BREAKING: The Alaska Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court's ruling Dan J. Sullivan is eligible to run for U.S. Senate and shall be placed on the August 18 primary ballot.
Two different Dan Sullivans were both killed by trains in 1919 Alaska, separate incidents. It is unclear whether the second Dan was inspired by the first. My next article posting tomorrow is about completely unrelated election shenanigans. #alaskahistory #alaska
Confidential document guided Alaska senators working on natural gas pipeline tax break, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/25/c...
Confidential document guided Alaska senators working on natural gas pipeline tax break | Alaska Beacon
A secret agreement provides the most detailed insight yet into one of the world’s largest prospective natural gas projects.
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Bethel photojournalist Katie Baldwin Basile fixes her lens on Western Alaskans whose lives were changed by ex-typhoon Halong. Read and see more @alaskabeacon.com via Northern Journal alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/10/a...
After Halong: The ones who stayed | Alaska Beacon
After ex-typhoon Halong, 19 of Kipnuk's roughly 1,000 residents stayed behind, determined to see the village rebuilt.
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NEW: Dan Sullivan of Petersburg is defending his run for U.S. Senate as authentic, now against a state investigation launched by the Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom. “My name is my name. The ballot belongs to the people and not to the incumbent.” alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/11/d...
Dan Sullivan of Petersburg defends run for Alaska’s U.S. Senate against state investigation | Alaska Beacon
The Alaska lieutenant governor’s office, which oversees state elections, announced an investigation into the validity of a U.S. Senate candidate from Petersburg following complaints from Alaska’s incu...
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UA professors oppose banned words and defend free speech and cultural diversity in a commentary for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/04/18/u...
UA professors oppose banned words and defend free speech and cultural diversity | Alaska Beacon
We feel compelled to speak against the censorship of words and ideas, which is antithetical to the University of Alaska’s mission.
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My daughter is running the Berlin Marathon in September and raising money for the American Cancer Society in memory of her dad, who passed away in 2016. It will be her second marathon; she ran the Chicago Marathon in 2024. Please check out her fundraising page: secure.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=6...
Biologist and writer Caroline Van Hemert reflects on the future for fired federal workers and the environment in this commentary republished by the @alaskabeacon.com from @biographic.bsky.social environment.https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/03/24/in-the-wake-of-the-storm/
In the wake of the storm | Alaska Beacon
After resigning from the U.S. Geological Survey, a biologist and writer reflects on the future for fired federal workers and the environment.
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📣 Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! 🔔
New: Officials told lawmakers this week they estimate $125 million in Western Alaska storm damage so far, and a major cleanup and rebuilding effort will begin again this summer. alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/05/o...
Officials estimate $125 million in Western Alaska storm damage so far, and a long road to recovery | Alaska Beacon
The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management director updated lawmakers, and outlined a “significant cleanup mission” planned for this summer.
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“It is my Honor to deliver for the Great State of Alaska, which I won BIG in 2016, 2020, and 2024 — ALASKA, I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!” Trump wrote immediately after the disaster. #akleg #Alaska
Corinne Smith@corinne-smith.bsky.social · 7mo agoNEW: The Trump admin. has denied Alaska's request for full reimbursement for disaster relief efforts for the first 3 months following the devastating Western Alaska storms, though Gov. Dunleavy claimed it was promised last fall. The state has filed an appeal. alaskabeacon.com/2026/01/30/t...
The American Geophysical Union conference, which ran from Dec. 15 to 19, brought together Earth and space scientists from more than a hundred countries, including researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Alaska scientists say future of Arctic research is uncertain after federal funding cuts
The American Geophysical Union conference brought together Earth and space scientists from more than a hundred countries, including researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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Bowhead whales are ingesting toxins driven by warming in Arctic, study finds, reports Paula Dobbyn, @907808.bsky.social, for @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/07/11/b...
Bowhead whales are ingesting toxins driven by warming in Arctic, study finds | Alaska Beacon
An interdisciplinary team of scientists studied bowel samples from subsistence-harvested bowheads, looking for evidence of toxins from algae.
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mount marathon always looks like a nice little hill in pictures. hard to capture steepness.
Somewhere in Prince William Sound on May 22, but I'm not exactly sure where.
CORNELL UPSETS #2 RANKED MICHIGAN STATE IN THE FINAL SECONDS. 😱 (via NCAA Ice Hockey)
Argggg......sea ice broke off in front of Nome on Tuesday. Usually, one half to one mile of stable shorefast ice is in place by mid-February, which folks use as a stable platform for crabbing. #akwx #Alaska #SeaIce #climate @climatologist49.bsky.social knom.org/2025/02/11/i...
Ice unexpectedly departs from Nome's shore - KNOM Radio Mission
For only the second time in the last decade, temperatures on February 10 in Nome poked into the 30s. One day later, shorefast ice released its grip on Nome's coastline and floated out to sea. Deep blu...
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Learning a little more about Blue Sky. Hoping for some more hockey content. How about it, UAA, UAF, etc.? For now, here's a calm pic from Eklukta Lake in September. Don't know the kayaker, but he was in just the right spot for the photo.
Hi everyone! Just signed up here, and so far, so good. Will post more as I get the hang of things. Meanwhile, here are some pics: neighborhood moose on Oct. 26, a view of Denali, Hunter and Foraker from across Cook Inlet on Oct. 24 and some very cold bikes outside a dorm at UAF on Oct. 30.
On the 10th anniversary of its founding, World Weather Attribution has published a study showing that the world’s 10 deadliest extreme weather events between 2004 and 2023 were made “more intense and more likely” due to climate change. Manuel Planelles for @elpais.bsky.social
Climate change intensified the 10 deadliest extreme events of the past 20 years
A study warns that these events, which claimed more than 570,000 lives and included the heat waves of 2022 and 2023, were more severe and likely due to global warming
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Some of Alaska's extreme precipitation in the past five years. The time scale of these events range from single storms to seasons. Most but not quite all are "high precipitation" related. And this is just what I could fit on one graphic. #akwx #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange
