Newscast – Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026

In this newscast:

  • The State of Alaska is requesting a judge throw out a lawsuit alleging the Division of Elections violated Alaskan’s right to privacy when it shared voter information with the federal government last December,
  • The Pentagon wants to build up to a dozen new military data centers near bases across Alaska and leasing government land to private companies to construct them,
  • A new bridge has reopened a long, scenic stretch of Denali National Park, which closed after a landslide in 2021,
  • This summer, researchers announced they’d made a big discovery — nine new species of deep-sea sponges off the coast of Alaska

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