Alaskans concerned with Nancy Dahlstrom and Acting AG Stephen Cox giving our sensitive voter data to the DOJ this is your chance: #akleg

Online sports betting could be lucrative for Alaska if new legislation gets the taxes right, writes tax analyst Jacob Macumber-Rosin in a commentary for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/27/o...

I want Democratic candidates for office to understand just how much voters do not like the Supreme Court, and are dying to elect representatives who are actually committed to doing something about it

We are preparing the Gulf of Alaska #OceanAcidification buoy for a turnaround next week. 🧪🌊🦑🛟 #GAKOA #FieldworkFriday cicoes.uw.edu/2024/04/13/p...

Alaska Senate resolution highlights ‘mutual respect’ and cooperation with Greenland, writes @yjrosen.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...

Alaska needs a public pension plan back! If you agree, please tell the Senate Finance Committee on Monday!

Man, fuck. Rich was one of the great, curmudgeony reporters that I ever had the honor of working alongside. His contempt for the powerful and comfortable was a vital lesson for anyone covering politics. #akleg

A caution to viewers: this is a very explicitly violent true-crime account imo of the case of the serial killer Brian Steven Smith. It also raises important questions of justice for the victims & families of Kathleen Jo Henry, Veronica Abouchuk & Cassandra Boskofsy alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/27/n...

A family in Soldotna was swept up in an ICE operation — the mom and two younger children were quickly deported to Mexico while their eldest remains in detention in Washington. The case has sparked shock, community vigils and questions about due process.

mining exports through SE Alaska are a scourage.. they still haven't cleaned up ore contamination in Skagway harbor..

Sen. Dan Sullivan says the Rural Health Transformation Fund will “transform” Alaska health care, bringing ~$270M a year for five years. Lawmakers say the money comes with major strings — and won’t offset Medicaid cuts expected to leave thousands uninsured.

Alaska mining taxes havent been adjusted since 1959 and statehood. Income from mining is currently 1% of annual revenues. This is a sweetheart deal from Trump and the State of Alaska and you don’t have to account for polluting the environment. Canadian mining is ready to tear up Alaska! #akleg

National series highlights Alaska MMIP crisis, questions of justice for Alaska Native people, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/27/n...

The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close! New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

NEW: We obtained 911 audio from the Texas detention center housing hundreds of immigrant kids and their parents. Since mid-September, EMS crews have been dispatched to Dilley at least 11 times to treat children in medical distress. Burning fevers. Low oxygen. Seizures. A broken leg. My report:

The media and academia have an obligation to not remain neutral in the face of authoritarianism. These institutions need liberal institutions to exist in any meaningful way. Authoritarianism is an existential threat. Our devotion to "neutrality" will keep us from fighting for our own survival.

Not everyone is going to survive Trump.

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central Cartoon Network And more... This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped. State AGs must step in and block it.

Indeed. New grants are not getting funded, already funded grants are not getting paid, and non-competitive renewals are being held up. Focusing on the top line budget, instead of looking at what is really happening on “the ground” is deeply misguided.

Another reminder that not all the activism you see is visible

Did you know ravens take snow baths? Snow baths work just like a regular bath to keep feathers in top condition, which is especially important during the long winter months. Who needs a spa day when you have fresh powder? #SnowBath #Ravens #FunnyAnimals

So they're cutting funding for food and water while they give a massive tax break to the fossil fuel industry. Morally bankrupt doesn't even begin to cover it.

Dan Sullivan has put thousands of Alaskans at risk of losing health care coverage.

Good news: We won a victory in court to help salmon safely move past dams in the Columbia River Basin. A federal court in Oregon ordered federal agencies to change operations of the Columbia Basin hydropower system in critical ways to help improve salmon survival.

It's not a surprise that this administration is disastrous, but their apparent support of chemical disasters is still horrifying!

An opportunity for public testimony on HB 78 will be held Monday, March 2 at 1:30 p.m. You can track the bill here 👇 akleg.gov/basis/Bill/D... & read further explanation of it 👇 facebook.com/share/p/1FRc... #akleg

Richard Mauer, a longtime Anchorage Daily News investigative journalist who covered many of the biggest stories in recent Alaska history, died Monday in Seattle. He was 76.

The city is adding a second 10-person crew to the Parks and Recreation Department’s Healthy Spaces team.

Families stranded in Denali Borough after massive snow, running low on supplies 👉 https://tinyurl.com/4vjsptsp

A visual tool for tracking US Dept of Homeland Security / ICE detention warehouse purchases and lease agreements across the country: Est. number of beds so far ~34,000 lookerstudio.google.com/u/0/reportin...

‘Seal finger’ infection affecting an Alaska bear hunter was a medical first, writes @yjrosen.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/seal-...

Relevant for Alaska as this is where people arrested by ICE in AK are detained, at the privately-run ICE detention center in Tacoma.

Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins are not sure if they want to confirm Casey Means. Seriously. Just one no will sink her nomination. Have you called and written? 📲Please call 🦆🦆🦆

#Fairbanks #Alaska Reminder that resting also is required.

Absolutely fascinating article with potentially huge complications in certain situations. "The disappearing twins..."

Sitting right around -50F at my house this morning

Thanks so much to @melodyschreiber.com for not only writing about this issue, but quoting trans scientists as experts!

Wind is coming down but it’s still 🥶. #akwx #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑

The Dec-Feb period in Fairbanks will be the coldest in 55 years. Congrats! 🥳 @alaskawx.bsky.social

As humpback whales recover, researchers are gaining a richer understanding of these wondrous creatures. A new study reveals it may take years for humpbacks to learn how to successfully serenade a mate.

We have RCV and open primaries in Alaska which are more fair and more representative. But Republicans still want to get rid of both. So, there’s a huge problem when the Republicans fight tooth and nail not to have fair representation. They don’t want it. They want control and power. #akleg

Sibling relationships are the longest lasting relationships humans have & often the most important: adoption from AK’s foster system legally ends those bonds. I’m fighting to correct this trauma. Big thanks to @alaskabeacon.com’s Corinne Smith for covering: alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/26/a...

Good reporting shines a light on things you rely on that run into trouble, and this is a perfect example: www.juneauindependent.com/post/juneau-... #akleg #Alaska

High path bird influenza in California elephant seals raising alarm for wildlife, domestic poultry, & people. “- the first detected outbreak of the virus among marine mammals in California.” #OneHealth @naohun.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social @amersocvirology.bsky.social apnews.com/article/bird...

apnews.com/article/snak... orders changes to Columbia and Snake river dam operations to help 'disappearing' salmon

Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/c...

I think @normative.bsky.social made this point yesterday, but once you get beyond the outrage of the brutality of the original “arrest” here, you also have to confront the fact that a D.A. CHOSE TO PROSECUTE THIS and a judge SENTENCED HIM TO A YEAR IN JAIL. Total system fail. WTF

Would not surprise me if he issues an executive order nullifying Title IX's proportionality requirement for college athletic scholarships. All part of the GOP worldview that men are more deserving than women, and that Trump's whims supersede laws.

🧵1/ My 12-year-old & I both stayed on the phone for 2 hours waiting for our turn to testify to the Anchorage School Board last week & then shared our thoughts -- knowing that they're making hard decisions w/o enough $ from the State. This week I found out my 12-year-old will, in fact, lose what she