Eaglexit urges repeal of regulation blocking ability to break from Anchorage
The longstanding grassroots movement seeking to separate Eagle River/Chugiak from the Municipality of Anchorage and create a new home-rule borough is urging supporters to join a call to repeal a regulation that currently blocks the
Lawmaker urges ‘immediate cease’ of chemical-seeded clouds over Alaska
In the wake of a 19-million-gallon rainfall from chemically seeded clouds above the Kenai Peninsula last week, State Rep. Sarah Vance is calling on state authorities to order an immediate cease-and-desist of any further cloud-seeding or weather-modification
Despite controversy, AI data centers would be a fiscal game changer for Alaska
One West Virginia county’s tax revenue from data centers is $1.3 billion, while Alaska’s unrestricted oil revenue in FY 2027 is $1.9 billion. One small county makes almost as much from data centers as our entire state does from
Court orders one change to Alaska ballot measure aimed at ending ranked-choice voting
The high court’s only change was to order the state to include wording explaining that a successful repeal of ranked-choice voting would result in candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running separately, as they have in the
OPINION: Before dumping ranked-choice, Alaska conservatives must use it one last time
You can dislike Alaska's ranked-choice voting system and still know how to use it. If conservatives don't, they will lose the governor's
Objective, performance-based Presidential fitness test returning to Alaska Schools
Thanks to efforts by President Trump, Alaska will soon reinstitute the more traditional, performance-based Presidential Physical Fitness Test to challenge and inspire
Bronson is ‘not stepping aside’ in bid to become Alaska’s next governor
One day after The Alaska Story reported that Alaska gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson signed a document back on May 28 saying he would withdraw his candidacy if he did not win a majority of votes in the primary, Bronson has definitively stated that he’s
REPORT: Anchorage crime surges drive overall state increases
Crime surges across Anchorage drive overall increase in statewide
Alaska gets $16M in social media settlement over ‘predation’ of kids
The agreement resolves claims by Alaska and most other states that Instagram was designed with addictive features, knowingly exposed young users to serious mental harms, and intentionally misled the
Fairbanks Assembly wants homeschool funds tied to testing mandates
Homeschool and parental rights advocates are sounding the alarm over a proposed resolution by the Fairbanks Borough Assembly that urges the State Legislature to require homeschool and correspondence students to take government-run academic tests in order to
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