In the race for U.S. Senate in Alaska, energy prices, fuel, and the cost of living in general have dominated the race. In the largest state in the country, there are also the largest fuel prices.
Fairbanks utility Golden Valley Electric Association asked those who use its power to conserve their energy usage and to be prepared for potential outages through Wednesday.
The 2026 Permanent Fund dividend, worth $1,200 per recipient, will be direct-deposited into Alaskans’ bank accounts starting Oct. 1, according to a plan published by the Alaska Department of Revenue earlier this month.
State Medicaid officials and lawmakers describe Alaska’s public assistance system as a coordinated safety net, guided by clinical scoring rubrics and legal spend-down formulas designed to determine what care aging residents need, according to state policy documents and legislative testimony.
With winter fast approaching, state energy officials and economists are warning Alaskans along the Railbelt to prepare for potential power and heating conservation if severe, sustained cold settles over the region.
While gas prices topping $24 a gallon force remote communities to scale back subsistence hunting, state energy crews are stockpiling emergency generators and critical hardware in Anchorage.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Monday lifted a statewide executive branch hiring freeze, removing restrictions on managers who had been required since May 2025 to obtain special permission before hiring new state employees
Priced Out: As Alaskans face soaring costs for housing, food and energy, financing the Alaska dream faces so many hurdles. Before the November midterm elections, a look at the real-world financial struggles of life in the state and possible solutions, as voters seek to preserve the Alaskan dream.
The price of North Slope crude oil topped $100 per barrel on Wednesday, crossing that mark for the first time since June, according to figures published by the Alaska Department of Revenue.
Federal telecommunications officials have cleared the way for Alaska to secure more funding to hook up thousands of rural homes and remote villages that previously didn’t exist on official government coverage maps.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from 22 states sued Amazon Monday, claiming the online retail company used artificial bids to inflate costs for advertisers, bringing in tens of billions of dollars
Residents of Southcentral Alaska are being told to brace for higher energy costs and the possibility of rolling blackouts this winter, especially if lower temperatures prevail.
The City of Fairbanks initiated a plan to revitalize its downtown this summer in an effort to bring tourists and locals to the area and create an attractive environment for businesses
Under a new law, Alaska boroughs and cities will be able to offer property tax breaks to first-time homebuyers, new trailer parks and homeowners who convert short-term rentals into long-term rentals
The 14 members of Alaska’s Senate coalition majority met behind closed doors twice on Wednesday to decide the fate of a multibillion-dollar tax break for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.
The Trump administration’s oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge attracted bids on only five tracts of land from two companies on Friday.
A new player on the North Slope, along with the Spanish company Repsol, have invested more than $3 billion in the project at a recently discovered field west of Prudhoe Bay.
Alaska’s largest planned solar farm, expected to break ground west of Anchorage this summer, is likely to deliver cheaper electricity than possible with imported natural gas
Multiple announcements from Alaska’s congressional delegation and the Dept. of the Interior were made in Fairbanks on Saturday, many of which were about energy development in Alaska.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy and U.S. Interior Doug Burgum spoke at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference, touching on North Slope development, mineral resources, AI, and the Alaska LNG project.
As Memorial Day weekend approaches, Anchorage residents and visitors are adjusting their travel plans as gas prices reach an average of $5.29 per gallon, according to AAA.
The Fairbanks City Council on Monday voted 5-1 against approving a lease put forward by Mayor Mindy O’Neall which would have granted the Log Cabin on 1st Avenue to Alaska Universal Productions.
A bill that would impose a toll on oil and gas vehicles using the Dalton Highway was set aside by state lawmakers on Thursday after the public voiced concern that it would target a single industry and raise costs for Alaskans
The leading challenger to Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is proposing to eliminate income taxes for Alaskans earning less than $92,000 per year, the state’s median household income
The University of Alaska Fairbanks signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Defense Innovation Unit to research and host research for military technology.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is urging state lawmakers to act on his proposal to cut state taxes by $7.2 billion over the next 36 years to subsidize construction of the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.
