“They just push and push and push and take and take and take from us, and refuse to respect our democracy and try to take our government apart,” - Lareena Goertz of Fairbanks, on why she joined the No Kings day of action to protest the Trump administration and encourage early voting
Voters line up on Aug. 17, 2026, at the early voting station set up in Anchorage’s Midtown Mall. Voters reported waiting about an hour to cast their primary election ballots. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
By James Brooks
Most state offices may be closed on Monday for Alaska Day, but officials with the Alaska Division of Elections are planning to be at work for the first day of early in-person voting in the 2026 general election.
Demonstrators rally and urge early voting at a No Kings protest in Juneau on Oct. 17, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
By Corinne Smith
Alaskans across the state rallied on Saturday as part of a nationwide No Kings day of action to encourage early voting in the November elections and criticize the Trump administration.
A grizzly bear walks on a hillside on July 28, 2013, in Denali National Park and Preserve. A new Trump administration rule, to go into effect in about a month, will overturn Obama and Biden administration bans on bear baiting by sport hunters in Alaska's national preserves. (Photo by Daniel A. Leifheit/National Park Service)
By Yereth Rosen
Sport hunters will be able to bait bears in Alaska national preserves, under a final rule the Trump administration announced on Friday.
The rule, proposed in March, overturns bans by the Biden and Obama administrations of the practice within National Park Service units.
Voters line up at the polling site at Anchorage City Hall on Nov. 4, 2024. City Hall was one of the designated early voting sites in Alaska’s largest city. It is not a designated site for Election Day voting. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
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By Joe Paskvan
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