List of newspapers in Alaska
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Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)
- Alaska Journal of CommerceAlaska Journal of CommerceAlaska Journal of Commerce is a newspaper based in Anchorage, Alaska....
– AnchorageAnchorage, AlaskaAnchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States... - Alaska StarAlaska StarThe Alaska Star is a weekly newspaper in the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Alaska Star serves communities north of the Anchorage Bowl, including Eagle River, Chugiak and Eklutna....
– Eagle RiverEagle River, AlaskaEagle River is a community within the Municipality of Anchorage situated on the Eagle River for which it is named, between Fort Richardson and Chugach State Park in the Chugach Mountains. Its ZIP code is 99577...
and ChugiakChugiak, AlaskaChugiak is an unincorporated community in the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska, situated approximately 20 miles northeast of downtown Anchorage. It is located between Eagle River to the south, and Eklutna to the north, and between Knik Arm to the west and the Chugach... - The Anchorage Daily News – AnchorageAnchorage, AlaskaAnchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
- Anchorage PressAnchorage PressThe Anchorage Press is a free alternative weekly newspaper based in Anchorage, Alaska and owned by Wick Communications.Established in 1992 by Bill Boulay, Barry Bialik, and Nick Coltman as the Anchorage Bypass, it was renamed the Anchorage Press in 1994. It is published and distributed every...
– AnchorageAnchorage, AlaskaAnchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
(weekly) - Arctic Sounder – Northwest Arctic Borough and North Slope Borough (weekly)
- Bristol Bay Times – Bristol BayBristol BayBristol Bay is the eastern-most arm of the Bering Sea, at 57° to 59° North 157° to 162° West in Southwest Alaska. Bristol Bay is 400 km long and 290 km, wide at its mouth...
(weekly) - Bush Blade – Anchor PointAnchor Point, AlaskaAnchor Point is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2000 census the population was 1,845. Anchor Point is the westernmost point in the North American highway system.-History:...
- Capital City WeeklyCapital City WeeklyThe Capital City Weekly, or CapWeekly as it is informally known, is a free regional weekly newspaper It is the largest distributed community paper in Southeast Alaska. -External links:* *...
– JuneauJuneau, AlaskaThe City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...
(weekly) - Chilkat Valley NewsChilkat Valley NewsThe Chilkat Valley News is a weekly newspaper serving the Chilkat Valley/Haines Borough area of Southeast Alaska. The paper principally serves the communities of Haines, where it is published, and Klukwan, a Tlingit Indian village 23 miles west of Haines....
– HainesHaines, AlaskaHaines is a census-designated place in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the area was 1,811. Haines was formerly a city but no longer has a municipal government...
(weekly) - Copper River Record – GlennallenGlennallen, AlaskaGlennallen is a census-designated place in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP was 554.- Location :...
(bi-monthly) - Cordova Times – CordovaCordova, AlaskaAs of the census of 2000, there were 2,454 people, 958 households, and 597 families residing in the city. The population density was 40.0 per square mile . There are 1,099 housing units at an average density of 17.9 per square mile...
(weekly) - Delta DiscoveryDelta DiscoveryThe Delta Discovery is a weekly newspaper serving Bethel, Alaska and the villages of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and Bristol Bay regions of southwestern Alaska. Its motto is "Real news for the real people". -External links:*...
, The – BethelBethel, AlaskaBethel is a city located near the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, west of Anchorage. Accessible only by air and river, Bethel is the main port on the Kuskokwim River and is an administrative and transportation hub for the 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.Bethel is the largest...
(weekly) - Delta Wind – Delta JunctionDelta Junction, AlaskaDelta Junction is a city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 897. The city is located a short distance south of the confluence of the Delta River with the Tanana River, which is at Big Delta...
(weekly) - Dutch Harbor Fisherman – Aleutians/PribilofsPribilof IslandsThe Pribilof Islands are a group of four volcanic islands off the coast of mainland Alaska, in the Bering Sea, about north of Unalaska and 200 miles southwest of Cape Newenham. The Siberia coast is roughly northwest...
(weekly) - Ester Republic, The – EsterEster, AlaskaEster is a census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the 'Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 2,422 at the 2010 census...
(monthly) - Fairbanks Daily News-MinerFairbanks Daily News-MinerThe Fairbanks Daily News-Miner is a morning daily newspaper that serves the city of Fairbanks, Alaska, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Denali Borough, and the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the United States state of Alaska. It is the farthest north daily newspaper in the United States, and...
– FairbanksFairbanks, AlaskaFairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage... - Frontiersman (see Mat-Su Valley FrontiersmanMat-Su Valley FrontiersmanThe Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman is a newspaper serving the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of Alaska. It is owned by Wick Communications, publishing every Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday...
) - Homer NewsHomer NewsThe Homer News is a weekly newspaper published in Homer, Alaska since 1964.The newspaper began circulation in January 1964. Founders Hal and MarionThorn had moved a few years earlier to Homer, where Hal's parents were...
– HomerHomer, AlaskaHomer is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population was 5,364. One of Homer's nicknames is "the cosmic hamlet by the sea"; another is "the end of the road"...
(weekly) - Homer TribuneHomer TribuneThe Homer Tribune is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday in Homer, Alaska. It has been independently owned and operated since 1991 ....
– HomerHomer, AlaskaHomer is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population was 5,364. One of Homer's nicknames is "the cosmic hamlet by the sea"; another is "the end of the road"...
(weekly) - Juneau EmpireJuneau EmpireThe Juneau Empire is a newspaper in Juneau, Alaska, United States. Mark Bryan was appointed publisher in 2009.-External links:* *...
