Meet the new candidate for Alaska Senate, Dan Sullivan - Undeclared, from Petersburg. There’s a few conspiracy theories floating around about him already. You think anyone might get confused and vote for the wrong guy? www.sullivanforsenate.com

Keep the faith, Fairbanks. According to Weather Service we have one more day of rain, and then sunny and in the seventies Tuesday and on through the week. Despite relentless indications to the contrary, we might get a summer this year yet. Anything to add @alaskawx.bsky.social?

So great connecting with Alaskans in Sitka!

This is hilarious.

“Alaskans are natural nurturers — we take pride in what it means to exist in the harshness of northerness,” writes Emily Mesner in this month’s “Where We’re Anchored” column.

Tonight on Alaska News Nightly: Legislators await the governor's signature on a bill that would help fix deteriorating rural schools. Also, after four police shootings this year, Anchorage's police chief calls for a broader conversation. https://akpub.io/4uHveyf

A Dan Sullivan from Petersburg has apparently entered the U.S. Senate race to challenge the GOP incumbent who also shares the same name. Republicans say it's a "trick." www.adn.com/politics/202...

“Tonight is like a coming together again,” said Lori Trussell, the principal of the Kwigillingok school. “This is where the community excels.” (From KNBA - Anchorage)

Oh Alaska.. we would be in great hands with these two as Governor and Lt. Gov...

Coast to coast, voter to voter. Had such a good visit with Alaskans in Wrangell!

My cousin Jerry Hibner Zook was one of the victims. 😢

Tonight on Alaska News Nightly: The Legislature boosts unemployment payments for the first time in nearly two decades. Also, surging fuel prices and the increasing cost of air travel hit especially hard in far flung communities. https://akpub.io/4dNujEV

What a start. Thank you Petersburg, Wrangell, and Metlakatla! See you out there, Alaska!

Bomb, announce an imminent peace agreement, bomb, threaten absolute destruction, announce an imminent peace agreement, bomb, announce an imminent peace agreement, threaten absolute destruction, announce an imminent peace agreement, bomb, add water, stir, here we go again.

“They give us the strength when people walk this path," said George Bennett, an Army veteran. "Hopefully they will feel the strength that we have given back to our community through our participation to be a part of the armed forces.”

New member of the family—Kona!! Re-homed to our Fishcamp!! #Alaska #Alaskan #Wrangell

Gardentalk is back and kicking off the season with a discussion on prepping your beds for the harvest to come.

COMMENTARY: What happens when corporate obligations conflict with Alaska Native values? Ask Gloria and Ashlynn Simeon in a commentary for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/21/w...

Excerpts from Dale DeArmond’s 1973 book Juneau: A Book of Woodcuts, which is essentially a history of Juneau by woodcut prints. Her husband, Robert DeArmond, was a historian. #alaskahistory #alaska

Tonight on Alaska News Nightly: Communities in Western Alaska brace for skyrocketing fuel costs. Plus, a high-profile sexual assault case in the capital city prompts new legislation. Listen here: https://akpub.io/4wPeVkq

Alaska lawmakers approved an additional $144 million in one-time funding for K-12 schools next year, plus a batch of education policy changes, some aimed at boosting teacher retention and offsetting districts’ energy costs. (Via Alaska Beacon)

Iḷisaġvik College has been planning a new campus for nearly 10 years. This week, the officials announced the college had bought land to build it on.

Skepticism looms as an obstacle over Alaska Legislature’s special gasline session, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/21/s...

Turned my LNG paper clutter into an op-ed for @alaskabeacon.com. #noAKLNG alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/20/a...

What a story! In my mind it’s a movie. Where are the scriptwriters & producers! This is a movie! Is it already a movie? I don’t know. “The Alien Enemy Hearing Board recommended internment but...”

This outbreak is being called "the perfect storm." How did it start, what are the characteristics of the strain that's causing it and how much of a threat is it to global health?

New poem in About Place Journal! #BlueSkyPoets #poetsofbluesky #AlaskaSky #Alaska

1917 Anchorage, cows paraded down 4th Ave. Anchorage was a very rustic place then. In 1921, the seventh local ordinance--before they even established municipal courts--banned cows from downtown, and laws like that tend to pass for a reason. #alaskahistory #alaska

After allowing an old public safety commission to sunset in 2024, the Assembly will soon take up plans for a new commission that advocates hope will “put the public back in public safety.”

Please help our small island retain our Kindergarten teacher! She’s a local & we want her contract renewed. Any signature or share will help! We love our kids & Madison is a spectacular teacher! 🍎 SIGN the petition even if you’re not local! #AlaskaSky #Alaska www.change.org/p/renew-madi...

Chilkat Valley Preschool in Haines is working to change the ages it serves. Once licensing is approved, it will open enrollment to infants. That’s the group that the Haines Early Childhood Task Force has identified as the most underserved. (from KHNS -- Haines)

🧵 The Senate is finally underway with HB 239, the long-delayed crime bill that would raise the age of consent in Alaska. (They've got the joint session for the veto override coming up at 1) 📺: www.ktoo.org/video/gavel/... #akleg

Alaskans pay the most for phone and internet but get the slowest service. Please fill out our quick survey to share how much it costs you to get online and what you think of the service.

I'll be joining this 24-hour Epstein Files Filibuster at 3 pm ET! www.youtube.com/live/5JPrgN2...

NEW: Tiny footprints. A blue blanket. The autopsy reports of babies who died after not receiving a vitamin K shot at birth included heartbreaking details about how small the babies were — and what items they had with them when they died.

93 House Democrats are trying to stop Trump’s $1.7 billion slush fund.

May 17, 2026

Picking spruce tips with my buddy Oscar! 🐶 I love spruce tip harvesting season! #AlaskaSky #Alaska

An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus go.nature.com/4tCD7Ua

Last night’s beautiful sunset. Southeast Alaska! #AlaskaSky #Alaska

“It’s just frustrating to see them come into our community and run all over us like the citizens don’t matter, and then they’re above the law when they do break it,” resident, James Clifton said. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

NEW: Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Mary Peltola called for congressional term limits and for strengthening campaign finance laws at a rally in Juneau this week alaskabeacon.com/2026/05/16/a...

Very beautiful article!

We have received 156 manuscript submissions so far 📚💙 We read every one! #poetry #booksky duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

Alaska Science Forum: Lurking behind a dog's textured, damp nostrils are sensitive membranes that allow it to distinguish smells — molecules of odor that emanate from every living or once-living thing — at least 1,000 times better than humans. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

The work of Vivian Maier (1920-2009), prolific US street photographer whose work was unknown in her lifetime #WomensArt

'Bored Peony' by Jessica So Ren Tang, Chinese-American contemporary textile artist who creates embroideries which explore cultural identity #WomensArt