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By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media It’s August, and what is surely the most confusing election in Alaska history is just two weeks away. Early voting has begun in the primary election and special U.S. House race. Got questions? We’ve got answers. Am I going to get a mailed ballot? Only if you apply for one …

The company on Friday said it has started blocking California-based news outlets to protest a pending bill that supporters say would extend a lifeline to the ailing news industry.

The family of a man killed by a guard on a military base in Kodiak is still looking for answers more than two years after his death. The Navy SEALs have a video of the shooting, but they have stonewalled the family’s requests to see it. So now they say, their only hope is a …

By Katie Anastas, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage More than half of Alaska students tested below grade level in reading and math this spring. That’s according to Alaska System of Academic Readiness scores released by the state department of education Thursday. Seventy percent of third through ninth graders were not proficient in English, while 77% were …

By Kavitha George & Jeremy Hsieh, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage Alaskans have overwhelmingly said no to holding a constitutional convention. A copy of the Alaska constitution at Vic Fischer’s home. Fischer is the last surviving delegate from the 1955 Alaska Constitutional Convention. (Lori Townsend/Alaska Public Media) With nearly all precincts reporting, voters opposed the convention …

Polls are closed and the first batch of election results are in. Kodiak’s downtown polling location at the Harbormaster’s office. (Kirsten Dobroth/KMXT) Senate District C Nov. 9, 12 p.m. Incumbent state Senator Gary Stevens has extended his lead with all precincts reporting. Stevens has 55% of the vote; that’s 2,471 more votes than Republican Heath …

The first Alaska election results are expected to be released around 9 p.m. Alaska time on Tuesday, Nov. 8, but most races are not expected to be resolved on Election Night. The race will not be finalized until ranked choice votes are tabulated on Wednesday, Nov. 23. Loading…

Fifteen recreation cabins are already scattered across the Kodiak archipelago’s backcountry – and soon, two more will join their ranks. The cabins are set to open this month. And unlike many of Kodiak’s existing public use cabins, which are reached only by boat or floatplane, these cabins should be a little more accessible to everyone. …

Nearly 43,000 vehicles are impacted by the recall, including the 2022 Escape and the 2022 and 2023 Bronco Sport editions that have 1.5L engines.

Sen. Dan Sullivan is introducing legislation that goes after illegal Chinese fishing operations. Sullivan announced the Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest Act – also known as the FISH Act – on a visit to Kodiak Thursday. Sullivan says Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, of Rhode Island, helped author the bill. “This is a very bipartisan bill, …