– JuneauJuneau, AlaskaThe City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900... - Ketchikan Daily NewsKetchikan Daily NewsThe Ketchikan Daily News is the primary daily newspaper for Ketchikan, Alaska. Its former editor Lew Williams, Jr. is a noted opinion columnist that is published in many Alaskan newspapers.-Weekly content:...
– KetchikanKetchikan, AlaskaKetchikan is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, the southeasternmost sizable city in that state. With an estimated population of 7,368 in 2010 within the city limits, it is the fifth most populous city in the state.... - Kodiak Daily MirrorKodiak Daily MirrorThe Kodiak Daily Mirror is the daily newspaper of Kodiak, Alaska, established June 15, 1940. It is owned by the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and is issued five days a week....
– KodiakKodiak, AlaskaKodiak is one of 7 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline... - Mat-Su Valley FrontiersmanMat-Su Valley FrontiersmanThe Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman is a newspaper serving the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of Alaska. It is owned by Wick Communications, publishing every Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday...
– WasillaWasilla, AlaskaWasilla is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the sixth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 7,831 at the 2010 census...
/ Matanuska-Susitna ValleyMatanuska-Susitna ValleyMatanuska-Susitna Valley is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska....
(tri-weekly) - Nome NuggetNome NuggetThe Nome Nugget is a weekly newspaper published in Nome, Alaska. It is Alaska's oldest newspaper, established 1900.-External links:*...
, The – NomeNome, AlaskaNome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the...
(weekly) - Peninsula ClarionPeninsula ClarionThe Peninsula Clarion is a regional paper published in Kenai, Alaska that serves the population of the Kenai Peninsula. They also publish the Peninsula Clarion Dispatch which is a free weekly circular released each Wednesday with local human interest stories and advertisements.-External links:*...
– KenaiKenai, AlaskaKenai is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 7,464... - Petersburg Pilot – PetersburgPetersburg, AlaskaPetersburg is a city in Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. According to 2009 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 2,824 full time residents.- History :...
(weekly) - Petroleum NewsPetroleum NewsThe Petroleum News is a weekly newspaper based in Anchorage, Alaska. Prior to April 6, 2003, Petroleum News was known as Petroleum News Alaska. The name change came as a result of the gradual addition of more Canadian and Continental U.S. petroleum news to the weekly paper, and especially coverage...
– AnchorageAnchorage, AlaskaAnchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
(weekly) - Seward City News – SewardSeward, AlaskaSeward is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,016....
, Moose PassMoose Pass, AlaskaMoose Pass is an unincorporated community of just over two hundred people on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. It is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 206.-Geography:...
, Cooper LandingCooper Landing, AlaskaCooper Landing, also commonly referred to as The Landing, is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States, about 160 kilometers south of Anchorage, at the confluence of Kenai Lake and Kenai River... - Seward Phoenix Log – AnchorageAnchorage, AlaskaAnchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
based SewardSeward, AlaskaSeward is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,016....
, Moose PassMoose Pass, AlaskaMoose Pass is an unincorporated community of just over two hundred people on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. It is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 206.-Geography:...
, (weekly) - Daily Sitka Sentinel – Sitka
- Skagway NewsSkagway NewsThe Skagway News is a newspaper published once a month in January, then twice a month for the rest of the year in Skagway, Alaska.The paper was established in 1897 and published until 1904, then revived in 1978....
, The – SkagwaySkagway, AlaskaSkagway is a first-class borough in Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle. It was formerly a city first incorporated in 1900 that was re-incorporated as a borough on June 25, 2007. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 862...
(bimonthly) - Tundra Drums – BethelBethel, AlaskaBethel is a city located near the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, west of Anchorage. Accessible only by air and river, Bethel is the main port on the Kuskokwim River and is an administrative and transportation hub for the 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.Bethel is the largest...
and Yukon-Kuskokwim DeltaYukon-Kuskokwim DeltaThe Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is one of the largest river deltas in the world, roughly the size of Oregon. It is located where the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers empty into the Bering Sea on the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. The delta, which mostly consists of tundra, is protected as part of the... - Valdez Star, The – ValdezValdez, AlaskaValdez is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,020. The city is one of the most important ports in Alaska. The port of Valdez was named in 1790 after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y...
(weekly) - Wrangell Sentinel - WrangellWrangell, AlaskaWrangell is a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 2,308.Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw . The Tlingit people residing in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine...
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University newspapers
- The Northern LightThe Northern Light (college newspaper)The Northern Light is the student produced newspaper at the University of Alaska Anchorage.The Northern Light began publication in September 1988, after the University of Alaska Anchorage and Anchorage Community College merged...
– University of Alaska AnchorageUniversity of Alaska AnchorageThe University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest school of the University of Alaska System, with about 16,500 students, about 14,000 of whom attend classes at Goose Lake, its main campus in Anchorage....
(weekly) - Sun StarSun StarThe Sun Star is the student newspaper of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, formed in a merger of the Northern Sun and the Polar Star...
– University of Alaska FairbanksUniversity of Alaska FairbanksThe University of Alaska Fairbanks, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska System, and is abbreviated as Alaska or UAF....
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Defunct newspapers
- Anchorage TimesAnchorage TimesThe Anchorage Times was a daily newspaper published in Anchorage, Alaska that became known for the pro-business political stance of longtime publisher and editor, Robert Atwood. Competition from the McClatchy-owned Anchorage Daily News forced it out of business in 1992.-History:The Anchorage Times...
– AnchorageAnchorage, AlaskaAnchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States... - Insurgent49Insurgent49Insurgent49 was an alternative monthly newspaper based in Anchorage, Alaska. It was established first as a website, which was updated weekly. The first online edition was published April 1, 2005; the first print edition was published October 2005. The paper continued print publication through the...
– AnchorageAnchorage, AlaskaAnchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
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