Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, February 19, 2026
Alaska food producers ask lawmakers to keep state funding for a program that boosts locally grown food.
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Former Anchorage elections administrator indicted for possession of child sexual abuse materials
On Feb. 10, a grand jury indicted William Northrop on five counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. Northrop was Anchorage’s elections administrator from Oct. 2023 to March 2025.
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Farmers, advocates push for renewal of program that doubles SNAP’s buying power at farmers markets
The program is set to expire, but a Fairbanks representative hopes to keep it going.
Read MoreFor this newly-arrived Alaskan, trapping makes for a more meaningful life
Cory Rausch says what some people see as cruelty is, to him, a form of intimacy and respect.
Read MoreAlaska legislators press Mt. Edgecumbe officials after more than 100 students disenrolled this year
A delegation of lawmakers made an impromptu visit to the school on Feb. 6, calling the conditions and deteriorating facilities ‘deplorable.’
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