Denakkanaaga is an organization that serves as the voice for the native elders of Interior Alaska. Mary TallMountain was one of our elders. We believe her lifelong struggle to exist in two worlds can help people facing similar struggles today. Mary was born in 1918 in a tent on land drained by the Yukon River in Interior Alaska. She was only six when she was adopted out of her native village of Nulato. Cut off from her family and her people, she managed to survive by grounding herself in her native culture and developing her talent for writing.

It’ll be at least a week before the most competitive races in Tuesday’s election come into focus. // Unofficial election results suggest a slim majority of Alaskans were inclined to keep ranked-choice voting.// As the Iran War pushes oil prices higher, the cost of staying warm is a growing concern for Alaskans who heat their homes with fuel oil. // A state energy regulatory agency OK'd deal that allows Enstar to buy 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas for its customers. //Alaska Airlines will launch direct flights from Anchorage to Tokyo next summer, and add nonstop routes to three more U.S. cities.

“Folks that have been here for decades plus are bailing,” one Fairbanksan said.

Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has a slight lead over Democrat Mary Peltola in Alaska’s tight U.S. Senate race, according to unofficial results from the Alaska Division of Elections. // Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has a substantial lead in the race for governor. // Early election results show Alaskans opting to keep ranked choice voting, open primaries and campaign finance rules. // State House and Senate races around the Interior show Frank Tomaszewski handily winning the open District Q seat. // Voters showed up in droves on Tuesday in Delta Junction to cast ballots. And some grumbled about the tsunami of political advertisements they’ve had to endure for the past several months.

Today is Election Day, Polls will be open 'til 8 tonight, and we'll get some preliminary results beginning around 9. // The head of Alaska’s largest union says the U.S. Justice Department is intimidating the state’s voters with its investigation of the U.S. Senate race. // Political observers disagree about whether ranked-choice voting helps of hinders spoiler candidates on election ballots. // A Yu’pik grandmother has traveled hundreds of miles by snowmachine and boat in remote parts of the state to remind rural Alaskans to vote.

Denakkanaaga is an organization that serves as the voice for the native elders of Interior Alaska. Mary TallMountain was one of our elders. We believe her lifelong struggle to exist in two worlds can help people facing similar struggles today.Mary was born in 1918 in a tent on land drained by the Yukon River in Interior Alaska. She was only six when she was adopted out of her native village of Nulato. Cut off from her family and her people, she managed to survive by grounding herself in her native culture and developing her talent for writing.

A U.S. District Judge dismissed a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit Sunday that sought to delay election results if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses Tuesday. // Federal officials announced Friday they're increasing law enforcement assets in Alaska to investigate the state’s U.S. Senate election. // FBI agents this weekend knocked on the doors of people in Petersburg, Sitka, and Juneau who donated to Dan J. Sullivan’s campaign as part of the Justice Department’s investigation into the U.S. Senate race. // Democrat Mary Peltola held a rally in her hometown of Bethel on Sunday, two days ahead of the election in which she hopes to unseat U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan.

Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Fairbanks' trend of more October rain.

6:30/8:30Former Anchorage mayor and Republican candidate for Alaska governor Dave Bronson says his experience leading the state's largest city puts him ahead of his rivals.// The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new director visited Alaska this week to learn about the state's high tuberculosis rates. // The rising cost of crafting and delivering traditional Alaska Native garments to customers has made it hard for the artisans to make a profit. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ordered an investigation into an effort by the Mary Peltola campaign to recruit a same-name challenger to Sen. Dan Sullivan. // The New York Times reporter who broke the story on the same-name challenger says Peltola’s ex-campaign manager was a major source.

The New York Times published a story Wednesday that revealed Democratic operatives secretly recruited a second candidate named Dan Sullivan to act as a spoiler in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. // The Alaska Beacon reports that in the week leading up to Election Day, nearly 10% of the state's registered voters had turned out and voted early. // The National Weather Service predicts that some remnants of a typhoon will bring high winds and high-elevation snowfall into the eastern Interior on Friday. // In western Alaska, the remnants of Typhoon Champi are expected to move through the southern Bering Sea before reaching the Bristol Bay region early Saturday morning.