Tim Rockey

U.S. House Republican challenger Nick Begich III and incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, face off Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, during Debate for the State at Alaska Public Media. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

Some of the voting stickers available at a Sealaska table at the 2024 AFN convention. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

Academy Charter School in Palmer on March 1, 2024. (Tim Rockey / Alaska Public Media)

The list of schools that may shutter includes Bear Valley, Tudor and Baxter elementary. The school board must approve any closures.

The 2024 state election features Mat-Su candidates in one Senate district and six House districts.

Parents pack the Anchorage School Board meeting to protest the proposed closure of seven elementary schools over the next three years (Matt Faubion / Alaska Public Media)

A view under Haines’ Lutak Dock shows where beams, corroded by saltwater, once fit into the concrete above. (KHNS file photo from 2018)

Anneliese Kupfrian stands near a beached fin whale in Anchorage’s mudflats on Nov. 18, 2024. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)

Anchorage School District Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt (left) and Anchorage School Board President Andy Holleman (right) speak during the school board meeting on June 4, 2024. (Tim Rockey/Alaska Public Media)

Emily Brubaker at the main office of Romig Middle School in Anchorage on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)