Senate challenger Al Gross told Democratic donors behind closed doors that his run as an "independent Alaskan" is a front. 
Public sector unions in Alaska will no longer be able to automatically collect dues from workers after Republican governor Mike Dunleavy instituted the nation's first statewide "opt-in" system of unionization. 
Alaska may soon become the first state to require government workers to annually opt-in to union membership after a landmark Supreme Court case ruled that public-sector unions can no longer coerce payments from non-members. 
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a win for freedom-loving Americans everywhere this week when it unanimously ruled in favor of Alaska moose hunter John Sturgeon, who had sued the National Park Service in 2011 for prohibiting the use of his hovercraft on a national preserve where he had hunted for decades. 
Two Russian nuclear-capable bombers were intercepted by American F-22 jets near Alaska on Saturday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command disclosed.
The bombers were detected flying near the Aleutian Islands, said Michael Kucharek, a spokesman for the Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). 
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R.) introduced a bill this week that would allow oil and gas drilling in her state's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR. 
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska) have made up with beer after butting heads over health care. 
11-year-old Elliot Clark used his shotgun to save himself and three family members from a charging brown bear during a fishing trip in Alaska last month. 
An Alaska wilderness guide used his 9mm handgun to save a husband and wife from a bear attack during a fishing trip last week. 