On Oct. 20, the Bethel City Council voted unanimously to re-elect Henderson to a one-year term as mayor. Council member Alicia Miner has been elected to a one-year term as vice mayor.

An Alaska Superior Court judge said last week that the Alaska Division of Elections may have violated the Alaska Constitution’s right to privacy when it handed an uncensored version of the state’s voter list to the U.S. Department of Justice in 2025.

This year’s keynote speaker is Tlingit leader and Sealaska Heritage Institute President Rosita Worl. On Oct. 22, her speech will be followed by remarks from Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich III.

On Sept. 30, four candidates running to represent the lower Kuskokwim Delta in House District 38 — incumbent Democratic state Rep. Nellie Jimmie, Quinhagak Republican Willy Keppel, Napaskiak nonpartisan Joesph Amik, and Bethel Democrat CJ McCormick — made their cases for why voters should pick them in the General Election on Nov. 3, 2026.

With results yet to be certified, elections officials have announced likely winners in races for four seats on the Bethel City Council, as well as school board seats for half a dozen districts across the Y-K Delta.

Trawling has become a political flashpoint. Amid the online barrage, the industry feels misunderstood.

Bycatch is a flashpoint in the U.S. Senate race as fishermen across Alaska blame pollock trawlers for wasting thousands of salmon.

Thousands of people in or recently out of Alaska Department of Corrections custody can vote in this year’s general election, according to the organization.

The Peltola campaign says some of the allegations are based on lies, and that others are exaggerated.

On Sept. 17, six of seven candidates running for four seats on the council made their cases for how to strengthen the community, and what they can bring to public office.