Alaska News Nightly: Friday, March 6, 2026
Rookies and veteran mushers alike are looking forward to the Iditarod starting this weekend.
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Yes, there really is a hot air balloon floating around Mat-Su
The 85-foot balloon journeyed over Mat-Su neighborhoods as its owners ran a series of test...
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Alaska Supreme Court considers limits of executive and legislative power, including on abortion
A seven-year-old dispute over union dues could reset boundaries between Alaska’s branches of...
Read MoreDunleavy, EPA administrator discuss energy and drinking water quality during Interior tour
The officials stopped by the University of Alaska Fairbanks power plant, where they praised the Trump administration’s moves to roll back environmental regulations.
Read MoreCoast Guard investigating after ‘Deadliest Catch’ crewmember goes overboard near Unalaska
The Coast Guard said 25-year-old Todd Meadows of Washington State died after falling overboard from the fishing vessel Aleutian Lady, about 170 miles north of Unalaska.
Read MoreAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, March 5, 2026
The federal government’s top environmental regulator defends rollbacks on forever chemicals at a stop in Fairbanks.
Read MoreBunnies everywhere: Animal neglect case pushes Anchorage shelter to the brink
Officials said the crowding is stretching resources and making it tough to take care of all the animals in need.
Read MoreBangladeshi man extradited to Alaska on child sexual exploitation charges
Zobaidul Amin, 28, is accused of using social media apps like Snapchat and Instagram to entice hundreds of minors into making sexually explicit content.
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