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U.S. House Republicans take ‘first step’ toward dismantling Department of Education, writes Shauneen Miranda for our D.C. bureau @statesnewsroom.com @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/16/r...

Alaska’s economic development agency plans a Mat-Su industrial park with data centers, write Amy Bushatz for the Mat-Su Sentinel and Nathaniel Herz for the Northern Journal-Anchorage Press. Read more @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/16/a...

The Alaska LNG project is proposed by Glenfarne Group, a private development firm headquartered in New York City. The pipeline would funnel liquefied natural gas more than 800 miles from the North Slope to Nikiski, on the Kenai Peninsula.

Oyer: "2 days after Blanche was confirmed as deputy AG, he fired me from my position as DOJ's career pardon attorney. I declined to rubber stamp a favor for a friend of the president, and it cost me my job. Mr Blanche's office had asked me to restore the gun rights of a convicted domestic abuser..."

ICE arrests and detains Alaska state attorney, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/ice-a...

Democrats have a shot at flipping state legislatures across the country and Alaska is among the states the National Conference of State Legislatures is watching for potential changes in partisan control. Read more from Kevin Hardy @stateline.org @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/16/r...

Warnings have been issued for millions of people living in the Great Lakes and East Coast regions of the country after wildfire smoke from Canada has infiltrated American skies. LATEST 👉 https://tinyurl.com/4cesr3jj 

Peltola vastly outraises Sullivan in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race alaskapublic.org/news/politic...

Three cases of cyclosporiasis recorded in Alaska since May alaskapublic.org/news/health/...

Salad greens scrutinized as cyclosporiasis outbreak spreads, writes @acvollers.bsky.social for @stateline.org alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/15/r...

This is a very good improvement for people’s health. More than once overseas I’ve been able to get medical care for minor ailments from a pharmacy. I’ve long thought it should be the case here. Now in Alaska it will be. Pharmacists have the skills to do these things.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson drew a packed house of Alaskans as she spoke Tuesday night in Fairbanks about her trailblazing journey to the nation's highest court. www.adn.com/politics/202...

Alaskans who are currently incarcerated and awaiting trial or sentencing, and those who have served their sentence and have been released from correctional supervision are eligible to vote in all elections, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/15/h...

Warnock: “Donald Trump lost Georgia in 2020. He’s trying to sow doubt on the integrity of our elections in Georgia so he can create the pretext to interfere in 2026.” @warnock.senate.gov

Todd Blanche, Trump’s former lawyer turned acting AG, flew down to “meet” with Ghislaine Maxwell… and suddenly she’s in a minimum security camp where she gets puppy playtime & custom meals. He never stopped being Trump’s personal attorney. He just changed offices. Blanche must not be confirmed.

Really good listen for the latest on the political dispute within the Legislature on the AKLNG tax cut bill - with 4 days left in the special session

After gasline tax bill, pipeline corporation plans to ask Alaskans for a few billion dollars, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/15/a...

@ejeancarroll.bsky.social: "I don't understand how people can be afraid of a fat elderly man who wears apricot makeup, his hair done up like Tippi Hedren in The Birds and sits in a court room and moans and groans and complains”

Great reporting by my colleague @alaska.bsky.social I'll just add that it's a hell of a time to be running for the Alaska Legislature and for Governor, and whoever is elected in November will have some huge, complex decisions ahead. alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/15/a...

Today is one of my favorite days of the year, the day we (Fairbanks) get two sunsets. We had sunset at 1201am earlier this morning, and we will have another at 1157pm later today.

A 3-year-old girl watched ICE murder her father yesterday. We all watched Sebastian Guerrero’s final moments through our phones. We can scroll away — but Sebastian’s 3-year-old daughter cannot.

There are two sunsets today in Fairbanks. The first one occurred at 12:01 am, and the next one is at 11:58 pm AKDT. @alaskawx.bsky.social

COMMENTARY: Earth’s deep memory is thawing with the Arctic permafrost, degrading records of our ancient world, writes international researches in a commentary for @theconversation.com republished @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/14/e...

Aviation experts say closures of Alaska flight service stations threaten safety www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Good morning, Alaska! State legislators are supposed to meet this week to decide on a tax break for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline, but as I write today, it won't be the last ask by developers: alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/15/a...

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Voting info for Alaskans!

Found a really good berry spot! 🌱 #salmonberries #AlaskaSky #Alaska

A great post. Super bonus: we are asked to read it in the voice of Dorothy Zbornak! www.thebluealaskan.com/fbi-probe-th...

AOC: I said this a couple of weeks ago: I would not be surprised if, when ICE funding started up again, we would start to see more civilian deaths at the hands of ICE. And that’s exactly what has happened. We didn’t see things like this happening with the same degree when we froze ICE funding.

Poets! Sign up to learn & write with Alaska’s Poet Extraordinaire! Deadline to sign up is soon. Workshop is in Sept-Oct. #PoetsofBlueSky #poetry #AlaskaSky #Alaska

Picking salmonberries! Yaaaaay! #AlaskaSky #Alaska

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Saturday. Quite warm central/northeast Interior, northern and central Yukon Territory and MacKenzie valley. Cool and damp northern/eastern Bering Sea coast. #akwx #weather Trying a little different presentation today. We'll see how it works.

Sea ice extent in the Chukchi Sea is the highest for this point in the season since 2000 (although only slightly higher than 2024) in NSIDC data. The Beaufort Sea has virtually no open water, a first for this point in the summer since 2000. #akwc #Arctic #SeaIce

Today at 2pm Eastern! ONE ART’s July 2026 Reading Featured Poets: Jo Taylor, Connie Post, Christina Kallery, Tresha Faye Haefner, Nathalie Anderson oneartpoetry.com/2026/06/24/o...

I saw numerous FB friends (ones who should know better!) sharing this article thinking it was real! Over & over I had to explain to them how to tell the fakes. Good thing they can’t see my eye rolls! #Alaskasky #Alaska

“Whales come here from around the Pacific to feed, and nurse their young……..and it’s time for the cruise ships to be accountable and slow down.” #AlaskaSky #whales #Alaskan

Alaskans who have been convicted for low-level marijuana possession will be able to apply to keep their records confidential so they do not appear in background checks, under a new law that takes effect in 2027. (Via Alaska Beacon)

VIDEO: Black bear goes into JBER shopping mall, steals some fruit, leaves some scat www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/07/07/v...

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A man from Atmautluak has been charged with manslaughter and other felony charges after a man was shot to death in a home on July 1.

NEW: Alaskans who have been convicted for low-level marijuana possession will be able to apply to keep their records confidential so they do not appear in background checks, under a new law that takes effect in 2027. alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...

The effort to overturn ranked-choice voting and the effort to remove Petersburg's Dan Sullivan from the ballot share an underlying premise: that Alaska voters can't be trusted to figure things out for themselves. Illustration and commentary by Holly Todd.

Warrior is 18 years old, partially blind and has spent much of his life in captivity. That changed last Friday, when the red-tailed hawk escaped from the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines.

The daily record low of 32F yesterday at Cold Bay, Alaska, is also a monthly record low and the first July freeze there on record. @alaskawx.bsky.social

With control of U.S. Senate in play, national Dems rush to dump Maine’s Platner, writes @fischler.bsky.social for our D.C. bureau @statesnewsroom.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/07/r...

Wrangell rocks! 👏🏽 What a great idea! 💡