Alaska

Alaska Senate candidate summoned before grand jury amid alleged election manipulation probe

Federal prosecutors want records from Gerald Heikes on Mary Peltola’s campaign, several PACs and the Elias Law Group, as they probe whether Democratic-aligned operatives recruited spoilers.

Media members wait ahead of the arrival of US Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Republican candidate for re-election, to vote during the US midterm elections, in Anchorage, Alaska, US, November 3, 2026.
People vote at a polling station at the Buck Creek School, during the US midterm elections on Election Day, in Jefferson County, Kansas, US, November 3, 2026.

US DOJ sends election monitors to all 50 states, expands Alaska Senate race probe

Republican US Senate candidate, former US Representative Mike Rogers shakes hands with US President Donald Trump during a rally, ahead of the midterm elections, at an entertainment complex in Port Huron, Michigan, US, October 25, 2026.

Trump begins final push to rally Republican voters for midterms as polls set to open across US

US President Donald Trump adjusts his cap as he speaks during a midterm campaign rally at Salina Regional Airport in Salina, Kansas, US, November 1, 2026.

Democrats lead in key battleground states ahead of Senate midterms race - NYT poll


Alternate History: Zion by the shores of Alaska

While the stories in Alternate History are conjectural, they may have some basis in fact and this is the case in The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, a 2007 novel by Michael Chabon.

President Chaim Weizmann with Nahum Goldman at the Weizmann residence in Rehovot in 1951

Five killed, one hurt as helicopter crashes at Alaska glacier

Among those killed was billionare Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic's richest man, his financial group PPF said on Monday.

People run after collecting food aid from a South African National Defence Force (SANDF) helicopter in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Nhamatanda village, near Beira, Mozambique, March 26, 2019.

Trump vows to campaign against Alaska's Republican Senator Murkowski

Decision motivated by Murkowski's support of Rep. Deb Haaland for interior secretary.

Former US president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 28, 2021.

Health worker in Alaska had serious allergic reaction to Pfizer's vaccine

The adverse reaction in the person, minutes after taking the Pfizer shot on Tuesday, was similar to two cases in Britain.

An illustrative photo of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Trump admin to auction Arctic refuge oil drilling ahead of inauguration

The move is the latest step toward pulling off the first ever sale of oil drilling leases in a pristine area of the Arctic before Biden becomes president.

Sea ice floats within the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in this undated handout photo provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Image Library. The Brooks Range mountains, which are not part of the 1002 area, are seen in the distance. US Senate Democrats succeeded in bloc

‘We believe we will win,’ says Al Gross in lagging Alaska senate race

“With approximately 44.6 percent of the ballots not yet counted, we believe we will win once every vote has been counted in the state,” Gross said.

Candidates from top left: Rep. Susan Wild, Matt Lieberman, Jon Ossoff, Al Gross, Rep. David Kustoff, Eric Early, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Dean Phillips, Rep. Elaine Luria, Lisa Scheller, Merav Ben-David. (Wikimedia Commons / Campaign images) Background: The U.S. Capitol building at dawn

Alaskan senator accused of antisemitism after ad against Jewish rival

The ad displayed the senator’s challenger surrounded by cash with the text ‘lower 48 liberals are flooding Alaska with millions’

Senator Dan Sullivan departs from a briefing on the corona virus outbreak in China in Washington

Al Gross, Jewish Dr. who killed a bear, raised $9M in Alaska's Senate race

The Gross campaign said donations surged after Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, the Jewish liberal Supreme Court justice, died last month.

Brown bear 747 stands in a river hunting for salmon to fatten up before hibernation at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, US, September 20, 2020.

Anchorage’s mayor resigns amid sexting scandal with antisemitic overtones

Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz resigned Tuesday, effective at the end of next week.

An aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska.

Brown bear 747 crowned fattest bear in Alaska

“This year he really packed on the pounds, looking like he was fat enough to hibernate in July and yet continuing to eat until his belly seemed to drag along the ground by late September.”

Brown bear 747 stands in a river hunting for salmon to fatten up before hibernation at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, US, September 20, 2020.