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‘Are we about to see more children detained?’ Legislators probe ICE detention and deportation of Soldotna kindergartener

News Matt Acuña Buxton - February 25, 2026

Legislators this week are trying to get answers on ICE’s shocking arrest and deportation of a 5-year-old kindergartener, his mother and two siblings.

Arrested Alaska Republican legislative staffer was a ‘compulsive child exploitation offender,’ feds warn, as they look for more victims

News Matt Acuña Buxton - February 23, 2026

There are few things in Alaska politics that can be truly shocking, but the arrest Friday of now-former legislative staffer Craig Scott Valdez for heinous sex crimes against children is one of them.

Saint Paul Island artists to headline 2026 Arctic Arts Summit in Sweden for “Sergie and the White Seal”

Arts and Culture Sam Davenport - February 23, 2026

Two Saint Paul Island artists have written a book inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s “The White Seal," which will premier at the 2026 Arctic Arts Summit this summer.

Sullivan defends support for SAVE Act despite harm to Alaskan voters: ‘I’m also a senator for America.’

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton - February 20, 2026

Congressional Republicans are pushing ahead with a measure to overhaul the nation’s elections.

Sullivan voted to cut Medicaid by $1 trillion

Commentary Dermot Cole - February 20, 2026

“So I think you were the guy,” an irritated Sen. Dan Sullivan said to Sen. Forrest Dunbar Wednesday, “that asked me last year about Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security.”

Legislators take another shot to help state’s ailing boarding school despite Dunleavy’s opposition

News Matt Acuña Buxton - February 19, 2026

The Senate gave another shot at legislation aimed at smoothing out the maintenance needs at the state-run boarding school, Mount Edgecumbe High School.

Survivor fans flock to Chena Hot Springs’ Aurora Ice Museum for idol challenge

Arts and Culture Sam Davenport - February 19, 2026

Dozens of brave Alaskans ventured to Chena Hot Springs in the snow on Wednesday for a shot to win a trip to the Survivor 50 live finale.

Sullivan takes umbrage when Dunbar asks if he would ever say no to Trump

Commentary Dermot Cole - February 19, 2026

Sen. Forrest Dunbar again asked Sen. Dan Sullivan a good question, one of the six questions allowed before the legislative discussion was cut off.

After facing ‘unnecessary grilling,’ Sullivan returns to Legislature with limit on questions

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton - February 18, 2026

Last year's question-and-answer session between legislators and Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan featured such brutal questions.

Alaska Korean News and Anchorage Korean News announce official merger

Anchorage Sam Davenport - February 17, 2026

Two of Alaska’s Korean news organizations are officially merging.

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