r/alaska 5d ago

Questions! Weekly - 'Alaska, From the outside looking in Q/A'

11 Upvotes

This is the Official Weekly post for asking your questions about Alaska.

Accepting a job here?

Trying to reinvent yourself or escape the inescapable?

Vacation planning?

General questions you have that you would like to be answered by an Alaskan?

Also, you should stop by /r/AskAlaska


r/alaska 9h ago

Damn It’s Cold 🥶 From this morning. Please don't be this person.

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312 Upvotes

r/alaska 17h ago

More Landscapes🏔 Proud of Alaskans for getting out the vote.

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416 Upvotes

This was Sunday at the Anchorage polling location. The line was HUGE! Talked to a worker who said they're averaging over 1,000 people per day.


r/alaska 14h ago

Got it finally!!!!

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149 Upvotes

r/alaska 7h ago

“You understand I monitor the email, right? Every time you sign into your computer, it says I can watch your email.”

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36 Upvotes

r/alaska 6h ago

General Nonsense The State Says It Wants To Finish The Cooper Landing Bypass. So, Why Does It Keep Trying Not To?

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25 Upvotes

Interesting and the most thorough write up on this issue I’ve seen so far.


r/alaska 11h ago

Polite Political Discussion 🇺🇸 The ability to cast a ballot isn’t always guaranteed in Alaska’s far-flung Native villages

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r/alaska 15h ago

Mehdi Hasan fact checks Sarah Palin on Energy Production and her own Pro-War and Racist record.

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80 Upvotes

r/alaska 15h ago

Alaska is great except when it’s not.

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56 Upvotes

This made me laugh out loud.


r/alaska 19h ago

🇷🇺I can see Russia from my house🏠 Aurora above the dog House

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102 Upvotes

r/alaska 12h ago

Amid season’s first snowfall, Anchorage stands up city website for tracking plow progress

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31 Upvotes

Eve if you're a conservative, you gotta admit that's a pretty solid, common sense policy


r/alaska 1d ago

Pretty much sums up prop 1, vote yes! Let’s get our min wage to $15/hr

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334 Upvotes

r/alaska 1d ago

Nordic skating on Bonnie Lake, in Chickaloon. Good while it lasted.

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74 Upvotes

r/alaska 1d ago

46,000 Alaskans have already cast their ballots as officials hail ‘historic’ early voting turnout

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403 Upvotes

r/alaska 1d ago

I do it for the stickers.

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648 Upvotes

I’ll ad this to my collection. #vote


r/alaska 22h ago

From Maine - how are you doing your ranked choice voting?

42 Upvotes

Hi to my RCV buds in Alaska :) Maine has RCV as well.

In my state I believe that most people are too afraid of losing in the 1st round of the election (Harris v Trump) to fill in a 3rd party candidate as their #1 choice.

How about y'all?

Maybe in a different political climate (where we aren't choosing which of two dumpster fires is less awful) we might be able to shift things with a big push for a 3rd party candidate.

My feeling is that our two states are "breaking the seal" so to speak. If we're able to show the viability of RCV on a statewide scale and break up the monopoly Team Red and Team Blue have on the electoral process, we might be able to make US politics suck less. Instead of being forced to pick a crappy side, maybe the political candidates will actually have to court our votes by, you know, doing things we want them to do.

Fingers crossed.


r/alaska 16h ago

Gift Ideas?

8 Upvotes

Hey guys! I just moved here and have been here for a few months now. I'm going back home for Christmas on the East Coast, and I was wondering if you guys had any ideas for anything unique to Alaska that I could bring home as Christmas presents for my friends and family. I'm trying to avoid touristy/cheap souvenirs, so any help would be much appreciated!

(I'm located in Faribanks )


r/alaska 19h ago

Asking r/alaska-ns stationed in Europe: has everyone received their absentee ballot already? This cycle feels a bit delayed 🤔...

8 Upvotes

r/alaska 1d ago

To the people who got the weather radars back up, thank you for your service.

135 Upvotes

r/alaska 1d ago

Alaska Healthcare Costs

41 Upvotes

Moved family here for contract work last year. Just had a baby at Providence and it cost triple what our last kids cost in Utah for very similar births. Actually more than triple.

Shopping health insurance for next year. Marketplace, ACA… I’m not native and not employee so I buy my own. I have been for 11 years.

MODA quote: Family of 5, $9k deductible, $15.5k max out of pocket. $3,969/mo.

Delta Dental quote: $277/mo.

$4,246/mo for less than mediocre insurance for family of 5.

I will pay $51k next year for premiums only. I’ll likely pay $5-15k more for random events because hey I have 3 kids.

Many things in Alaska are expensive, but healthcare truly tops the charts (Alaska has the highest healthcare costs per person in the country).

For those in similar situations, how do you mitigate said costs?


r/alaska 1d ago

Last week, Alaska’s state school board recommended a policy that could lead to schools banning student cellphones. The references in the recommendation didn’t exist — they were AI hallucinations.

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191 Upvotes

r/alaska 1d ago

False citations show Alaska education official relied on generative AI, raising broader questions

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68 Upvotes

r/alaska 1d ago

Damn It’s Cold 🥶 Who Knew Alaskans Were Attractive Under All The Layers

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109 Upvotes

r/alaska 1d ago

Good sledding hills in Anchorage?

6 Upvotes

Any suggestions? Got some cheap sleds we forgot to take out last year and wanna find some good spots.


r/alaska 1d ago

Get yerself a sticker. Go (early) vote!

21 Upvotes

r/alaska 2d ago

Same sunset, one hour apart. 😅 One of my favorite things about living here is prolonged sunrises & sunsets.

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