Polls across Alaska are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Preliminary election results will be released late on Nov. 3, though the Alaska Division of Elections does not expect ballots to be certified until Nov. 25.

About 70% of ballots are typically counted on Election Night, and results could shift.

Advocates for repealing Alaska's voting method say it invites shenanigans. Defenders of ranked choice voting, though, say Alaska's system blunts the spoiler effect.

Bethel trick-or-treaters brought the spook factor this year! Community members lined the parking lot of the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center on Friday, Oct. 30 to start the Halloween weekend off with candy and a scare.

The U.S. Senate candidate told more than 100 of her supporters packed into the Bethel VFW hall on Nov. 1 that allegations that her campaign was involved in recruiting a second Dan Sullivan to enter the Senate race were a distraction from issues that matter to rural Alaskans.

One Republican, one Democrat, and two independents, including the current Alaska House Speaker, are running to represent the large rural district.

The ballot measure, backed primarily by Republicans, aims to repeal the voting system Alaska has used since 2022.

In a state that routinely elects Republicans to statewide office, Kreiss-Tomkins made his “high-energy, bipartisan, problem-solving approach” a centerpiece of his campaign.

New York Times global affairs correspondent Anton Troianovski says, even before revelations about the secret funding, Polar LNG was planning to use some of Novatek's technology.

Alaska has been expanding its addiction treatment options over the past decade, but mothers and pregnant women experiencing addiction still face significant barriers to treatment.