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State Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson, an Anchorage Democrat, filed her paperwork on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 at the Division of Elections offices in Juneau, to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Lisa Murkowski. Gray-Jackson, a Democrat, is the first from her party to enter the race and the first Black woman to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Alaska. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Democratic state senator files to unseat Murkowski

“Alaskans have a choice now.”

Michael Penn/ Juneau Empire File Juneau residents attend a vigil to end gun violence sponsored by Moms Demand Action at the Mayor Bill Overstreet Park on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. Tuesday, members of Moms Demand Action held a vigil on Zoom.

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Local group urges residents to Be SMART about guns

‘Unintentional child shootings are 100% preventable’

The entrance to the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area in the Tongass National Forest was covered in snow on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, a day after federal authorities announced the next step in restoring the 2001 Roadless Rule on the forest. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Feds put freeze on Roadless Rule rollback

On the Roadless Rule again.

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Murkowski makes candidacy official

‘A feud from outside.’

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hickory is moored on Oct. 10 at the Pioneer Dock in Homer. Fresh snow or termination dust covers the peaks of the Kenai Mountains across Kachemak Bay, a sign of the coming winter. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Coast Guard edges toward full active-duty vaccination nationwide

Along with the other armed services, more than 90% of active duty members are fully vaccinated.

Afghanistan

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Goldbelt employees among those evacuated from Afghanistan

Landed in Qatar.

Homer community members join together to march from the HERC Campus to WKFL Park in support of women’s reproductive rights. More than 100 people joined in on the march. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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‘This is our battle’

Homer Women’s March draws almost 130 participants

Christine Hill sits in the Municipality of Anchorage Assembly's chambers on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, wearing a yellow Star of David reading "do not consent" to protest the implementation of masking requirements in public places meant to curb the spread of COVID-19. (Courtesy photo / Paxson Woelber, The Alaska Landmine)

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Jewish groups say Holocaust comparisons a worrisome trend

Anchorage protest most recent, high-profile example.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced legislation to permanently exempt large ships from the Passenger Vessel Services Act, which threatened Alaska's cruise ship season this year. The PVSA puts regulations on large cruise ship vessels, like this one entering the Gastineau Channel on Aug. 22, which are critical to the local tourism industry. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Murkowski enters bill to exempt Alaska from Passenger Vessel Services Act

Legislation would let ships travel to Alaska without stopping in Canada.

AP Photo / Al Grillo A worker with the Pebble Mine project digs in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska near the village of Iliamma, Alaska. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday, Sept. 9, it would seek to restart a process that could restrict mining in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, which is renowned for its salmon runs. The announcement is the latest in a long-running dispute over a proposed copper-and-gold mine in the southwest Alaska region.

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EPA seeks to restart process that could restrict proposed Pebble Mine

The announcement is the latest in a long-running dispute.

FILE - In this June 8, 2021, file photo, a car approaches one of the few lanes open at the Peace Arch border crossing into the U.S. in Blaine, Wash. Canada is lifting its prohibition Monday, Aug. 9 on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit, but the United States is keeping similar restrictions in place for Canadians. The reopening is part of a bumpy return to normalcy from COVID-19 travel bans. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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Canada reopens its border for vaccinated U.S. visitors

DERBY LINE, Vermont — Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit…

AP Photo / Charles Dharapak Then-Democratic presidential hopeful and former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel speaks at the “Take Back America” political conference in Washington, in this June 2007 photo.

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Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91

He read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record.

Sen. Sullivan touts federal support for agriculture

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Sen. Sullivan touts federal support for agriculture

In a visit to the Alaska Food Festival and Conference last Friday in Homer, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan…