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10/16/2026

Alaska’s top two candidates for U.S. Senate disparaged and frequently interrupted each other during tonight's ‘Debate for the State."

Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and his Democratic challenger, Mary Peltola, traded barbs over affordability, Alaska’s energy future and accused each other of lying.

10/16/2026

Alaska Public Media, in partnership with Alaska’s News Source and KTOO, brings candidates together for three live statewide debates focused on the offices and issues that will shape Alaska’s future.

Across three nights, candidates for governor, U.S. House and U.S. Senate will answer questions and explain their priorities for the offices they hope to hold.

10/16/2026

Tonight on Alaska News Nightly:

State lawmakers subpoena Alaska's natural resources commissioner over a proposed land transfer.

Plus, scientists are concerned another tsunami could tear through a fjord popular with cruise ships.

Listen here:

State lawmakers subpoena Alaska's natural resources commissioner over a proposed land transfer.

10/16/2026

Hear directly from the candidates seeking to represent Alaska, and Alaskans.

Join us for Debate for the State: U.S. Senate - the third and final of three live debates that give you the chance to hear directly from the candidates seeking to represent Alaska and Alaskans.

Debate for the State: U.S Senate will air live statewide on television, radio and stream online tonight, Thursday, October 15 at 7 p.m.

Moderated by Alaska Public Media’s Lori Townsend, Senate candidates will field questions from Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin and Wil Courtney from Alaska’s News Source. Candidates include Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola

Brought to you by Alaska Public Media in partnership with Alaska's News Source and KTOO.

For more details, visit alaskapublic.org/dfts.

10/15/2026

Across Alaska, people say they’re getting inundated with political messaging as campaigns ramp up ahead of Election Day. Online, commenters call it obnoxious, endless and “annoying af.”

“My phone is just going off, going off, going off, going off, going off,” said Christine Guzman in Fairbanks.

So do all these calls and texts actually work? Are they convincing voters?

Well… kind of, according to researchers.

The messages are a cheap, easy way to fundraise, get out the vote and collect data, but some people are exhausted by the constant messaging.

10/15/2026

As polar ice melts in the Arctic, shipping lanes are opening up, making the region a new zone of superpower competition. Writer Rana Foroohar got an up-close look aboard the USS Healy, a Coast Guard icebreaker. She says that traversing the North Pole by ship — once a "largely conceptual" route — is now becoming a "real possibility" for two or three weeks a year.

As polar ice melts in the Arctic, shipping lanes are opening up, making the region a new zone of superpower competition. Writer Rana Foroohar explains the stakes in Sea Change.

10/15/2026

Justice isn’t always in lockstep with incarceration. And in Alaska, certain programs take a different approach to repairing harm after someone is accused of a crime.

On this Line One: Your Health Connection, join host Anne Hillman and expert guests as they discuss restorative justice programs and therapeutic courts in Alaska.

This episode of Line One: Your Health Connection is supported by a grant from Mat-Su Health Foundation.

🔊 Listen to this episode of Line One on our website, on the Alaska Public Media app or wherever you get your podcasts.

Catch Line One on-air Wednesdays at 10 a.m. and again at 8 p.m. on KSKA FM (91.1 FM Anchorage, 91.9 FM Girdwood).

Learn how restorative justice programs and therapeutic courts can support the well-being of victims, defendants and the communities where they live.

10/15/2026

Multiple people familiar with ongoing negotiations said Taiwan could sign a document with preliminary sale terms, called a heads of agreement document, as soon as next week. A final agreement on terms would follow in the future.
(Via Alaska Beacon)

The nation’s economic ministry said the terms and size of any investment will be subject to further negotiations.

10/15/2026

The Washington Post reported last month that the Trump administration had blocked about 140 National Park projects, worth at least $25 million.

Denali National Park and Preserve lost $90,000 that supported three sled dog program internships, which the park ran in collaboration with the nonprofit Student Conservation Association.

The Interior Department says it has canceled projects with groups "actively working against the best interests of the American people and the priorities of this administration."

10/15/2026

The candidates for U.S. House answered, and sometimes dodged, questions about resource development, the cost of living, climate change and President Trump’s performance.

You can watch the full debate below:

The two major candidates for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat answered, and sometimes dodged, questions about resource development, the cost of living, climate change and President Trump’s performance.