is in a tough reelection fight against Republican Nick Begich in a high-stakes race that follows a year of intense personal tragedy for the lawmaker.

A national campaign to lessen polarization pushes states to ditch partisan primaries

A national campaign is backing ballot measures in six states to end partisan primaries. The current system gives the most active members of both major parties an outsize role in picking political leaders.

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on challenges to voting in Alaska Native villages

The right to vote is considered sacrosanct in the U.S., but it isn’t always so in the tiny, remote Native villages across Alaska. In these far-flung locations, challenges to voting abound.

The ability to cast a ballot isn’t always guaranteed in Alaska’s far-flung Native villages

The polling place in the tiny Arctic village of Kaktovik never opened when Alaska had its primary election this summer because there was no trained staff to run the precinct.

Detained man dies in fire at police building in southwest Alaska community

Authorities say a 39-year-old man has died in a fire at a police department where he was being detained in a southwest Alaska community.

US Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska

In 1882 the U.S. Navy shelled a southwest Alaska Tlingit village and then burned what was left of the homes, food caches and canoes. Conditions were so severe that winter, elders sacrificed their own lives so children could eat.

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Alaska on Election Day

Alaska voters will decide in the Nov. 5 general election which presidential candidate will receive the state’s three electoral votes, but it’s the race for the state’s sole U.S. House seat that might have bigger national implications.

Moderate flooding is expected from a glacial dam outburst in Alaska’s capital city

A flood warning has been issued after an outburst from a glacial lake in Alaska’s capital city. The National Weather Service says moderate flooding is expected. Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau.

The last in-person vote in the US will be cast on the desolate tundra of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands

On a desolate slab of island tundra on Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, a resident of a tiny village called Adak will again become the last American to cast an in-person ballot for president.

Nearly $75M in federal grant funds to help Alaska Native communities with climate impacts

Nearly $75 million in federal grant funds over the next five years will be aimed at helping Alaska Native communities as they grapple with the impacts of climate change.

Alaska US Rep. Peltola and Republican opponent Begich face off in wide-ranging debate

Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska and Republican Nick Begich have faced off in a wide-ranging debate. Both candidates made their pitch to voters in the briskly paced debate late Thursday that came with just weeks until the Nov. 5 election.

Not all elections look the same. Here are some of the different ways states run their voting

The U.S. general election on Nov. 5 is far from a nationally administered contest. The 50 states and the District of Columbia run their own elections, and each does things a little differently.

Ranked choice voting could decide which party controls the US House. How does it work?

An uncommon system of voting could be central to which party controls the House. In Maine and Alaska, voters in competitive congressional districts will elect a winner this fall using ranked choice voting.

Alaska will not file criminal charges in police shooting of 16-year-old girl holding knife

State prosecutors will not file criminal charges against a police officer in Alaska who fatally shot a 16-year-old girl holding a knife, concluding the officer’s use of deadly force was legally justified.

Startling video shows Russian fighter jet flying within feet of US F-16 near Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Military officials have released new video of a startling encounter between a Russian fighter jet flying near Alaska and a U.S.

Judge in Alaska sets aside critical habitat designation for threatened bearded, ringed seals

A judge in Alaska has set aside a federal agency’s action designating an area the size of Texas as critical habitat for two species of threatened Arctic Alaska seals. U.S.

Climate change destroyed an Alaska village. Its residents are starting over in a new town

Erosion and melting permafrost have just about destroyed the Alaska village of Newtok. About 70 feet of land has been disappearing each year, and all that remains are some dilapidated and largely abandoned gray homes scraped bare of paint by salty winds of Bering Sea storms.

Alaska Airlines grounds flights at Seattle briefly due to tech outage

Alaska Airlines says it halted its flights in Seattle briefly on Sunday night due to a technology problem that was resolved by about 10 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist

A purported sighting of a rat wouldn’t get much attention in many places around the world. But it caused a stir earlier this year on Alaska’s St. Paul Island.