Briefs
Q&A with Alaska House District 36 candidate Angela ‘Fitch’ Fowler
The Alaska Beacon asked Alaska’s legislative candidates to answer a 15-question survey about their positions on a variety of issues. Read all of their responses here. Answers have not been edited. The Alaska Constitution allows legislators to call a constitutional convention at any time. Are you interested in calling a convention? No Would you be […]
Report details Alaska demographics hurt most by 2021 spike in drug-overdose deaths
In Alaska, the state with the nation’s biggest increase in drug overdose deaths from 2020 to 2021, certain demographic groups have been at higher risk, according to a newly released report: men more than women, Alaska Natives more than other ethnic groups and Anchorage and Gulf Coast residents more than those in other parts of […]
Scientists team up to solve mysteries about dwindling Aleutian tern population
Yakutat, a coastal community on the northern edge of Southeast Alaska’s temperate rainforest, is something of an Alaska refuge for a bird that may be on the brink: the Aleutian tern. Its wide, sandy beaches – and particularly, a peaceful site called Blacksand Spit — holds Alaska’s biggest concentration of Aleutian terns, a long-distance migrator […]
As last big cable carrier drops One America News, Alaska’s GCI has it for now
Alaska cable company GCI has no immediate plans to drop the right-wing TV channel One America News, a spokesperson said Wednesday. Verizon, the last remaining major carrier to carry the channel, plans to stop airing the channel on Saturday. That action follows a similar one in April by DirectTV. Their decisions leave the channel, once […]
Q&A with 2022 Alaska governor candidate Christopher Kurka
The Alaska Beacon asked Alaska’s 10 governor candidates to answer a 15-question survey about their positions on a variety of issues. Read all of their responses here. Answers have not been edited. Do you support a constitutional convention? Yes Should the Alaska Constitution be amended to protect the roughly $30 billion in the Permanent Fund […]
Q&A with 2022 Alaska governor candidate Bill Walker
The Alaska Beacon asked Alaska’s 10 governor candidates to answer a 15-question survey about their positions on a variety of issues. Read all of their responses here. Answers have not been edited. Do you support a constitutional convention? No Should the Alaska Constitution be amended to protect the roughly $30 billion in the Permanent Fund […]
Q&A with 2022 Alaska governor candidate Les Gara
The Alaska Beacon asked Alaska’s 10 governor candidates to answer a 15-question survey about their positions on a variety of issues. Read all of their responses here. Do you support a constitutional convention? No Should the Alaska Constitution be amended to protect the roughly $30 billion in the Permanent Fund that currently isn’t constitutionally protected? […]
Q&A with 2022 Alaska governor candidate Charlie Pierce
The Alaska Beacon asked Alaska’s 10 governor candidates to answer a 15-question survey about their positions on a variety of issues. Read all of their responses here. Answers have not been edited. Do you support a constitutional convention? Yes Should the Alaska Constitution be amended to protect the roughly $30 billion in the Permanent Fund […]
Q&A with 2022 Alaska governor candidate Sir William James Nemec II
The Alaska Beacon asked Alaska’s 10 governor candidates to answer a 15-question survey about their positions on a variety of issues. Read all of their responses here. Answers have not been edited. Do you support a constitutional convention? Did not answer Should the Alaska Constitution be amended to protect the roughly $30 billion in the […]
Q&A with 2022 Alaska governor candidate Billy Toien
The Alaska Beacon asked Alaska’s 10 governor candidates to answer a 15-question survey about their positions on a variety of issues. Read all of their responses here. Answers have not been edited. Do you support a constitutional convention? Yes Should the Alaska Constitution be amended to protect the roughly $30 billion in the Permanent Fund […]
Q&A with 2022 Alaska governor candidate Bruce Walden
The Alaska Beacon asked Alaska’s 10 governor candidates to answer a 15-question survey about their positions on a variety of issues. Read all of their responses here. Answers have not been edited. Do you support a constitutional convention? Yes Should the Alaska Constitution be amended to protect the roughly $30 billion in the Permanent Fund […]
Q&A with Alaska Senate District Q candidate John D. Bennett
The Alaska Beacon asked Alaska’s legislative candidates to answer a 15-question survey about their positions on a variety of issues. Read all of their responses here. Answers have not been edited. The Alaska Constitution allows legislators to call a constitutional convention at any time. Are you interested in calling a convention? No Would you be […]