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The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in Alaska.
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[edit]- January 13 – A University of Alaska Fairbanks student is arrested for eating multiple pieces of AI-generated art at the university's Fine Arts building.[1]
- February 19 – The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detects several Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).[2]
- March 7 – The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is held in Anchorage.[3]
- March 15 – Two tugboat crew members are killed in an accident off the coast of Ketchikan.[4]
- May 27 – Four members of a seven-person Latvian climbing team fall while climbing near Denali. Three of the members die and one is rescued.[5]
- June 15 – A judge rules that a Petersburg man named Dan J. Sullivan, who shares the same name as incumbent Senator Dan S. Sullivan and is running against him in the senate election, is ineligible for the ballot because his candidacy "was not filed in order to declare an actual good-faith candidacy for the office of United States Senator, but was instead filed with a purpose to confuse or mislead and to thereby compromise the ballot's fairness or neutrality."[6]
- June 26 – A superior court judge reinstates Dan J. Sullivan to the ballot, ruling that the earlier "good faith" declaration was not based on the Constitution, state law, or other regulations.[7]
Predicted and scheduled
[edit]- November 3 – 2026 Alaska gubernatorial election[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Boucher, Brian (January 16, 2026). "Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student's AI-Generated Art in Protest". Art News. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Aviões militares russos são detectados no Alasca". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). February 20, 2026. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
- ↑ Thiessen, Mark (March 7, 2026). "What to know: Downtown Anchorage braces for a canine takeover as the Iditarod's 54th run begins". The Associated Press. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
- ↑ Santucci, Jeanine (March 19, 2026). "2 tugboat crew members killed on barge in Alaska, Coast Guard says". USA Today. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
- ↑ Bohrer, Becky; Seewer, John (May 29, 2026). "3 climbers who fell near treacherous pass on Alaska's Mount McKinley are dead, 1 rescued". The Associated Press. Retrieved May 29, 2026.
- ↑ Bohrer, Becky (June 15, 2026). "Challenger with same name as US Sen. Dan Sullivan is ineligible for Alaska ballot, official says". The Associated Press. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
- ↑ Bohrer, Becky (June 27, 2026). "Man with same name as US Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible for Alaska's primary ballot, judge rules". The Associated Press. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
- ↑ Brooks, James (June 3, 2024). "At candidate filing deadline, seven Alaska legislators decline to seek re-election". Alaska Beacon. Archived from the original on June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.