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• Peltola campaign and national Dems recruited spoiler candidates, including Petersburg Sullivan, according to New York Times

  28-10-2026 23:05 via KTOO
  From left, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola, Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, the incumbent, and undeclared U.S. Senate candidate Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg. (James Oh, Matt Faubion, Taylor Heckart/ Alaska Public Media, KFSK)
  The New York Times on Wednesday published a story substantiating what Republicans and the campaign of Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan have alleged for months: The other candidate on the ballot named Dan Sullivan was recruited by operatives aligned with
  
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• Alaska is on pace to match 2024’s record-high early voting numbers

  28-10-2026 21:33 via KTOO
  A voter casts their ballot on the first day of early in person voting in Juneau on Oct. 19, 2026. (Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
  One week before Election Day, turnout in Alaska’s general election is nearing 10%.
  As of 4:43 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, according to figures published by the Alaska Division of Elections, 58,168 people had cast early or absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election.
  The number of early votes cast through Tuesday afternoon already exceeds the number of early votes cast before
  
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• Search underway for missing Angoon fisherman

  28-10-2026 20:48 via KTOO
  Angoon on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  This is a developing story. 
  A community-wide search and rescue is underway in Angoon for a man who hasn’t been seen since he left to go fishing Tuesday morning. 
  Angoon is a Southeast Alaska community on Admiralty Island near Juneau. According to Alaska State Troopers, 35-year-old Roger Williams, Jr. was reportedly last known to be taking his red and silver 16-foot Lund boat from the Angoon boat harbor to the ferry terminal to
  
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• Missing Angoon fisherman found dead

  28-10-2026 20:48 via KTOO
  Angoon on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Update, Wednesday 4 p.m.:
  Roger Williams, Jr. was found dead Wednesday, according to Troopers. His next of kin have been notified. No other details have been provided.
  Original story:
  A community-wide search and rescue is underway in Angoon for a man who hasn’t been seen since he left to go fishing Tuesday morning. 
  Angoon is a Southeast Alaska community on Admiralty Island near Juneau. According to Alaska State Troopers, 35-year
  
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• Some rural Alaska absentee voting sites failed to open ahead of midterms

  28-10-2026 15:09 via KTOO
  A voter casts an early vote in Juneau at the State Office Building on Oct. 26, 2026. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  Polling places in some rural Alaska communities have failed to fully open to voters, more than a week after early and in-person absentee voting across Alaska started on Oct. 19.
  Exactly how many sites failed to open on time is unclear. In a letter to the Division of Elections and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom on Friday, Democratic Anchorage Sen. Bill Wielechowski said voters in 18 com
  
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• Newscast: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026

  28-10-2026 02:00 via KTOO
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  In this newscast:Goldbelt Incorporated is a step closer toward its plan to build a $500 million cruise ship port in Juneau. The State of Alaska issued a preliminary decision last week to approve a 25-year lease of state-owned tidelands on Douglas Island to the Alaska Native corporation.
  The Juneau Assembly bid farewell to two longtime members at its meeting Monday night and unanimously voted to reject an ordinance to est
  
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• Murkowski endorses Democrat JKT in Alaska governor’s race

  28-10-2026 01:41 via KTOO
  Democratic former Sitka legislator Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins speaks to Alaska Federation of Natives delegates during a governor candidate forum on Oct. 23, 2026. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski made a surprise endorsement Tuesday in the Alaska governor’s race: Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
  In a statement emailed to reporters Tuesday afternoon, Murkowski commended the former Sitka state lawmaker’s commitment to bipartisanship. She encouraged “Alaskan
  
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