The community's gym and school burned down six years ago. After years of construction, the community welcomes back its first big event.

tired: harassing athletes for not covering the spread wired: harassing journalists for not making things up

Alaska forecasters predict Iran war’s disruption of oil industry will linger for months, write @alaska.bsky.social and @corinne-smith.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/03/13/a...

In Alaska House, a protest against ICE was the result of a split-second decision, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/03/13/i...

If you're wondering what just happened in the #akleg House, Rep. Garrett Nelson has a cut on his hand and had to step out to get it fixed.

Alaska is among the 29 states that now reject some federal vaccine guidance. More from Tim Henderson for @stateline.org on @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/03/12/r...

Alaska National Guard says planned deployment to Washington DC pushed to May, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...

Since March 1, we've seen a flurry of magnitude 4 and above earthquakes near Buldir Island in the western Aleutians. What's going on out there? 🤔 Check out our new story exploring this interesting activity! https://earthquake.alaska.edu/mysterious-earthquake-sequence-near-buldir-island

I think that prosecution was this one: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21... Which was pretty blatant, because the guy was signing absentee ballots with anti-gay epithets

In which a state representative running for governor calls for an investigation because reporters… stayed by their computers and refreshed the state’s court records website anticipating a decision. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/03/11/j...

Here’s what Will is referencing: www.juneauindependent.com/post/fundrai... #akleg #Alaska

Hey Anchorage friends 👋 I have two talks next week at UAA in Alaska Native Studies- Monday March 16 at 4pm “Who is Doctor Bauer?” And Thursday March 19 at 4pm “Alaska in WWII from an Indigenous Perspective” hope to see you there if you can make it! #historiansky #alaskasky

Coast Guard Icebreaker USCGC Polar Star Completes Antarctic Mission "The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Polar Star, America's only operational heavy icebreaker, has successfully completed her annual mission to break out the cargo pier at McMurdo Sound." maritime-executive.com/article/coas...

writers strike back against slopplegangers

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. www.wired.com/story/gramma...

Iran will not participate in the men’s World Cup. “Considering that this corrupt regime [the US] has assassinated our leader, under no circumstances can we participate in the World Cup. Our children are not safe and, fundamentally, such conditions for participation do not exist.” Amen.

There’s a neat survey for Alaskans about poisonous plants. Go through until the end and then you can answer questions about specific plants and if you think/know whether they’re poisonous or not! sites.google.com/alaska.edu/a... #alaskasky

We train thousands of journalists a year on PACER. For the public, we’re showing our tricks for finding stories in the federal courts to the next 100 new paid subscribers between now and Friday evening. Take advantage of the limited time offer here. www.courtwatch.news/p/learn-our-...

you can tell Wired has been doing good journalism lately because there's been increased whining by the extraction class about how Wired mysteriously changed in the decade since tech titans fully revealed themselves as sociopaths from this recent Dorsey interview:

A similar bill in the #akleg remains in House committees.

A previously scheduled Lunch and Learn in the #akleg has a lot more importance now — it's about how Alaska's oil supply fits into global geopolitics: www.akleg.gov/basis/get_do...

This is a really big case, with national implications! #akleg #Alaska

Minesweeper but it's the Strait of Hormuz. Source: sweepthestrait.com

Everyone stop what you're doing, the Mariners are selling fries, nachos, and fish and chips in ferries now. www.mlb.com/mariners/bal...

I remember when it was big news that Alaska's prison budget became bigger than the budget for the University of Alaska. Now, the prison budget is over $500 million per year, a record high: alaskabeacon.com/2026/03/10/a... #akleg #Alaska

The truth is out there … that HAARP is a great research station. #akleg #Alaska

A Never-Ending Conspiracy Theory in Remote Alaska www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

NEW: We just published a deep dive into just how much billionaires are now dominating U.S. politics. We found 300 billionaire families accounted for 19% of federal donations in 2024. The deluge was even larger in many state and local races. 1/7 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

New this week: my best guess is that there were 14,000 murders in the US in 2025. I go through the math for the various ways we can get to that estimate. It's more exciting than it sounds! jasher.substack.com/p/there-were...

The crabber who fell overboard and died in the Bering Sea was on the TV show "Deadliest Catch" - alaskapublic.org/news/public-... #akleg #Alaska

TIL from Anchorage writer Julia O'Malley that Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter Kyle Hopkins also drives for DoorDash: juliaomalley.substack.com/p/your-dashe... #akleg #Alaska

This is the kind of avalanche advisory I like to see. #akwx #Alaska

It's been a snowy winter in Juneau (and it's still coming!), but we're a long ways off from the record snowiest winter, according to XMACIS. #akwx #Alaska

Alaskans sure know how to have fun. Olympic curling came to Cordova last week, filmed by my friend Milo Burcham.

Congrats to @vincentledvina.bsky.social for getting national attention!

WHAT. A. DAY in finance and geopolitics. "Stocks wobbled, bonds tumbled, the dollar snapped its losing streak, oil prices sprang higher and natural gas went whoosh. But investors are not bracing for disaster." We aint seen nothing yet ht @katie0martin.ft.com www.ft.com/content/d1f7...

Alaska and Texas are the only two states that have voluntarily given the federal government their voter rolls, despite a nationwide request that's gone out to 48 states. They've also signed an agreement that allows the feds to individually pick voters for eventual removal from those rolls. (1/2)

The Juneau Intl Airport has received at least 1" of snow on 10 consecutive days. This ties their longest streak on record. Sadly, it will not snow today. @alaskawx.bsky.social @alaska.bsky.social

This is incredible. UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

We asked people around the world to rate the morality and ethics of others in their country. The U.S. is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad than good. See our full morality report here: www.pewresearch.org/...

In Northwest Alaska, residents are conducting a voter education program—by snowmachine.

The charge initially came after Granger ripped up and chewed the AI-generated artwork of UAF Master of Fine Arts student Nick Dwyer in January, the same day of the arrest. (From KUAC - Fairbanks)

Is this war really going to create the Alaska gas pipeline?

In charts: How serious is the Middle East gas price shock www.ft.com/content/78fb...

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

“.. In an extreme scenario of the Strait of Hormuz being blocked, Bloomberg @economics estimates oil prices could spike to $108/barrel.” (via Schwab) #OOTT

History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

Seventeen candidates for governor. The Alaska Outdoor Council picked six to hear from this afternoon in a forum devoted almost entirely to fish and game issues. www.knba.org/news/2026-02...