Becky Bohrer

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  • A sign advertising the cashing of Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, or PFD, checks hangs outside a business in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)North America

    Alaskans get money every year from the state’s oil wealth fund. But the latest dividend check is the smallest since 2000

    By Becky Bohrer and The Associated Press
  • Dave KozArts & Entertainment

    Chronically delayed flight parked in Boise spurs jazz band to jam in the aisle: ‘You could just feel the energy. Everybody was so frustrated’

    By The Associated Press and Becky Bohrer
  • A view at the beginning point of the Trans Alaska Pipeline SystemEnvironment

    Trump wants to double oil flowing through Alaska’s pipelines and build a massive natural gas project as its ‘big, beautiful twin’

    By Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen, and others
  • Richard Eiker speaks in support of a strike by fast food workers advocating for a $15 an hour minimum wage outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Kansas City, Mo., May 19, 2021. (Aditi Ramaswami/Missouri Workers Center via AP)Politics

    A 40-year veteran of McDonald’s who worked through a painful kidney stone reacts to lawmakers trying to repeal paid sick leave

    By David A. Lieb, Margery A. Beck, and others
  • United Airlines held it's annual Fantasy Flight to the North PoleSuccess

    United fantasy flight takes more than 100 kids to visit Santa in Denver airport hangar transformed into the North Pole

    By Thomas Peipert, The Associated Press, and others
  • FILE – Caribou graze in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, on June 1, 2001. (AP Photo/File)Politics

    Biden approves minimum oil lease sale required by law in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

    By Becky Bohrer and The Associated Press
  • This image taken from video provided by Mountain Mind Media/Alaska Gear Company shows a plane from Alaska Turkey Bomb, which was started by Esther Keim to air drop frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving to people living in remote rural Alaska, flying in November 2024, in Alaska. (Mountain Mind Media/Alaska Gear Company via AP)Lifestyle

    ‘Alaska Turkey Bomb’ pilot drops frozen birds to rural residents who can’t run to the grocery store for Thanksgiving

    By Mark Thiessen, Becky Bohrer, and others
  • cruise ship docked at portLifestyle

    Alaska’s capital, with a population of 32,000, could ban cruise ships on Saturdays as tourists can spike to 18,000 a day

    By Becky Bohrer and The Associated Press
  • A group of friends enjoying a weekend away together in Torridon, Scotland, they are on a tourboat, enjoying an excursion out at sea. They are looking at the view while they approach it and one man is taking a picture with his camera.Environment

    Alaskans are seeking a respite from thousands of tourists who cruise the panhandle region

    By Becky Bohrer and The Associated Press
  • Jeff JarvisTech

    First state attempts to regulate AI have mile-wide self-reporting loopholes: ‘It’s already hard when you have these huge companies with billions of dollars’

    By Jesse Bedayn, Susan Haigh, and others
  • Alaska walkoutSuccess

    Students across Alaska walk out in protest of governor’s education veto

    By Becky Bohrer and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Nihal Mico takes a photo of her sister-in-law Isil Mico as she poses with her daughter Lorena in front of Snowzilla, a snowman measuring more than 20 feet tall, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 10, 2024. Much of Alaska has plunged into a deep freeze, with temperatures well below zero and Anchorage seeing some of its coldest temperatures in years as the mayor of the state’s largest city opened warming facilities for those who are homeless or who don’t have reliable heating. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)Environment

    It’s so cold and snowy in Alaska that fuel oil is thickening and Anchorage told 1,000 businesses to vacate until snow is removed from their rooftops

    By Mark Thiessen, Becky Bohrer, and others
  • AlaskaEnvironment

    Alaska’s capital city is digging out from nearly 70 inches of snow after two epic January snowstorms

    By Becky Bohrer and The Associated Press
  • Jennifer HomendyLeadership

    After yet another Boeing 737 Max mishap, federal officials order nearly 200 grounded for immediate inspection

    By Claire Rush, David Koenig, and others
  • Alaska Airlines flight 1276, a Boeing 737-900, taxis before takeoff from Portland International Airport in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. The FAA has ordered the temporary grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after part of the fuselage blew out during a flight. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)Tech

    Alaska Airlines grounds all its Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners one day after returning 18 to service

    By Claire Rush, David Koenig, and others